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Restaurant Owner Faces $2,000 a Day City Fine…for Washing Bird Poop Off the Sidewalk
The Blaze ^
| 9/19/12
| Madeleine Morgenstern
Posted on 09/19/2012 5:12:44 PM PDT by shadeaud
A Texas restaurant owner is up in arms after Corpus Christi city officials informed him he can no longer wash the bird poop off the sidewalk in front of his business not unless he wants a $2,000 fine, KRIS-TV reported.
John Webb, general manager of Crawdaddys in downtown Corpus Christi, told the station hes been hosing the sidewalk down for 18 years. That is, until city officials told him earlier this month he was breaking the law. The reason? A city storm water ordinance that bars anyone from washing pollutants, like bird poop, into the storm drain system that leads out to the bay with a $2,000 a day fine for violations.
If I cant wash my sidewalk off what am I supposed to do? Im at a loss at how to clean this up, Webb told KRIS. Now Im stuck with having dirty sidewalks and this bird poop. Its nasty.
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TOPICS: Food; Humor; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bullystate; corpuschristi; environmentalism; nannystate; poop; texas
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posted on
09/19/2012 5:12:49 PM PDT
by
shadeaud
To: shadeaud
I’m calling Bloomberg, this will really piss off the West Siders
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posted on
09/19/2012 5:13:58 PM PDT
by
shadeaud
( “Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8”. Just doing my duty a Christian)
To: shadeaud
...
What do the city gestapo think happens when it rains?
3
posted on
09/19/2012 5:15:04 PM PDT
by
TheZMan
(Obama is without a doubt the worst President ever elected to these United States)
To: shadeaud
They should fine God when it rains, next
That will teach everyone (a lot)
4
posted on
09/19/2012 5:15:42 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Washington is where good ideas go to die- Ronald Reagan)
To: shadeaud
UN Agenda 21 at work to destroy you.
5
posted on
09/19/2012 5:15:51 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
To: TheZMan
They would fine God $2,000 a day if they could get away with it.
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posted on
09/19/2012 5:16:19 PM PDT
by
Hoodat
("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
To: shadeaud
From looking at a street view via google maps I wonder why the birds are hanging out there and what kind are they? Also looks like a lot of other stuff in the street drainage besides bird poop.
CLICK
7
posted on
09/19/2012 5:17:23 PM PDT
by
deport
To: shadeaud
Call the Hazmat team every time it needs cleaned and make the city pay for it !
8
posted on
09/19/2012 5:19:14 PM PDT
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(Any man may make a mistake ; none but a fool will persist in it . { Latin proverb })
To: shadeaud
He should put a sign in front of his restaurant that reads:
DON'T LIKE WALKING IN BIRD SHIT?
TELL THE CITY TO STOP FINING ME
FOR CLEANING OFF THEIR SIDEWALK
Then call the local news to see his vulgar sign and let them film the filth that the city has people walking in.
To: shadeaud
Easy solution, kill the birds.
Oh wait, then he’s gonna have the animal rights wackos going after him.
He can’t win for losing.
10
posted on
09/19/2012 5:22:06 PM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: shadeaud
I never thought I would see this kind of stupidity in Texas.
11
posted on
09/19/2012 5:25:42 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: shadeaud
Has the city provided an alternative for this taxpayer?
12
posted on
09/19/2012 5:26:35 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: TheZMan
What do the city gestapo think happens when it rains?There you go again. Trying to consuse good intentions with facts.
13
posted on
09/19/2012 5:26:40 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: Hoodat
Obama has just figured out how to deal with the national debt.
14
posted on
09/19/2012 5:27:07 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: shadeaud
Scrape up the bird poop.
Put it in a paper bag.
Leave it at city hall.
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posted on
09/19/2012 5:27:43 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
To: shadeaud
When they have an outbreak of West Nile virus, they will fine him for not washing the dead birds off the sidewalk.
16
posted on
09/19/2012 5:28:56 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. -- George Bernard Shaw)
To: deport
get rid of all the ugly neon tubes.. they are bird perches. Get rid of the drunk guy on the bench and anything else that a bird can sit on.
and pray for a daily rain to send the poop right where it’s gonna go if you hose it.
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posted on
09/19/2012 5:30:12 PM PDT
by
cableguymn
(peace through strength. if they don't like you at least they will fear you.)
To: Mr. K
They should fine God when it rains, next Oh, I'm sure they'd like to get their hands on the Sunday morning collection plates and all the money those greedy Christians put in there instead of paying their fair share to the 0bama stash.
18
posted on
09/19/2012 5:30:21 PM PDT
by
Repeat Offender
(Official Romney/GOP-E Platform - We suck less)
To: shadeaud
I wonder where the cities treated sewer water goes...
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posted on
09/19/2012 5:30:50 PM PDT
by
cableguymn
(peace through strength. if they don't like you at least they will fear you.)
To: freekitty
Reading the article the city permits using a vacuum, or hiring professionals.
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posted on
09/19/2012 5:32:54 PM PDT
by
RitaOK
( VIVA CHRISTO REY!)
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