Comments on: Local News 05.15.08

By: justpbob

justpbob — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:32:20 +0000

No. And you can’t smoke, either. It will stunt your emotional and intellecual growth.

By: mazasa

mazasa — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:23:37 +0000

Can I restart the car now, mommy? Can I, huh? Can I re-start the car now, mommy?

By: justpbob

justpbob — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:50:12 +0000

An update on the anti-idling ordinance from KSTP-TV (via City Pages).

It passed.

By: Binky .357

Binky .357 — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:55:17 +0000

Gotta love the remote start/auto timer start. Runs the car for 15 min every two hours. Are they gonna try and make my remote start/security system illegal? Good luck, morons.

I can see this ordinance going the same way as the red light cameras.

By: acalhoun

acalhoun — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:28:49 +0000

re: the defacing of the governors’ portraits.

Why would they deface Elmer L? He was the shit. He’s one of my political idols, anyway.

By: Big G

Big G — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:35:51 +0000

Mpls is going to have a law against idling cars, great city wow. They can't even keep their neighborhoods safe but hell have the cops run around and ticket people for idling cars wtf.

No shit! And you wonder why there is no leadership at city hall, like the folks across the river in Saint Paul. Yet, I'm waiting how this stupid law is going to effect people with idle cars during the winter season next year; it would be impossible for the cops to go after people that leave their cars on for over than an hour, just because the air temperature is cold enough to freeze up the transmission in your vehicle.

By: swandog

swandog — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:22:13 +0000

Mpls is going to have a law against idling cars, great city wow. They can’t even keep their neighborhoods safe but hell have the cops run around and ticket people for idling cars wtf.

By: noodleman

noodleman — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:14:14 +0000

I think I heard that in Sweden, people turn their cars off at stoplights.

In Singapore, people shift their cars into neutral and apply the parking brake so (they say) they don't wear out their disc brakes. Once the light turned green, it would take forever to get traffic moving again.

I tried many times to explain to my Singaporean friends that you can't wear out something that's not moving (i.e. the disc brakes) but you can sure as heck ruin a perfectly good parking brake by forgetting to release it.

By: justpbob

justpbob — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:59:09 +0000

How about anti-profanity laws?

By: vlado4

vlado4 — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:55:06 +0000

I hate unenforcible laws.

Fucking nothing is enforced in Minneapolis.

How about littering, running stop signs, speeding.....

None of that shit matters in Mpls. Sure they are minor nuisances, but these small problems add up and make the city look like shit.

Honestly, I think enforcing minor laws is a great way to generate revenue. Just go around fining people for littering.

Anyway, the only thing Mpls is good at is giving parking tickets.