The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge!

I don't understand who comes up with ideas like this.  When I have an idea, there's usually some end game involved.  If I'm going to exert any effort towards something, there has to be some benefit, some pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  I literally don't see any benefit to renaming bridges.  The Triboro bridge is now the RFK bridge.   The Queensboro bridge is now the Ed Koch bridge.  What the fuck is the point?  Just trying to confuse the shit out of people trying to get home from work?  Plus, it costs a shitload of money to remake the signs and all that shit.  The only way they should rename the bridge is if Ed Koch pays like a bazillion dollars for them to do it.  I mean it's pretty obvious that someone in the government owns a sign company or has a "friend" that owns a sign company, right?  Otherwise why start renaming bridges?  I don't think the name of the bridge was bothering anyone.  It's all the pot holes and the $10 tolls that tend to piss people off.  Personally, you couldn't pay me to have my name on either of those piece of shit bridges.  Just a matter of time before one of them falls over, and then who are they gonna blame?

Plus, it seems from the news that there was at least a full day of debate about whether or not this is a good idea.  People just getting all bent out of shape cause they never liked Ed Koch or think he was a shitty mayor.  Frankly, I don't really know or care what he did as mayor since that was like 50 years ago.  I grew up watching Koch rain down verdicts on The People's Court, and he seemed pretty good at that.  But from what I've heard, NYC was broke, and even more of a cesspool of filth when he was running the show than it is now, so who knows.  It's just a tremendous waste of time and energy to get all upset and offended that they would rename the bridge, like it's a slight to Queens or something.  

If these guys really want to help the city, they should be selling the naming rights to the highest bidder.  How much money do you think we could get if we called it the Goldman Sachs bridge?  Probably enough to save a few schools, and maybe even fix some of those potholes.