Urination bill a relief for some

The Washington Times ^ | 7-26-05 | Amy Doolittle

[JZelle]

Montgomery County officials, prompted by complaints from business owners and residents, is set to approve a bill that would make it illegal to answer nature's call in public. Montgomery County is the only area jurisdiction that does not have a law prohibiting public urination, but the council's Public Safety Committee yesterday unanimously recommended a bill to address the issue. Council President Tom Perez and County Executive Douglas M. Duncan sponsored Bill 1805 after a Wheaton public safety audit completed in November labeled public urination as a top health concern in the downtown area. Business owners and local officials said the problem has become notably worse with redevelopment in the Wheaton area, where restaurants and bars have opened downtown. Residents who reported public exposure and foul odors discovered that the county had never enacted a law or even considered a bill against public urination. "No one really understood why they didn't have the law already, and a lot of people presumed that it was already in place," said Gayle Driver, an assistant state's attorney in Wheaton. "You hear little bits from people saying why are people urinating, and you have to explain that there is no law banning it. If we can get legislation to make it illegal, we can do something."

[ccmay]

There's quite a few places where public urination will land you square on the sex offender registry, regardless of whether you were trying to conceal yourself or not.

Which is stupid. There ought to be some sense and discretion in the way such a law is applied. A hunter or golfer pissing behind a bush in the middle of nowhere is a lot different from a pervert doing the weinie-wave at a little girl from a dark alley.

[JZelle]

If you're an American when you go into the bathroom, and an American when you come out, what are you while you're in the bathroom?

European

Oh stop!!! LOL!

[dead]

That goat still creeps me out.

[BibChr]

Agreed.

That goat knows something... but isn't talking.

Dan

[alarm rider]

"Council member Phil Andrews, chairman of the Public Safety Committee, expects that the bill will pass unanimously."

I would not lay a bet on that. Two points:

When a Marylander says he/she is from The People's Republic, you know he/she means Montgomery County, not China.

Secondly, there is nothing on the face of the Eart quite as stupid and silly as a Maryland liberal.

[ncountylee]

I'm more worried about public farting and nose picking!

[tumblindice]

"It's better to be p'd off than p'd on." Confusedious

[Delmont]

I know of who you speak, that baglading also defacates right on the side of the road, I think that particular person hails from Northern Germany, where pooping on the side of the road is common place.

[quark]

Chacun son tour!

[Ignatz]

"No one really understood why they didn't have the law already, and a lot of people presumed that it was already in place," said Gayle Driver, an assistant state's attorney in Wheaton. "You hear little bits from people saying why are people urinating, and you have to explain that there is no law banning it. If we can get legislation to make it illegal, we can do something."

Apparently a lot of people did not presume the law was in place, or you wouldn't have the problem.
The beautiful logic of the Liberal mind. On display at a Nanny State near you.

[tnlibertarian]

But if you gotta go real bad, you're not an American when you go in.

You're a Russian.