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Town May Outlaw Eye-Rolling

Really. It may be considered 'disorderly conduct.'

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2010 12:59 PM CDT | Updated Jul 24, 2010 7:00 PM CDT
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(Newser) – If you find yourself annoyed while visiting Elmhurst, Illinois, think twice before rolling your eyes. Officials are debating a “disturbance and disorderly conduct” violation that includes eye-rolling, TribLocal.com reports. It all started when a resident was ejected from a public committee meeting after rolling her eyes and, as typically goes along with that, sighing.

Darlene Heslop, the resident in question, has no problem with defining disorderly conduct in the municipal code because “I’d like for them to have a better understanding of the open meetings act and its meaning and to understand what disorderly conduct is,” she says (while, one assumes, rolling her eyes). She adds that perhaps city officials will start to understand “what the public is entitled to” when attending a city meeting.

Soon, you might not be able to do this in Elmhurst, Illinois.
Soon, you might not be able to do this in Elmhurst, Illinois.   (©the pain of fleeting joy)
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stw111
Jul 25, 2010 2:57 PM CDT
Land of the free. Right.
polyticks
Jul 25, 2010 12:14 PM CDT
...and I thought I'd heard it all! I've heard of some pretty foolish archaic laws that are still on the books, but now they're adding more! This has got to be one of the most retarded statutes I've heard in a long time. What's next? Voting "Nay" is disorderly conduct? thefiles is right. Vote these jokers out of office.
Rob Myers
Jul 25, 2010 11:19 AM CDT
Another misleading headline. The rule would not "outlaw" eye-rolling. It would only make it clear that eye-rolling is among those things that can get you kicked out of an official meeting.

 
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