Skip to comments.
SF bans urinating in public
San Jose Mercury News ^
| July 2, 2002
| Renee Koury
Posted on 07/02/2002 11:15:57 PM PDT by paul51
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:29:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
[history]
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-54 next last
How pathetic is it when a city has to take this action?
1
posted on
07/02/2002 11:15:57 PM PDT
by
paul51
To: paul51
Darn. Now I have to find another new hobby.
2
posted on
07/02/2002 11:20:25 PM PDT
by
exit82
To: paul51
But most public bathrooms close on nights and weekends. In SF, whose fault is it that all the public restrooms close at night???
To: paul51
The '60s are now officially over.
To: paul51
I don't know...
I think it is at least slightly positive in that they are doing SOMETHING.
My gut reaction, though, is that is it is too little, too late. The homeless rif-raff have been mollycoddled for so long that there is no incentive to work their way OFF the street once they land there.
5
posted on
07/02/2002 11:30:07 PM PDT
by
Ronin
To: paul51
Once again the great State of California setting a trend that will lead the nation
6
posted on
07/02/2002 11:30:53 PM PDT
by
Drango
To: Drango
Gee, I am so relieved. (Sorry for the pun. I couldn't resist!)
To: paul51
Last time I was there was about 12 years ago. The problem was evident then.
I'm just surprised to see this was considered okay til now!
8
posted on
07/02/2002 11:33:49 PM PDT
by
lizma
To: paul51
Last time I was there was about 12 years ago. The problem was evident then.
I'm just surprised to see this was considered okay til now!
9
posted on
07/02/2002 11:33:50 PM PDT
by
lizma
To: paul51
Do you mean it wasn't banned before? That explains "let it all hang out"
To: evolved_rage
In SF, whose fault is it that all the public restrooms close at night??? If the public restrooms in SF never closed, who would go to the bars???
Didn't George Michael make a video with a disco ball in a public men's room and lots of gay sex?
11
posted on
07/02/2002 11:39:32 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: paul51
To: paul51
San Diego businesses were strongly impacted by "homeless" people urinating and defecating in business doorways overnight. The "gaslamp" district was particularly bad. Even the highrise buildings along B Street smelled of urine in the mornings. The nice weather in San Diego makes it a premiere spot for "homeless" people to live year round. The city even encourages the behavior by providing shelters when the temperatures drop below 40 F.
I encountered a similar problem in one of the quaint red phone booths in the city of Cardiff, Wales. I needed to make a phone call and opened the door to the booth. It was so rank with urine that I opted to get back in the car and look for a more suitable means of accessing a phone.
13
posted on
07/02/2002 11:46:02 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: goody2shooz
It is probably still permitted in swimming pools and public baths.
To: paul51
What DISCRIMMINATION! Don't they know it's just a _____ thing! I thought they liked it best when they got each other good and wet! Ah well, I guess even SF can OCCASIONALLY rise to approaching the beginning of the start of commencing of thinking about doing something rational.
15
posted on
07/02/2002 11:46:58 PM PDT
by
Quix
To: Quix
It's a dog thing...trolling!
To: f.Christian
Hmmmmm so, every day in SF is a dog day?
And the only lawful kind are wien . . dogs?
I suppose I could have resisted. . . but I didn't.
17
posted on
07/02/2002 11:59:07 PM PDT
by
Quix
To: *San FRancisco; GodBlessAmerica; Cool Guy; CounterCounterCulture; deeel-me-in; Golden Gate; ...
Pee-ing! ; )
To: lizma
Years ago when I visited Boston I saw this public urination. I was shocked - shocked I say. In all my life in Texas I had never ever seen this. Then I go to what they think of as a sophisticated city and I see this.
19
posted on
07/03/2002 12:03:17 AM PDT
by
ClancyJ
To: paul51
I'm waiting for this headline in a SF Paper:
SF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO BE POOR !
20
posted on
07/03/2002 12:05:08 AM PDT
by
tjg
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-54 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson