Saggy pants ban is a money maker for Georgia town, due to $25 fine

[Liberal_in_LA]

Saggy pants ban is a money maker for Georgia town

Saggy pants -- the kind that show off more underwear that many care to see -- were causing such an eyesore in a small town in southwestern Georgia that they were banned. Violators faced a $25 fine for a first saggy pants offense, more for a second.

Now, nearly a year after the ban was put into effect, Albany, Ga., reports that it is turning into a tidy little money maker: The city is on track to collect more than $5,500 under it by year's end.

The ban applies to anyone, male or female, wearing extremely low-hanging clothing, which is defined as more than "three inches below the top of the hips," showing off skin or unmentionables in public.

Supporters of the law say low-riding pants are disrespectful and offensive, especially when small children can find themselves staring directly at barely covered buttocks.

Since the prohibition became law Nov. 23, there have been at least 187 citations issued by law enforcement officers in Albany, the ninth-biggest city in Georgia with a population of 77,000. The citations have raked in about $4,000 and are expected to pull in about $1,500 more before the end of the year, according to the Albany Herald.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/saggy-pants-ban-albany-georgia.html

[AtomicKitten]

1. pants on the ground ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FO3IKYSl0U&feature=related

[wellst0nev0ter]

2. $5,500, Eh?

I wonder how much it costs to enforce that ban :eyes:

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. hee. good point

[Shagbark Hickory]

3. I wonder if you're allowed to wear speedos in albany? Or what if you're wearing short pants under

the saggy pants?

[Odin2005]

4. Lookin' like a fool with your pants on the ground... and broke!

:)

[provis99]

5. didn't this silly fad stop about ten years ago?

The Deep South has always been behind the times, but come on Georgia...kids in the rest of the country realized long ago that it was a stupid trend.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

7. It's a prison thing...no belts, no shoelaces.

So people can't harm themselves.

I'm glad they are making money.

Say no to crack.

[snooper2]

11. I'm still waiting for women to stop wearing those huge stupid looking 80's sunglasses

Come on,

You ever look in a mirror with those things on :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Skidmore]

13. I'm waiting for women to start wearing clothing again.

I'm tired of seeing so many women squeezed like sausages into ill fitting clothing with their butts hanging out.

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. no. fad continues. It become more of style than a fad.

[Evasporque]

6. Tea Bagger's with Plumber-Butt get no fine...nt

[EmeraldCityGrl]

8. These people don't remember hip huggers

or mini skirts or a hundred other trends that showed a lot more skin and eventually faded away?
Of course they do, this is directed at Black culture. The very same people complaining about
Democrats and the Nanny State are the ones telling others how to dress.

They won't tax their precious rich but continue to tax the poor with ridiculous laws like this.

[itsrobert]

10. short shorts or hot pants are the trend in California

the smaller the shorts, the better?

[Dr Fate]

12. There were restrictions in the south over men's hair length, for instance.

My understadning is that during the 60's & 70's in many GA counties, you would get kicked out of school for having hair over your ears.

Still, I agree that this law is aimed at black people or white kids imitating balck people, but the South has never been friendly to new trends.

I remember kids getting sent home in the 80's for having blue hair, or dudes getting in trouble for having earrings, for instance.

[Dr Fate]

9. Stupid look, but even stupider law. nt

nt

[Kalidurga]

14. So can they send you to jail over it?

If they can't I hope no one pays the fine. If they can I hope someone goes to trail over it. I don't think the prosecution would win just sayin.

[Dr Fate]

15. I said it was a stupid law.

If someone wants to look like an idiot, that is their choice.

I say the police have better thngs to do, like fight crime and stuff.

[DainBramaged]

18. The ban targets minorities, plain and simple

I wonder what they would do if the town banned blond white overweight people wearing stretch clothes that shouldn't be worn in public..........

[taught_me_patience]

19. They should fine $25 if someone is wearing pleats

it's a tragic fashion crime.