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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 1 year, 9 months ago
    “Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against — then you’ll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you’d better get wise to it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted — and you create a nation of law-breakers — and then you cash in on guilt. Now, that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”
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  • Posted by $ 1 year, 9 months ago
    I see chemical trucks (hauling propane, etc) stopping in front of the high school and a baby day care daily. Those signs don't stop them. They could have an accident and kill hundreds of high school students, babies, and even our ADAPT students (those special students). Those drivers don't give a damn. And they speed down the city street also.
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  • Posted by VetteGuy 1 year, 9 months ago
    I'm constantly amazed at how bad drivers have gotten, in many cases even 18-wheelers. As I've said before, very few people seem to be interested in driving well, especially considering that doing it poorly can get you killed!
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    • Posted by $ allosaur 1 year, 9 months ago
      About 15 years ago, me dino in Birmingham was run off I-20/59 by an 18-wheeler abruptly changing lanes to get on I-65 toward Tennessee.
      Me dino had to slam on the brakes and stopped a scant few feet of crashing headlong into a concrete barrier that ended a pullover emergency parking lane or whatever you call it. .
      In the process I caught sight of the trucker's shocked expression in his big rear view mirror.
      So now he decided to look. Bravo, you schmoe! At least I know you didn't mean it!
      The local media has a nickname for that area~~Malfunction Junction!
      During the Eighties there on that junction, I barely missed an entanglement with a car spinning out in front of me on an overpass in the rain.
      Two years later in another rain storm, another car spun out in front of me at what appeared to be precisely the same spot. Due to the slick pavement, all I could do was take my foot off the gas and pray.
      I glimpsed the faces of a male driver and a male passenger. Both had their mouths wide open. Most certainly both were screaming their heads off.
      Their car was spinning beside me when it's rear smashed into a concrete guardrail. Me dino kept driving. Stopping to check on them on an overpass in the rain would be suicidal in that kind of traffic.
      I avoided Malfunction Junction during rainstorms after that. Years later when that trucker ran me off the road it was a bright and sunny day.
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    • Posted by term2 1 year, 9 months ago
      I dont think they realize the power of size, weight, and momentum until something crashes down on them or they crash into something else- and then its too late
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  • Posted by mhubb 1 year, 9 months ago
    we have a new "family" down the street
    a single family home
    now has 16 people in it
    all members of the same extended family, 3 generations

    the city has been called, they only came when the family was setting up a pool in their front yard
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    • Posted by $ blarman 1 year, 9 months ago
      We have all kinds of things like that in my town but its mostly because the cost of housing is (by one estimate - accurate IMHO) 500% overpriced.

      Historically, there was a very popular practice known as "boarding" where people would rent out rooms in their homes to strangers to stay there. It was an easy way for families to earn some extra income. This practice was largely outlawed by the hospitality industry as they worked to put in place taxes and laws governing where people could stay long-term. In my opinion, I'd like to gut these regulations - which include water use charges and all kinds of other taxes - and allow boarding again as a sanctioned activity. We have a housing crisis in many parts of this country - including my area - and this could help to address part of that need and do it immediately.

      I spent several years in Greece, and it was very common there to have the same family - different generations - living in the same apartment building. It wasn't uncommon for the grandparents to live on the bottom floor and their children (and their children) to live on the floors directly above them. It's very practical as it allows for simple ownership transfers between generations and it emphasizes extended family bonds and familial responsibilities to care for one's parents in old age. I respected that practice.
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      • Posted by term2 1 year, 9 months ago
        I think those regulations you talk about should be abolished. Being of advanced age now, its very nice to have handy people living in my house to help out with maintenance items that are needed for all of us. I dont see anything wrong with that, and would never turn anyone in . Anyway, its MY house and I should be able to live there the way I want.
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    • Posted by $ 1 year, 9 months ago
      Well, I can beat that! A person bought a house and turned it into a business. #1 City Ordinance...you may not live and operate a business in the same facility #2 The parking spaces are filled with Bobcats, Earth movers, etc. Even a Motorhome with people living in it...not allowed #3 Renal equipment on the sidewalk #4 No fence around equipment (I can't tell you how many Ordinances are being violated. People come and go all day and night! We suspect trafficking. A Deputy Sheriff served them with something but there's no evidence of any changes. The owner is Hispanic. Perhaps the law doesn't apply to these people who enter our country illegally. All the traffic there is Hispanic. This was a quiet neighborhood and at least three residences house extremely ill people who are bounced out of bed at 1:00 a.m. by the noise from this 'business'.
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      • Posted by term2 1 year, 9 months ago
        the fact of the matter is that you dont own this house and should not have control over it. sorry that you want the neighborhood to stay the way it was when you bought into it, but times do change. That was the idea behind the HOA- to keep the neighborhoods from changing. Maybe you should move to a place that has an HOA
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  • Posted by $ jdg 1 year, 9 months ago
    Compared to the real dangers we now face, I don't care about this either. There is stuff you can't put up with, and then there's diddly-doodoo. This is diddly.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 1 year, 9 months ago
    Posted no trucks on the road past our house, but that doesn’t stop them. My neighbors and I had the town put huge boulders in our yards close to the street. At least this keeps the trucks from driving in our yards. However, with the price of diesel, trucks might be a thing of the past. Who knew!
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  • Posted by term2 1 year, 9 months ago
    It seems like its "every person for himself" these days. People in las vegas drive like maniacs all hours of the night. Truckers have invaded our industrial park streets to park for days I suppose to rest or wait to deliver their loads or wait for return loads. Its all about making or saving money now that everything is more expensive.
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  • Posted by $ katrinam41 1 year, 9 months ago
    We live across the street from a newly renovated public park that just opened last year. All was well until last month, when a screaming wave of at least 50 children, ages 6 to late teens began racing back and forth across the street. The police showed up--two cars worth--and it took an hour to straighten everything out. We have no idea of what was going on. Kids of all colors and ages were involved. Last week, after the park was closed for the night, another huge mixed group of mostly teenagers showed up, milling around, screaming, some racially charged words, absolute anarchy in the parking lot just 50 feet from our front door. Again the police showed up--one car this time--and broke up the mob without getting out of the vehicle. Still no idea why this happened. The city seems to want it swept under the rug. No property damage, one has been hurt--yet.
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    • Posted by $ 1 year, 9 months ago
      All our city parks are closed at 10 p.m. We also have a City Ordinance (law) that does not allow the use of any equipment, noise, barking dogs, etc after 10 pm. and before 7 a.m. This includes lawn mowers. You may not park a vehicle at your property unless it is road worthy. Inspection sticker, etc. In other words No Junk Vehicles.
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      • Posted by $ katrinam41 1 year, 9 months ago
        We have curfew laws and some others very similar to yours. Only the law-abiding follow them. Just like gun laws. I hate being made a target by laws that make life harder for us and ignoring the causes of the problems almost as much as I despise 15 f*$#ing senators who showed their true rino colors and voted with the entire demo-rat senate to nullify the 2nd amendment.
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