OK they have lost their freaking minds

[Truckman]

I sent the following email to info@lacounty.gov ...

After reading your ridiculous and ill advised ordinance here: http://cbsla.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/beach.pdf I have cancelled my planned vacation on the west coast and will spend the time and money elsewhere...

I'm anxiously awaiting their letter of concern......Ben

And here is the official reply from L.A. County received today:

MEDIA STATEMENT ON BALL/FRISBEE-THROWING ORDINANCE

OVERVIEW:

The new ordinance lifts a decades-old, all-out ban on playing football, Frisbee and other ball on the beach. Its intention was not to preclude football or Frisbee tossing. Rather, its purpose is to allow ball playing, while providing reasonable safety measures that lifeguards may impose on a crowded beach day, when wayward footballs or Frisbees could cause injuries to bystanders.

The ordinance allows football play, Frisbee and other ball play during the off-peak beach season. In the summer months, when millions of visitors come to L.A. County beaches, lifeguards have the authority to stop a game if it threatens safety in crowded areas of the beach. If necessary, a citation may be issued by law enforcement or Department Code Enforcement Officers to individuals who ignore the lifeguards’ directives on ball playing.

Even during the peak season, the rule does allow for games in specially designated parts of the beach.

SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE:

The newly revised Beach Ordinance does not ban footballs, soccer balls, or Frisbees on L.A. County beaches. Instead, the Ordinance provides a set of guidelines for safe ball playing at the beach.

Beachgoers may throw, kick, or roll any ball or light object on L.A. County beaches during the off-peak season between Labor Day and Memorial Day as long as persons or property are not endangered, and may do so year-round in established and/or designated areas or if they receive permission from the Department of Beaches and Harbors or a lifeguard.
VIOLATION:

If the ball-playing code section is violated, the violation is an infraction punishable by a fine in accordance with California Government Code section 25132 as follows:

(b) “Every violation determined to be an infraction is punishable by (1) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year; (3) a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.”

I'm glad they cleared that up...But I'm still spending my vacation bucks at the Conroe Petting Zoo with my grandkids......Ben

[SBA]

"California ... The Land of Fruits and Nuts" ... If you ain't one, you is the other.

[SBA]

... I'm still spending my vacation bucks at the Conroe Petting Zoo with my grandkids......Ben

Lefty is featured at the Conroe Petting Zoo ... He wears nothing but a fig leaf over his protruberance and pays the young ladies and poofters to pick up the leaf and pet his sprocket.

[TxMusky]

They probably wouldnt have wanted to see Ben's new speedo anyway!

[Saggy]

And here is the official reply from L.A. County received today: I'm glad they cleared that up...But I'm still spending my vacation bucks at the Conroe Petting Zoo with my grandkids......Ben

What kind of aminals you got there? Huston uses alligrators in their petting zoo. They're not big on grandkids.

[Billy_Rightwing]

"California ... The Land of Fruits and Nuts" ... If you ain't one, you is the other.

Hey this is better than Bush bashing, now decide am I fruit or nut or both?