Silly Simi Backs Down
Well, that didn't take long. Less than a week after the mayor of Simi Valley proposed billing a church because a bunch of would-be immigration vigilantes staged a protest outside of it, the city has reconsidered. "The city has decided to hold off on billing a local church almost $40,000 for costs to police an anti-immigration protest," today's Daily News reports (sorry, no link available).
Sounds like the worst of all worlds for Simi: All the bad publicity, and none of the money. Moral of the story: Politicians should think twice before setting off on ridiculous symbolic gestures.