#ordinance — Public Fediverse posts

Alexandria to brief residents on upcoming gas-powered leaf blower ban https://www.allforgardening.com/1887129/alexandria-to-brief-residents-on-upcoming-gas-powered-leaf-blower-ban/ #AlexandriaCityCouncil #DepartmentOfTransportationAndEnvironmentalServices #environment #garden #gardening #LeafCollection #news #noise #ordinance

Alexandria transitions to electric leaf blowers ahead of citywide gas-powered device ban https://www.allforgardening.com/1781008/alexandria-transitions-to-electric-leaf-blowers-ahead-of-citywide-gas-powered-device-ban/ #AlexandriaCityCouncil #environment #garden #gardening #news #noise #ordinance

Pollinator Garden Advocates Get Ordinance Changed https://www.allforgardening.com/1600629/pollinator-garden-advocates-get-ordinance-changed/ #Affordable #business #Charlotte #CityCouncil #Development #FivePoints #garden #grants #HistoricWestEnd #Housing #ordinance #OvergrownVegetation

Texas city could be first in nation to rescind LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/arlington-lgbtq-discrimination-protections-repeal

📱🤡 In a groundbreaking move, a Japanese city has bravely drafted an #ordinance suggesting residents *consider* spending only two hours on their phones daily because we all know #recommendations with absolutely zero penalties are super effective. Maybe next, they'll suggest politely asking the sun to shine less brightly. 🌞💡
https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/59582 #JapaneseCity #PhoneUsage #DigitalWellbeing #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Japan city drafts ordinance to cap smartphone use at 2 hours per day

https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/59582

#HackerNews #Japan #Smartphone #Ordinance #Digital #Wellbeing #Screen #Time #Regulation

Flamingo, a new #ukraine cruise missile is being now manufactured at scale.
Range 3000km
Warhead 1100kg
Likely not a bunker buster, but good enough to gift putin's orcs presents.

Ukraine did much of rocketry design and construction when it was occupied by the russians.

Also, it's not that hard to build one.
There was a New Zealander in the 1990s who was blogging about his progress building one in his garage...until he was asked to "stop it please" by his country secret police.

#rocketry #missiles #ordinance

So far, 100% of the bicyclists at whom I yell "It's a one way!" who are going the wrong way: respond by cursing me out or asking to fight me.
>The old man they kill, will be me.<
#NYC #cyclist #bicycle #riders #idiots #murderers #law #breakers #scofflots #assholes #NewYorkCity #streets #unsafe #because of #bicycles & #delivery #men #driving the #wrong #way #laws #safety #society #walk #pedestrians #hit by #bikes #annually #increasing #sidewalk = #foot #traffic #only #please #ticket #ordinance

#Exemplary
🏆Milan says no to all #outdoor #smoking in #Italy's toughest #ban
"Those who defy e new prohibition in e #polluted northern Italian city cld be fined between 40-240 euros.. #Milan's #airquality #ordinance, passed in 2020 by e city council, called for progressively stricter bans on smoking.. Milan is one of #Europe's most #polluted cities in terms of #air.. Smoking is responsible for ~85% of all cases of #lungcancer, e #deadliest #cancer worldwide" #SmokingKills
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2930932/milan-says-no-to-all-outdoor-smoking-in-italys-toughest-ban

#Odessa, #Texas Just Put $10,000 #Bounties On #Trans #People simply for using the #bathroom.

The new #city #ordinance passed 5-2 in Odessa, is a new phase in #antitrans #legislation, and could be an early look at #antitrans #bills in 2025.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Odessa #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/odessa-tx-just-put-10000-bounties

— No one deserves to be misgendered for any reason.

And there is absolutely no excuse since the #township has a #trans-#inclusive #antibias #ordinance.

#Murfreesboro to pay $500,000 in #settlement over its #antiLGBTQ #ordinance.

“This type of behavior will no longer be tolerated here — or anywhere across the country,” said #attorneys for the #ACLU, #BallardSpahr, and #BurrAndForman in a #joint #statement.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Murfreesboro #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://wpln.org/post/murfreesboro-to-pay-500000-in-settlement-over-its-anti-lgbtq-ordinance/

The city of #Aspen has implemented a new #ordinance in December that asks residents and businesses to turn off indoor and outdoor lights if light from their buildings pours a certain point beyond their property line or face a fine for “light trespass": https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/26/aspen-goes-dark-with-a-new-ordinance-that-punishes-light-trespass/ - take that, #LightPollution!

#Murfreesboro’s municipal government passed an #ordinance forbidding #public #acts of #affection between #samesex #partners in #public, they reversed their decision about four months later after the #ACLU and the #TennesseeEqualityProject filed suit.

#Tennessee #city #removes ban on #BeingGay in #public: from local #ordinance.

#Murfreesboro #officials made the #decision after #legalaction was #threatened against the #municipality

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://qnotescarolinas.com/being-gay-in-public-tennessee-city-removes-ban-from-local-ordinance/

#Highways are the next #antiabortion target. One #Texas town is resisting.

A new #ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions & under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an #abortion

#AbortionRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/01/texas-abortion-highways/

For anyone just arriving:

I am a (#gay / #lgbt / #lgbtq) 🌈 #attorney from #Madison #Wisconsin.

I handle #prosecution, but also #parking, #CivilRights, #ordinance and #contract drafting, #tax, and #municipal law.

I post about the #SupremeCourt / #SCOTUS and #law / #lawfedi news and discussions, #politics both in the us (#uspol / #uspolitics) and abroad, and especially on #Ukraine / #Russia.

And I adore #electronic #music and #videogames, #podcasts, and #books.

#new #introduction

In 1977, #Tucson, #Arizona added #sexualorientation to #antidiscrimination #ordinance following the tragic #murder of #RichardHeakin, a #gay #CollegeStudent from #Nebraska in 1976.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arizona #Tuscon #History #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Hatecrimes #SayHisName

https://www.grunge.com/1309586/tragic-1976-hate-crime-murder-richard-heakin/

#Ordinance fear haunts #Queer #activists in case of #favourable verdict in the #Indian #SupremeCourt on #samesexmarriage

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #India #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage

https://bhaskarlive.in/ordinance-fear-haunts-queer-activists-in-case-of-favourable-sc-verdict-on-same-sex-marriage/

The city of #Sacramento is evaluating a proposal designed to protect #tenants from #harassment, but it’s unclear whether the #ordinance will receive enough votes to pass in the next few months. For #CapRadio: https://www.capradio.org/articles/2023/04/05/sacramento-considers-whether-a-tenant-anti-harassment-law-could-help-housing-issues/