Of note, there were also four members who skipped the Wednesday vote entirely. The Carson street naming battle, as symbolic as it is, was dead-in-the-water from the git-go. Even if the seven who abstained had voted yes, and those four who did not attend, had voted along with the 'YES 15,' turning the final tally to 26 votes, one over the 25 who had voted no, Mayor Bloomberg would have vetoed the measure as soon as it crossed his desk. He had made it clear earlier in the week, with public statements criticizing the late Carson that were covered widely in the mainstream press.