Montgomery Co. forces the removal of a little library that resembles a speed camera (Kensington)

[RFBfromDE]

MOCO to Subjects; "This is our graft, hands off!"

Montgomery Co. forces the removal of a little library that resembles a speed camera - WTOP News

A little library that resembles a speed camera was removed from a neighborhood in Montgomery County, Maryland.

wtop.com

BTW~Is there anything more insipid than those doosh "little libraries?"

 

[StantonCree]

My old neighbor had a little library. It was great it was only filled with kids books and all the kids went there.

 

[rseymorejr]

They probably want to put a real speed camera there

 

[cantstop]

My neighbor set one up. It looks like a big red bird house. They also put a wooden bench next to it so kids and parents ccan sit and leaf through the books. Pretty cool idea.

I really don't know how MoCo was able to take away the gray one that sorta looks like a speed camera. I can understand if it was on an easement, but it sounds like a violation of the Taking clause in MD.

As far as I know, there is no law that prohibits placing your own cameras combined with speed guns setup to monitor a public road or space. Drivers have no expectation of privacy on a public road.

 

[TI-tick]

MOCO to Subjects; "This is our graft, hands off!"

Montgomery Co. forces the removal of a little library that resembles a speed camera - WTOP News

A little library that resembles a speed camera was removed from a neighborhood in Montgomery County, Maryland.

wtop.com

BTW~Is there anything more insipid than those doosh "little libraries?"

I guess I'm insipid as I think increasing access to actual books for people to read is a good thing. The ones I've seen in CA are built by the Rotary or Kiwanis and typically at parks.

I've used them; so I guess that makes me a doosh. However comma comma IDGAFAYO!
Peace!

 

[RFBfromDE]

My neighbor set one up. It looks like a big red bird house. They also put a wooden bench next to it so kids and parents can sit and leaf through the books. Pretty cool idea.

It would be, if it was set up in a neighborhood that needed access to reading material set up by an apartment building etc.

But when it's set up in front of your own house in Tony-ville, it is insipid signaling.

 

[RFBfromDE]

I guess I'm insipid as I think increasing access to actual books for people to read is a good thing. The ones I've seen in CA are built by the Rotary or Kiwanis and typically at parks.

I've used them; so I guess that makes me a doosh. However comma comma IDGAFAYO!
Peace!

See above.

 

[chuck]

That's pretty much what I would expect from MoCo. Something useful, government must object.

There are a few of those little libraries nearby. We put books the kids have stopped reading in there, and they grab one once in a while. The books seems to change frequently, so I guess a lot of people use it.

 

[TI-tick]

See above.

Perhaps.
However, comma perhaps the owner is a member of Rotary or Kiwanis and made a personal investment into the project.

Who knows; right?
IOW'ds lighten up flaco!

 

[StantonCree]

I’ll go on record saying I support little libraries and your ability to positively impact your neighborhood by increasing literacy.

Maybe someone could make a little free Ammo locker.

 

[rseymorejr]

I have used these little boxes a lot. When I'm done reading a book I'll stick it in one of these and see if anything in there is interesting. It's better than giving it to goodwill

 

[brianns]

I recommend moving it to the other side of the street to where there is a sidewalk instead of next to the curb. That way the drove of readers won't pile up into the street.

 

[johnkn]

I’m surprised they aren’t changing those little library things to self serve weed dispensers now.... LOL

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[RFBfromDE]

They probably want to put a real speed camera there

They do.

That takes years.

But if you put up your own ersatz camera, MOCO is all over it!

 

[TI-tick]

I’ll go on record saying I support little libraries and your ability to positively impact your neighborhood by increasing literacy.

Maybe someone could make a little free Ammo locker.

Most of the ones I've seen remind me of a little school house. That said, an ammo box little library outside a FFL would be cool!

 

[Occam]

But when it's set up in front of your own house in Tony-ville, it is insipid signaling.

There's one around the corner from us, in front of a $2M house that also (still!) has BLM signs stuck in the landscaping (maintained by crews of low-wage brown people, of course).

Anyway, I always make sure there's a copy of Atlas Shrugged, and maybe a Matt Bracken novel in there just to keep their purple hair on fire.

 

[StantonCree]

Also OP I get those little free library things are generally in our most ultra liberal neighbors front yards but that’s doesn’t mean we should dismiss them as dildos because it’s a liberal idea or action.

If Hillary Clinton came up with the idea of adding HVAC/Welding classes in all major area high schools I’d support it.

 

[RFBfromDE]

There's one around the corner from us, in front of a $2M house that also (still!) has BLM signs stuck in the landscaping (maintained by crews of low-wage brown people, of course).

Anyway, I always make sure there's a copy of Atlas Shrugged, and maybe a Matt Bracken novel in there just to keep their purple hair on fire.

"We're all in it together"

 

[Doctor_M]

Honestly... is this what the police are concerned about. Assuming it actually looked like a speed camera (which it doesn't), I would think that the police would be in favor of it, if it forced traffic calming in a residential neighborhood. But that also assumes that you subscribe to the fallacy that the purpose of speed cameras is for safety.

 

[rseymorejr]

Also OP I get those little free library things are generally in our most ultra liberal neighbors front yards but that’s doesn’t mean we should dismiss them as dildos because it’s a liberal idea or action.

If Hillary Clinton came up with the idea of adding HVAC/Welding classes in all major area high schools I’d support it.

Not everything that liberals do is bad.


Just most of it.