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okokok
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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 Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject: No more peeing in Calgary |
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Calgary bylaw targets spitting, urinating in public
CanWest News Service; Calgary Herald
Published: Thursday, November 02, 2006
xCALGARY - A city hall committee on Wednesday backed a bylaw to outlaw spitting, urinating or defecating in public. Calgary Council will vote on the bylaw Nov. 13.
Offenders would face fines ranging from $50 to $300 under the proposed public behaviour bylaw, which would also apply to fighting, loitering or carrying a knife.
But some members of the city's community and protective services committee were concerned the bylaw would punish the homeless rather than encourage the general public to change their behaviour.
City bylaw boss Bill Bruce said the new law was deemed necessary after hundreds of complaints were received from Calgarians about bad behaviour on city streets.
''People are tired of watching the situation deteriorate, and wondering why are people using my street as a toilet,'' he said.
The proposed bylaw targets fighting, urination/defecation, spitting, loitering and possession of a visible knife.
''People don't want to see human waste on the street,'' Bruce said. ''We wouldn't tolerate it from a dog, so we shouldn't tolerate it from people.'' The fine for not picking up after your dog is $250.
''I don't support people defecating or urinating (in public),'' said Ald. Joe Ceci, a former social worker. ''But fining someone who is addressing a normal bodily function isn't going to stop them in the future.''
Ceci said the real issue is a lack of public toilets for the homeless.
Calgary Herald
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blynch
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: UCLA
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| where's calgary located? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| blynch wrote: |
| where's calgary located? |
Home of the '88 Winter Olympics you provincial hick. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| ''People are tired of watching the situation deteriorate |
I thought Calgary was moving more upmarket. Did a Korea-town recently spring up there? Cowtownians should really spend a year here - then they'd have nothing to complain about. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I know in Texas, but I don't know about other states, you could even get fined if you go out and pee in the bushes. I am not sure what it is like in California. In Quebec and Ontario, in Canada, I never worried about peeing in the bushes, if I had to go. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
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| where's calgary located? |
Home of the '88 Winter Olympics you provincial hick. |
New sock. Not very clever. Let it pass. |
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drumpounder
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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I worked as a supervisor in the house-building industry in Calgary for a couple of years. Good God !!!! What are all of the 1000's of workies gonna do????? I've seen many jobsites with 400 houses going up and 3 - 6 workers per house, and 2 porta potties available. I hope the by-law pigs have a thick ticket book.  |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:35 am Post subject: |
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| I think this is basically so that officers can make money after the clubs let out. Look at the other laws there as well. |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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Resisting temptation to flame.
Success!
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| where's calgary located? |
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happeningthang
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| So all this time it's been ok to publicly poop, pee. and spit while loitering with your knife??? I know Calgary is semi-famous for being a rodeo town, but do they keep up the cowboy thing all year round? |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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Some folk do. Stampede Week is when it all comes to a head. I do love the free Stampede breakfasts (pancakes, bacon etc).
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| So all this time it's been ok to publicly poop, pee. and spit while loitering with your knife??? I know Calgary is semi-famous for being a rodeo town, but do they keep up the cowboy thing all year round? |
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jazblanc77
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I wouldn't exactly call the residents of 4th Ave. and 17th Ave. (SW/SE), a good representative cross-section of what the Calgarian community wants!!! |
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