Gary wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> > Don't know what he's talking about. It's only something about a
> > collecton at the beach of dead Xmas trees used to restore sand
> > dunes I can find. I assure you, they never outlaws real ones in
> > the home. Might have been a bit on cut lives one on the boardwalk
> > area itself for a bit? Can't find it.
>
> You were probably still in the Navy then and not living here.
>
> They did indeed outlaw (cut live trees in the house). I saw it on the
> news. Couple of days later, a neighbor of mine asked me about it. She
> was really worried because she already had one and decorated. I
> assured her that it's ok...no police will be knocking on her door to
> inspect her Christmas tree.... no Christmas tree police patrols. hheh
>
> As I said, so many locals complained that they cancelled the law a
> week or two later.
>
> Virginia Beach has a long history of making bad events just "go away.
>
> - The silly christmas tree 2-week law
> - The old "greek fest" riot.
> - The courthouse mass shooting almost 2 years ago
>
> The last two above were both 'VABeach is a racist city' events.
>
> If you refuse to believe that, just talk to any older person that
> grew up here.
>
> I moved here almost 48 years ago. I was shocked at how racism was so
> bad here compared to growing up in Maryland.

Gary, you need to understand that the Greek Fest Riot is still there
and resulted in police training on racism that has stood pretty well
over time.

The courthouse shooting is also still there.

The Xmas tree bit isn't. THe only thing on that is a 2 week period on
when you get free pickups or to *drop them off* at various locations
for use to help retain sand.