To bring you up to speed: New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg cut a deal with Snapple - a no-bid contract - to provide soft drink machines throughout city buildings.

The city comptroller said the contract wasn't exactly made of the greatest stuff on earth, since it unfairly cut out other soft drink vendors from the process. He's fighting to block the iced tea from city property.

To which Bloomberg responds:

As I explained to him in my letter ten days ago, the City validly entered into the contract with Snapple and there was nothing improper or illegal in the way it was negotiated. I trust the courts will cut through this political red tape so New Yorkers can benefit from this innovative partnership.

Snapplegate will now play out through the New York State court system.