New law expands ban on ‘squaw’ - Bangor Daily News: "The legislation, which takes effect 90 days after the Legislature adjourns, is largely aimed at addressing a long-running dispute between a homeowners’ association and town officials in Stockton Springs.
Members of the association objected to Stockton Springs’ Board of Selectmen voting more than a year and a half ago to substitute the word “Defence” for all names on a peninsula formerly known as Squaw Point. The Defence was a privateer ship that was scuttled in the Penobscot River near Stockton Springs during the Revolutionary War.
The members responded by renaming their group the “Squapoint Association” and requesting that the town rename Defence Road as Squall Point Road. When the board rejected the request, the association submitted a petition that would block town officials from preventing the use of names on private roads as long as the name is consistent with state law."
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This is hilarious. The state banned use of the term "squaw," so the Squaw Point HOA went with "Squa" and "Squall." Now the law is being amended to ban any derivation of "Squaw" and "Squa." I wonder what the next iteration will be. Maybe the HOA will call itself the "Skwaw" association, and the state will ban anything that sounds like "Squaw," and the HOA will counter with "THKWAWWW" and the state will...
Doesn't the government of the State of Maine have anything better to do with its time and energy than this?
1 comment:
This is funny! I satire the changing of names for political correctness in my book LOST WAGES: A LAS VEGAS CHRISTMAS TALE. I also satire HOAs as in this rant on youtube:
HOA RANT
You should check out the rant for free and then buy the book for your HOA President!
Peace,
James
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