Coffee Unplugged
From:
cheryl luger
Date:
2007 Oct 25 06:31 UTC
Short link
Thanks to Cm Schiff for his proposed adjustment to Coffee Houses' Musicians'
support/resident appreciation ordinance!
Yep... that dumb laws website does expand on the creativity of existing laws
and employs exageration...butit's fun...and serious in its impliedintended and
unintended consequences..
6 or 7 years ago at our neighborhood -wide Night Out, alaw enforcement officer
spoke withone of our state legislators. Asked our rep to support a statute that
would give them an additional tool in their 'tool box'(1st time I had heard of
that term). I could see the point of it but was disturbed by the way it as
presented. The legislator agreed to support this 'tool'.This list demonstrates
the use of 'tools' for expanded purposes..and carried to the comic extreme.
So, maybe, we might want to consider the consequences of these ordinances and
statutes in our political processes? Tools so broad they can beused for just
aboutanything...like the state's 'enabling legislation' that can be used to
eliminate elected officials.And, lest we forget, expansion of ordinances,
statutes and laws can be fodder for litigation...paid by the taxpayer.
Have fun with this creative states' 'list'.
best wishes,
cheryl luger
from the nokomiseast 'flyway'
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