Adopt a highway

[Carl Remick]

>qualiall_2 at yahoo.com wrote: > The United States Supreme Court has ruled 
>that the state of Missouri > cannot bar a white supremicist group from 
>participating in a > litter-control programme. > The state was fighting to 
>keep the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) from "adopting" a > highway. Under the 
>Adopt-a-Highway scheme, groups agree to clean a > stretch of road in 
>exchange for a sign acknowledging their efforts.
>
>Word is, from one of the Missouri Highway Dept. officials, that there has 
>been a noticeable lack of litter-removal activity on the Klan's stretch of 
>highway - i.e., they're apparently not holding up their end on a practical 
>level and so could be booted from the program on a technicality. Of course, 
>the legal precedent cited above still holds...
>
>/ dave /

I believe I heard that motorists were going out of their way to throw trash 
on the Klan's stretch of highway.  I'd sure like to believe that's true.

Carl
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