http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/25/shhhh-wells-still-high-on-noise-bill/ <em>City Paper</em> Writers on News, Politics, the Media, the Arts, and More Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:01:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/25/shhhh-wells-still-high-on-noise-bill/#comment-113794 Mike Licht Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:49:13 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/25/shhhh-wells-still-high-on-noise-bill/#comment-113794 The bill, flawed for legal and technical reasons, is indeed a manifestation of “the G-Word.” The bus route intersection at 8th and H NE, a commercial strip, has hosted sidewalk sermons for decades; the Israelites are just the current occupants. Sermon time is a couple of hours on Saturday afternoons, and a few new residents, unhappy with this, have given the Israelites valid grounds to complain about persecution. Not a productive strategy. The bill, flawed for legal and technical reasons, is indeed a manifestation of “the G-Word.” The bus route intersection at 8th and H NE, a commercial strip, has hosted sidewalk sermons for decades; the Israelites are just the current occupants. Sermon time is a couple of hours on Saturday afternoons, and a few new residents, unhappy with this, have given the Israelites valid grounds to complain about persecution. Not a productive strategy.

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