Jamie Reidy comments on the idiotic homeowner’s association in Colorado that wants to ban sidewalk chalk.
CNN reports that a neighborhood in Stapelton, Colorado is bringing sidewalk chalk to a vote. Like, kids won’t be allowed to draw with colored chalk on the sidewalks.
This is much worse than the stereotypical old neighbor who keeps the baseball that has been hit into his yard.
Mr. Wilson, the cranky neighbor in “Dennis the Menace” would be proud of these Enemies of Fun in Colorado.
“The sidewalks are a shared space, anything that offends or disturbs or interferes with peaceful enjoyment is not allowed.
How about mean, old assholes? Are they banned, too?
Actually, that’s not a fair assumption on my part. I don’t know that the mean people attempting to crush the fun from summertime are elderly. They could be mean, young assholes.
What’s next, ice cream trucks? Sparklers? Fireflies?
I say we find the mean people behind the War Against Fun and we TP their trees. Who’s with me?
About Jamie Reidy
“The sidewalks are a shared space, anything that offends or disturbs or interferes with peaceful enjoyment is not allowed.”
But, what if a lack of chalk interferes with my peaceful enjoyment of the sidewalk?
What if I enjoy the peace of a sidewalk covered with snow?
Okaythen, YES! I love “The War on Snow”!
Don’t worry, they’re already ahead of you on the ice-cream trucks….
http://jezebel.com/5898248/brooklyn-parents-finally-prove-they-are-the-absolute-worst
Thea, that just ruined my day. But also made me wanna get a Bomb Pop and make my lips and tongue turn that blue/purple shade!
Condo/homeowners associations are the worst.
The person who sees sidewalk chalk as an eyesore is a person with no soul.
Unless the chalk is being used in a graffiti-like manner (I know the kids in my own apartment complex don’t always limit themselves to the pavement and will draw on brick walls too) or actually causing damage somehow, what’s the point? It will wash off when it rains anyway! (And if a resident is really so pissed off about it, just get out the hose/watering can, abracadabra, chalk is gone.)
Moving from a suburban house to an apartment recently made me aware of the privilege I had growing up in private homes where the only rules to follow were my parents’ and the law. I can’t imagine being a kid growing up in an apartment and never having your own yard to play in. I’m sure millions of kids live this way every day – I just can’t understand what it must be like. Especially if they can’t have sidewalk chalk.
It’s easy to be all righteously libertarian when ‘The Authorities’ are cracking down on OUR kind of fun, but I’ve noticed that most people don’t mind so much when it’s other someone else’s fun that’s being infringed upon.
It’s easy to be all righteously freedom-loving when ‘The Authorities’ are cracking down on OUR kind of fun, but I’ve noticed that most people don’t mind so much when it’s someone else’s fun that’s being infringed upon.
Too often people turn into stern, lantern-jawed freedom lovers when government overreach appears to be the issue. Those same libertarian crusaders turn oddly silent when a private organization tops it the petty dictator.