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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
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     David Scheidt  wrote:   
   > In alt.folklore.urban Lewis  wrote:   
   >:In message    
   >:  danny burstein  wrote:   
   >:> Someone iN AuthOriTy is taking it seriously.   
      
   >:> [SF Chronicle]   
      
   >:> S.F. chief bars firefighters from buying Super Bowl badges   
      
   >:> San Francisco is playing Super Bowl host city, but Fire Chief Joanne   
   >:> Hayes-White has nixed the idea of individual firefighters buying the   
   >:> NFL-sanctioned commemorative badges that celebrate the event - in part   
   >:> out of concern that the game leads to domestic violence.   
      
   >:On what authority does he believe he can prohibit employees from buying   
   >:souvenirs?   
      
   > He can prohibit the NFL from making them, since (assuming they're like   
   > the others I've seen) say "san francisco fire department" on them.   
      
   First, that is not what the article says. Of course, it says very   
   little.   
      
   Second, I doubt she has that authority anyway.   
      
   (yes, she, I missed that in the original post).   
      
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