🚀 go-pugleaf

An interesting little story you people should know about to give you an idea
of what you're up against:


During the weekend nights on Clearwater Beach, Florida, people would drive
up and down the access roads with their stereos blaring.  Of course, the
local residents didn't take too kindly to this and complained to their
local police department, who in turn complained to the local government.

The local government passed some sort of ordinance that *outlawed* stereos
playing over a certain volume in Clearwater, Florida.

The local courts pointed out that this was going too far, that these people
were at least supposed to have *read* the Constitution at least once, and
struck down the ordinance.

The local government then instructed the police to start enforcing a little-
known state motor-vehicle maintenance law which required that no sound
coming from an operating motor-vehicle exceed a certain volume.


As far as I know, they're still enforcing this.  Also as far as I know, no
one has felt it worth it to try and test the legality of this--or perhaps
push into a possible loophole by playing their stereos with the vehicle
motor *off*.

This, and other actions like it, have cause St. Petersburg and Dunedin's
Beaches (nearby) to become more popular, and Clearwater Beach to become
less popular.

In short:  You can't win.

If they make it legal to buy alcohol on Sundays, they'll start taxing it to
hell or require it only to be shipped in Georgia by sail barge or something.


--John

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