The U.S. and California State Supreme courts are not the only ones who have been busy of late. On the heels of a favorable ruling that ordered the city of San Diego to quit playing politics and to allow Blackwater Worldwide to operate one of their training facilities down in Otay Mesa, comes a decision from a federal judge who ordered Caltrans to repost an Adopt-a-Highway sign for The Minutemen, an anti-illegal immigration group, on I-5 near the border checkpoint at San Onofre.
Originally granted to the Minutemen, CalTrans reassigned the sign to State Route 52 out by Santee. It was obvious that CalTrans had caved to political pressure from various pro-illegal groups and gave some lame safety excuse over concern of possible confrontations between pro-illegal activists and…. people in orange vests collecting litter alongside the highway.
District Judge William Q. Hayes on Friday granted the preliminary injuction saying there was not enough evidence to support the safety concern. This is judge-speak for calling B.S. on Caltrans for their phony cause-for-removal. (And it is the editorial opinion of BwD that if there were or is to be any confrontation on a Highway where 80-85 mph is not out-of-norm, the guilty parties should be put away for 3-5 minimum with time-off for good behavior.)
Caltrans has 30 days to restore the sign and thus at least 30 days to decide how it is they will cave to pressure again with an appeal of the decision.
Originally granted to the Minutemen, CalTrans reassigned the sign to State Route 52 out by Santee. It was obvious that CalTrans had caved to political pressure from various pro-illegal groups and gave some lame safety excuse over concern of possible confrontations between pro-illegal activists and…. people in orange vests collecting litter alongside the highway.
District Judge William Q. Hayes on Friday granted the preliminary injuction saying there was not enough evidence to support the safety concern. This is judge-speak for calling B.S. on Caltrans for their phony cause-for-removal. (And it is the editorial opinion of BwD that if there were or is to be any confrontation on a Highway where 80-85 mph is not out-of-norm, the guilty parties should be put away for 3-5 minimum with time-off for good behavior.)
Caltrans has 30 days to restore the sign and thus at least 30 days to decide how it is they will cave to pressure again with an appeal of the decision.
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2 comments:
Damn it! Don't you recognize there's a more immediate concern here??
Apparently, there are Siamese triplets loose on the freeway -- and one of them is severely underdeveloped! Caution signs have been posted.
- Mongo Morning Crazed
Dang it! Can't find a clip of the "Airplane!" twins to accompany the above. But "We Are One!" fits the bill pretty good... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I04iGIlAYM
So is the pendulum swinging the other way? Did it swing far enough to the left to gain momentum?
Like a pedulum do, 'Dawg
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