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Outdoor sofas get no respect: Ban advances in Minneapolis
StarTribune ^
| 4/1/09
| Steve Brandt
Posted on 04/01/2009 8:13:16 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Sofas in yards and on open porches would be outlawed under a proposal designed to relieve Minneapolis neighborhoods of tackiness.
"Our city can either look good or it can look tacky, and tacky is not what we want," said City Council President Barbara Johnson before the council's regulatory committee approved the measure banning upholstered furniture and mattresses outdoors.
Council Member Cam Gordon, who represents some University of Minnesota neighborhoods, unsuccessfully argued for exempting open porches from the ban. He said people relaxing on porches create a good atmosphere that puts more eyes on the street.
Existing nuisance controls could be used to order the removal of problem porch furniture, he said.
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TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Society
KEYWORDS: sofas; tacky
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To: voteNRA
Thanks. Let me know if the post gets whacked. Of course it will never be as whacked as Al Franken.
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04/01/2009 9:45:14 PM PDT
by
hometoroost
(Eine Reich, Eine Volk, Eine Teleprompter)
To: hometoroost
"Whacked"...whatever do you mean? :)
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posted on
04/01/2009 9:54:55 PM PDT
by
voteNRA
(A citizenry armed with rifles simply can not be tyrannized)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
04/01/2009 11:01:38 PM PDT
by
PERKY2004
(Proud Military Wife -- my DH is in his 26th year of military service! PRAY 4 OUR TROOPS!)
To: JoeProBono; ButThreeLeftsDo
Watch where you step.
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04/02/2009 3:25:38 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: smokingfrog; Cagey
That is the FUNNIEST post I've seen in ages! WTG SF! HAHAHAHA!
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posted on
04/02/2009 3:27:51 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/02/2009 3:31:33 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: PERKY2004
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posted on
04/02/2009 3:39:39 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
To: Fresh Wind
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posted on
04/02/2009 3:42:52 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
From my cold dead hands...
:P
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posted on
04/02/2009 4:00:15 AM PDT
by
Lusis
("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Dayum. Now what am I gonna sit on whilst I’m drinkin’ mah beer and shootin’ at squirrels in mah yard?
To: Daffynition
LOL!
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04/03/2009 7:23:01 AM PDT
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Cagey
To: Cagey
HAHAHA! HAHAHA! HAHAHA!
And I have no comeback ... I can never top you! You make me smile and you’ve made my millennium! ;-P
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04/03/2009 12:44:12 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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