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Drinking age movement flawed
Lowering the legal limit may hinder more than it helps
A new movement called the Amethyst Initiative, consisting of college presidents across the nation, has set its sights on opening up the drinking age to debate. Since 1984, the question of lowering the legal age of alcohol consumption has been essentially locked, as any state that lowers the age below 21 loses 10 percent of its annual highway funds.… 1 Comment
 
Hands-free phone law a bust
As of July 1, 2008 residents of California no longer have the freedom to hold their cell phones to their ears while driving, thanks to the new hands-free law. Every year we lose a few more freedoms that we had the previous year, and we have to ask ourselves when it is going to stop.… 4 Comments
 
San Marcos cracks down on crowded student housing
The city of San Marcos is limiting how many students can live together in one house. On August 7, the council put into effect a housing ordinance that says one single family house can have no more than four leases. The ordinance, which has been in the works for some time, was originally dismissed but problems between residents and students required a solution city council members believe they have found.… Post the First Comment
 
 
 

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