California Town Becomes Cuss-Free
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SOUTH PASADENA, Calif. — What the @$%? This community on the edge of Los Angeles has become a cuss-free zone.
So if you’re headed to South Pasadena this week, be sure to turn down the volume on that Snoop Dogg CD, and, if the little old lady from Pasadena cuts you off in traffic, don’t even think about flipping her the bird.
Not that police will slap cuffs on you and haul your sorry, er, butt off to jail in light of the proclamation passed Wednesday by the City Council. But you could be shamed into better behavior by the unsettling glares of residents who take their reputation for civility seriously.
“It provides us a reminder to be more civil, to elevate the level of discourse,” Mayor Michael Cacciotti said of his city’s proclamation designating the first week of March as No Cussing Week.
