Even non-Brazoria Countians might be familiar with Brazoria Mayor Ken Corley by now, as he made national news earlier this year when he sought a ban on the N-word, followed up by a demand to bring prayer back to school in hopes of converting a few infidels. Well, he's back, and this time, he's after your pants.
Apparently gangs of boxer-flashing youths are terrorizing the city, and throngs of people (which I read as maybe one or two) are begging the town leaders to do something about it. Rather than actually have to confront a child and say "Pull up your pants, please," I guess the natural progression of things is to pass a law.
And leave it to Louisiana to have done it first. Here's their law, which will serve as a model to the tiny burgh of Brazoria:
The two Louisiana cities’ ordinances state. “It shall be unlawful for any person in any public place or in view of the public to be found in a state of nudity, or partial nudity, or in dress not becoming to his or her sex, or in any indecent exposure of his or her person or undergarments, or be guilty of any indecent or lewd behavior.”
Now, I'm no lawyer, but it seems to me that "partial nudity" could even cover Joe Bob when he strips down to his too-tight undershirt while using the push mower on one of those 105 heat index days that aren't too uncommon in Brazoria. And "dress not becoming to his or her sex" could cover a whole checkout line at a Wal-Mart on any given day.
At any rate, my nephew gets his drivers license next year -- God, I'm getting old -- and I've seen the way he likes to dress. He'd better hope they get that bypass loop around Brazoria built before then.
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That's doubly insidious. "dressed inappropriately for their sex" is a soon-to-be drag queen/crossdresser lawsuit if ever there was one.
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