Yesterday I lamented the potential banning of fire.
For those of you that don’t know, I live in a town that rivals Berkeley for nuttiness. Thanks to the progressive thinking fomented by Chico State University, Chico is often like an alternate reality in a sea of conservative rural farmers.
In today’s Chico Enterprise Record “Hits and Misses” we have another example of this.
The city of Chico is talking about raising all sorts of fees and fines in an effort to plug an enormous hole in its budget.
The council has for years approved spending millions of dollars it didn’t have, shifting money around to hide the problem. Now it’s out in the open, and citizens will pay dearly if they dare break city laws.
But there’s good news out there for nuclear bomb owners. The current fine for a first-time violation of the city’s nuclear-free ordinance is $1,064. Under a proposal to revise certain fines, a first-time offense will be reduced to $1,000.
For those of you new to town, this is not a joke.
http://www.chicoer.com/editorials/ci_23322509/editorial-hits-and-misses
No, really, it isn’t a joke.
No person shall produce, test, maintain, or store within the city a nuclear weapon, component of a nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon delivery system, or component of a nuclear weapon delivery system under penalty of Chapter 9.60.030 of the Chico Municipal Code.
Source: http://www.chico.ca.us/document_library/municode/Title9.pdf
On my Facebook page where I first mentioned this hilarity, Ric Werme had the best comment:
Ric Werme: Say what you will, but ever since the nuke ordinance law was passed, there have been no nuke ordnance explosions in town. Clearly that law has been more successful than the budget process!
Please excuse me, while I go enjoy some yellow cake while looking over my shoulder.
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Harlow, in the UK county of Essex, when I lived there, was a ‘nuclear free zone’.
Have to admit – no nuclear bombs were detected in the area since the zone came into force…
When I read the reply’s I get the picture that parts of USA was sucessfully radicalized in the 80s(Marxism).
And that they after this success moved on to conquer the World trough UN and establishing a über national government?
Isn’t the shell of the bomb made of steel.
Which would make steel a nuclear component.
Hence anyone who has anything made from steel will have to pay the fine?
Wannabe beatnik kids of beatniks who were freaked out by “On The Beach” think they can ban an invention.
I disagree that no nukes have been detonated in Cali. Just look at the economy.