Re: [OT] Judges discover constitutional rights to bike lanes and also drug use in homeless shelters

On 2025-05-06 1:20 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On May 6, 2025 at 9:43:26 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:
 

America is not the only country that has activist judges. We have them
here in Canada too. Brian Lilley and Adam Zivo describe several cases of
judicial activism and consider remedies like electing judges rather than
appointing them as we currently do.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7R4cVgqfZA [16 minutes]

 I misread this at first and thought you'd found an *American* judge ruling
that bike lanes are constitutionally protected. I was about to lose my shit.
 

I know you are frustrated by the bike lanes in your own area and how they are being made by closing car lanes in already over-crowded streets. It's pretty much the same here.
Toronto city council is gung ho for bike lanes - as are just about all the municipalities in this area. Virtually EVERY candidate for public office ritually affirms their support for bike lanes, as if there is some widespread demand for them. If there is, I have yet to hear it: I'm convinced that this is coming from city planners because that is what their governing bodies have deemed the right thing to do.
We used to be able to park in front of the house overnight if we wanted, for example if there was an overnight guest who'd come by car. But the city banned overnight parking many years ago. I don't remember the rationale they used but I think they were worried about snow removal being more difficult if cars were parked on the street. Then a few years back, they put in bike lanes - bike lanes that basically only run down our street but don't connect to anything else, making them esentially useless for getting around town. Then they put in a cross walk which has an island in the middle of the road but which is almost never used. (I can see it from my kitchen window.) Because of the island, it is now illegal to even STOP on our block so people actually risk a ticket even for stopping for a moment to drop someone off. Progress!
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Rhino