City considers ‘red-tagging’ problem houses
'It’s not a scarlet letter. But it is a bunch of letters on a red tag stuck to someone’s house — if the occupants have gotten into trouble with the law for such things as parties, noise or litter.
City leaders are floating the idea of slapping so-called “red tags” on disorderly houses to serve notice to inhabitants, neighbors and landlords that they’re in trouble with the law.
And they’d better not get into trouble again any time soon.
The idea was suggested by Ed Caudill, a 21-year North Bottoms resident and neighborhood activist who hopes to reduce the parties, litter and noise in his neighborhood, where the many small, old rental houses are popular with University of Nebraska-Lincoln students'.
Damn Ed, you're 21, lighten up. It's a college town. Oh, that's right..it's Lincoln, Nebraska. Ed will make a good republican.
Which reminds me, I caught part of a Al Franken joke today-and I say 'part' because I only caught the punch line so I'll make up the rest..
This 90 year old man's doctor tells him he has cancer and only 4 weeks to live. The old man tells his good buddy at the bar he wants to become a Republican and his buddy says, "what do you want to do that for you've been a Democrat for 75 years"? The old man replies, "well, if someone has to do die I want it to be a Republican"...
