[hopespringseternal]

In April, Virginia Governor Mark Warner approved a new piece of statewide legislation that requires state facilities to use shielded outdoor lighting fixtures that emit no more than two percent of their light output above a horizontal plane. By 2004, the Virginia Department of Transportation must use such fixtures. As similar bill made its way through New York State's legislature, guided all the way by dark sky advocates and other environmental groups.

What a disaster. This will be a boon for those criminals gifted with flight, who swoop down from the now unlighted skys above street lights on their unsuspecting victims.

Get real. Personally, I would rather my taxes be used the light the ground where I walk, not the sky.

[CJ Wolf]

Get real. Personally, I would rather my taxes be used the light the ground where I walk, not the sky.

I would rather my taxes not be used to replace perfectly functioning lights in order to funnel money to the BOS lighting buddy. AND IT IS MY TAXES THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

[spqrzilla9]

Yes, its a great boon for all flying criminals.