Yes. From the article:
The footwear will be paid for by £30,000 worth of funding secured from the Home Office by Safer Communities Torbay.
| Live rates at 2008.11.27 13:19:44 UTC | ||
30,000.00 GBP |
= |
46,294.80 USD |
| United Kingdom Pounds | United States Dollars | |
| 1 GBP = 1.54316 USD | 1 USD = 0.648021 GBP | |
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Since when is it the job of police to make sure the women are wearing “appropriate foot wear?”
WTF?
When Socialists decided that it was Government's responsibility to 'address' any and every societal ill not by encouraging better behavior but by regulating or providing a physical object paid for by taxpayers.
The Government Giveth AND Taketh away.
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