...One more frivolous lawsuit to garner attention. The city of Las Cruces, New Mexico (one of my favorite towns in the Southwest) is being sued by a couple of guys who want them to remove the three crosses from the city logo. Of course, "Las Cruces" means "the crosses" in Spanish. And the crosses are hardly there to promote religion. The town was founded at a site which had some crosses as grave markers....A unique way of mixing church and politics -- in Sweden.
...Cheryl and I was with my parents in Tempe, Arizona, this weekend. The city has a municipal wi-fi service -- but it costs $ to function on most of the system. There are sections which are free -- and they are S L O W and the signal is weak -- even though the antenna is right down the street on the light pole. There has got to be some kind of design issue. I can't imagine that the project will be cost effective -- as is.
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The Las Cruces battle looks an aweful lot like the lawsuit against Los Angeles. They removed the tiny cross (symbolizing the mission that help found the city) and replaced it with a crossless "mission" that most closely resembles Taco Bell.
Logically, the people who take such positions in legal battles should be required to add to their demands an insistence that the town change its name. And that San Francisco, San Diego etc. remove the San from their names. Ditto with the Angeles in Los Angeles.
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