More Texas Residents See Value In “Bathe And Behave Rules”

It looks like Houston’s new anti-homeless “bathe and behave rules” are catching on. The Courier Reports that Jerry Martin, a Conroe booklover, is now pushing another library down in Texas to follow Houston’s lead. He says The Montgomery Central Library should be held to a higher standard of behavior and hygiene.
Martin wants Montgomery County commissioners to adopt similar “bathe and behave rules.”
Although hygiene problems Martin has witnessed at the library were limited to homeless people, he said keeping a higher standard of personal cleanliness would benefit all library patrons and hopefully prevent people from being subjected to behavior he has seen.
“One guy took his shoes off and was picking the cheese from between his toes,” Martin said. “Another man digs in the garbage and eats leftover things he finds.”
No word if these new rules will apply to librarians as well.

May 5, 2005 by Uncategorized 3

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3 Responses

  1. Fang-Face says:
    May 5, 2005 at 6:10 am

    Not these people again
    To paraphrase Sherman: If I owned Hell and Texas I’d fumigate Texas. Then I’d transport all the inmates from Hell and make them live there.

    But then, I’m nasty that way.

    Montgomery County was the scene of a fairly long lived censorship movement against Robie Harris starting back in Aug 2002. By the time it was over the Commissioners Court was embroiled in a nasty bit of corruption from failure to respect open government laws.

    And if the population of Hell ever really ticks me off, I’ll transport them without fumigating Texas.

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  2. Anonymous Patron says:
    May 5, 2005 at 10:40 pm

    Heh
    If they’re providing public showers, I have no problem with hygeine rules. Otherwise, I do.

    — Ender, Duke_of_URL

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  3. Mal Y Clypse says:
    May 6, 2005 at 7:23 pm

    Re:Heh
    Sorry Ender, as a resident of Texas, I have to tell you the state tries its best to provide as little as possible. Especially if your homeless.

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