“I analogize it to auditory graffiti,� Schmid said.

can you say moro - no...wait, better make that 'can you say neuro linguistic programming'? check this quote:

Schmid said the bills "deal with loud booming car stereos, which some have referred to as urban terrorism or auditory graffiti."
www.stltoday.com/stltoday/neighborhoods/stories.nsf/southcityjournal/news/story/2E63D0EE125B0F40862570FF007B613A

urban terrorism, huh? [cue footage of muhammed ali twirling his finger around the side of his head, signing el loco]

The music gets so loud, Alderman() Dionne Flowers, that when "you’re in bed, you fall out."

c'mon. these people are hysterical. do they think they are performing theater here? i've yet to hear a car stereo loud enough to knock anyone out of bed. otoh, i expect that these dadburn planes & jets that fly over the neighborhood during the middle of the night will now be subject to seizure. right, schmid? and then there's those railroad tracks several blocks away. i can only imagine how loud and rattling it must be living next to that. and let's talk about the irritating buzz of those pesky helicopters that circle over the city. it's past time to send these sources of auditory graffiti a strong message too. equal opportunity, ya know. not just picking on the g's in the hood. right, elected representatives?

"The time has come to do something about that loud noise," said another Public Safety Committee member, Alderman Freeman Bosley Sr., D-3rd Ward.


you're damn right!

if they can do this


Bill 81 also makes it easier for police to charge people who operate a radio, phonograph, loud speaker or other device for making sounds in a way that disturbs the residents of the neighborhood.

Under a bill now on the books, a resident must serve as a witness to such a violation between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. Under that law, after 11 p.m. and before 7 a.m., any device heard within more than 100 feet shall be evidence of a noise violation. Police officers can issue citations if they hear it without any witnesses.

Under changes in Schmid's legislation, nobody can play any sound device that's plainly audible outside, except by voluntary listeners who are present on property where the owner has given permission.

That change does not give any minimum distance or time period for prohibited noise. Residents would not have to serve as witnesses. If police hear it, they could write a ticket.


we should demand that something be done about the serious industrial & commercial noise pollution we have to put up with in our neighborhoods. put an end to air traffic from scott afb or lambert between the hours of 11pm and 7am. especially if you can't turn up some music now to drown it out.

Despite all the amputation
You could dance to a rock ’n’ roll station
And it was all right
It was all right
Hey babe

say cheese
stlcin.missouri.org/alderman/alderman.cfm

Neighborhoods located entirely or partially in Ward 20 are:
16 Dutchtown
18 Marine Villa
19 Gravois Park
30 Benton Park West

from the 2000 census

Summary Data For Wards (16,18,19,20)

Total Population: 48,909

Race:
White alone 20,205 41.31%
Black or African American alone 26,606 54.40%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone 111 0.23%
Asian alone 858 1.75%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 12 0.02%
Some other race alone 320 0.65%
Population of two or more races: 797 1.63%

Hispanic Or Latino: 950 1.94% of Total Population

Race For The Population 18 Years And Over:
Total: 36,372 100.00%
White alone 17,127 47.09%
Black or African American alone 17,732 48.75%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone 81 0.22%
Asian alone 688 1.89%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 9 0.02%
Some other race alone 227 0.62%
Population of two or more races 508 1.40%

Hispanic Or Latino, 18 Years And Over: 714 1.96% of Population 18 Years and Over