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|    Ping Wollmann. La Cañada to allow fortun    |
|    11 Oct 13 07:15:54    |
      XPost: alt.astrology, alt.california       From: jj@aol.com              Citing free-speech rights, La Cañada Flintridge leaders voted this week to       officially allow fortunetellers, palm readers, psychics and other self-       styled clairvoyants to set up shop within city limits.              The issue came up after the city received inquiries from fortunetellers       weighing a move to La Cañada, city officials said. The only problem was       that the city's zoning code did not address fortunetellers or similar       vendors, leaving them in a limbo of being neither allowed nor barred.              The City Council's vote on Monday erased that ambiguity and specifically       allows the businesses to operate in certain commercial areas of the city,       the La Cañada Valley Sun reported.              The move came after city officials said in a report that fortunetelling       and psychic readings are considered free speech and therefore could not be       subject to an outright ban.              But members of the planning commission, which first took up the issue this       summer, struggled over how to define such businesses under the city code.       Some called them a form of entertainment, others saw them as service       providers.              Council members eventually settled on the services label with little       debate.              “Some people think it’s just a fun thing, and some think it’s a serious       service. I can’t tell you who’s right or wrong, but to accommodate that,       we put it down as a service,” Mayor Laura Olhasso said.              http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-la-canada-fortune-tellers-       free-speech-20131010,0,5947451.story              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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