Bonoff says the "I voted today" sticker he was handed and asked to wear after voting in the March 2 presidential primary ruined his suede coat.Sorry about the jacket. It is definitely unwise to put any type of sticker on suede, no matter who gave it to you. I'm thinking he could just put his "voting jacket" in the closet...until the next election.Bonoff said he showed the coat to a dry cleaner who said the sticker's mark cannot be removed. He has filed a claim with the city seeking $106, the purchase price of the coat, including sales tax.
When the damage was brought to her attention, Democratic Registrar of Voters Alice Fortunato said she told Bonoff to get the coat cleaned and bill the city. When that didn't work, she forwarded his case to the city attorney.
"I'm very sorry that he feels that the sticker ruined his coat," she said. "But there's not much this office can do in that regard."
I say he puts the sticker back on, making it a permanent feature of the jacket. He can proudly wear it all year long.
I would be willing to hear his complaint if a poll worker had come up and slapped the sticker on his jacket without asking, but if he was handed a sticker and he chose to put it on his jacket then its his own fault.
I’m just curious where he found a suede coat for $106.
Good point, but I don’t get suede coats anyway. Why would you choose to wear something that is so easily damaged? And why does water ruin suede? Isn’t it leather? Isn’t leather the skin of an animal? Aren’t animals outside a lot?
I’ll probably never get it.
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