January 1998
Affiliate News: New Jersey
It's time for West Milford Township to "legalize sleep," said Eugene Richards, an LP officeholder -- and he's supporting an ordinance to do exactly that.His action came after the town outlawed bed-and-breakfasts in every home not designated "historic," even though there are only 12 historic homes in the town of 22,750.
But does the town really prosecute sleep crimes? Yes: Richards cited the following municipal court case: "Helene McGovern ... was fined $125 for sleeping in the living room at 385 Talmage Avenue."
"This is absolutely ridiculous," said Richards, who spoke in favor of an ordinance that would "decriminalize sleep" -- and legalize bed-and-breakfasts anywhere in the township.
If it's diversity that liberals want, Chuck Karczag intends to give them plenty. Karczag is leader of the newly formed College Libertarians at Rutgers University -- a campus so anti-freedom that he dubs it "Moscow on the Raritan [River]."
Karczag said his new Libertarian group would provide one important service to the college: A willingness to "take off their gloves and stand on consistent principle."
