From My Bottom Step

Kipps Lane Stabbing

A media release from London Police Service. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Hotel Disturbance

A media release from London Police Service. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Thurman Circle Rowdyism

A media release from London Police Service. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Proposed Noise By-law Gets Rough Reception

As the first presenter at yesterday’s ETC public participation meeting about the City’s proposed new noise by-law took his seat and began to speak, I struggled vainly to hear what was being said. The music was simply too loud.

Committee Chair Paul Hubert clearly wasn’t amused by the disturbance or by Dennis Pellarin’s “I hope I don’t get fined for it” quip, but once I came to realize that the noise had been a tactic emanating from a small stereo, his point had been made. He and other members of the Town and Gown coalition are concerned about the impact that loud music has upon nearby residents of the university.

But that wasn’t Mr. Pellerin’s only concern. Because even though the proposed new by-law may provide some enhanced capability in the ability to lay charges based upon quantitative decibel readings, there is much contained in it that may not be so positive. Continue Reading