{"id":935,"date":"2008-07-12T14:02:34","date_gmt":"2008-07-12T18:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2008\/07\/12\/dont-stick-gum-on-a-pole-in-sc-or-youll-get-a-ticket\/"},"modified":"2008-08-12T21:50:31","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T01:50:31","slug":"dont-stick-gum-on-a-pole-in-sc-or-youll-get-a-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2008\/07\/12\/dont-stick-gum-on-a-pole-in-sc-or-youll-get-a-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t stick gum on a pole in S.C. or you&#8217;ll get a ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p> What&#8217;s with all these cities and towns with crazy new laws lately? The other day I wrote about a town in Ohio that&#8217;s going to put people in <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2008\/06\/16\/mow-your-lawn-or-risk-jail-time-in-canton-ohio\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">jail for not mowing their lawn<\/a> and now Charleston, S.C. is going after people that leave chewing gum on street poles.<\/p>\n<div style=\u00e2\u20ac\u009ddisplay:block;float:left;padding:5px;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d><!--adsense#largesquare--><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been to Charleston, but apparently the poles have been an unsightly Charleston landmark for years now.   Three utility poles at the entrance to the South Carolina city&#8217;s popular outdoor market are routinely plastered with used chewing gum. So much so that the poles are a rainbow of colors thanks to the gum.  Workers regularly clean the poles of gum but people just keep sticking more on them again.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>The City Traffic and Transportation director Hernan Pena thinks this is a big enough problem that he&#8217;s asked police to keep close watch on the poles and they&#8217;ve even discussed installing surveillance cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe they should just place garbage cans near the poles? 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