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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

And this would be one more reason not to live in a city!

Lynda
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> Woman Ticketed For Sitting On Park Bench With No Kids
> Ticket Could Bring $1,000 Fine, 90 Days In Jail
> http://www.click2houston.com/news/5029825/detail.html
>
> *NEW YORK -- *It's an only in New York story. A woman was given a ticket 
> for sitting on a park bench because she doesn't have children. The 
> Rivington Playground on Manhattan's East Side has a small sign at the 
> entrance that says adults are prohibited unless they are accompanied by 
> a child. Sandra Catena, 47, said she didn't see the sign when she sat 
> down to wait for an arts festival to start. Two New York City police 
> officers asked her if she was with a child. When she said no, they gave 
> her a ticket that could bring a $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail. The 
> city parks department said the rule is designed to keep pedophiles out 
> of city parks, but a parks spokesman told the Daily News that the 
> department hoped police would use some common sense when enforcing the 
> rule. The spokesman told the paper that ticketing a woman in the park in 
> the middle of the day is not the way you want to enforce the rule.