A Proposal on Changing the Clarksville Legal System

Hi! Welcome to our page on Changing the Clarksville Legal System. While we of course realize that not everyone who reads the Clarksville Web is related to the people who make Clarksville ordinances, It's of course possible that someone who reads this may be either a large landholder, business owner or organized crime figure in the region, so might be able to get something done.

We propose a rating system be applied to Clarksville Laws, so it will be easier for people to understand what exactly is going on when they read things in the paper, or in a worst case scenario, become a target of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.

Here's my proposed system:

Rating	Type	Examples
R	Real laws. Police will, in nearly all cases, make some attempt to track down an punish the perpetrator.	Murder, grand theft auto, arson
O	On-demand laws. Laws where the perpetrator will be punished if supplied to the police by the victim, but where little or no effort will be made to catch the perpetrator otherwise.	Shoplifting, light mugging
S	Sporadically-enforced. Laws that you aren't seriously expected to follow, but which will be enforced if you get noticed by a bored police officer.	Speeding, jaywalking, underage drinking
U	Undesirables-only. Laws which are primarily enforced against those considered to be troublemakers -- the homeless, scruffy-looking youths, minorities in wealthy suburbs -- and which can be ignored by rich white people over 30.	Loitering, curfews, various panhandling laws
G	Grandstanding. Laws which are blatantly unconstitutional, but which get passed anyway so the sponsoring politician can use it as an occassion for political rhetoric.	Flag-burning, the CDA, most initiatives pertaining to sexual topics.

Thank you! If you like you can comment on this system in the appropriate section of the vrhome BBS