From: monaco6178@hotmail.com   
      
   "Gerald Clough"  wrote in message   
   news:HomdnTLVM_yRPP_fRVn-gg@texas.net...   
      
   > Little law. If you walk into the hotel at Lajitas, the privately owned   
   > town, early in the morning and you pester the clerk enough, she'll tell   
   > you who those booted and spurred men are who are sitting in the side   
   > room drinking coffee. They're employees, and the job title is   
   > "Peacekeeper." It's a very peaceful place, even though a deputy sheriff   
   > may only get down there twice a year.   
      
      
       Privately owned town?  How can a town be owned privately?   
      
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