Sipping my morning coffee and flipping through the South Florida Sun Sentinel and I come across this timely article on the practical early 21st century application of the Constitiution of the United States of America.
In this case Palm Beach County Judge Laura Johnson used the document to overturn Riviera Beach's saggy pants ordinance which proscribed wearing pants below the waist exposing skin or underwear.
As if.
A referendum endorsing the ban, a ban that would warm the heart of my colleague tic, was supported by 72 per cent of city voters in March of last year and the city started enforcement eleven months ago. City spokesman Rose Anne Brown said less than 20 people wear caught after the ordinance, which carried fines up to 300$, was promulgated.
In a related story, belt sales reached record levels during the second half of 2008 in Riviera Beach, Florida.
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