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Justice Bedsworth: A Bridge [Too Far Out] Named James Brown

It?s not my fault if you fall over laughing and hurt yourself, but I can say it will probably be worth it:

Excerpt: ?I have no idea why the James Brown Soul Center of the Universe Bridge is here.(4) What I know is that in 1993, the town voted to name their new bridge after James Brown. He came and christened it with a rendition of ?I Feel Good,? and now all the ranchers who do business in this cow town (the ski resort is way up the hill; very few skiers use the bridge) pass by or over a bridge named not after Merle Haggard or George Strait or Garth Brooks, but James Brown?.
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You want to know what it?s like to be a peace officer in a small town in Colorado? Here are a few excerpts from Steamboat Today?s police log: ?Tuesday, January 19, 12:15 a.m.: Steamboat Springs Police Department officers stopped a drunken pedestrian at 11th Street and Lincoln Avenue. Officers reportedly saw the man walking down the street carrying a pole used to hold velvet waiting line ropes. The man reportedly was extremely intoxicated and could not give them an address or the name of a sober friend, so officers took him to detox for the night. Officers could not immediately determine where the pole came from.??? (link to full article: Law Enforcement for the Soul... Center, by Justice William W. Bedsworth)

Read other Justice Bedsworth?s ?Criminal Waste of Space? columns (over at the OC Bar Association)

Full post as published by Oregon Legal Research on March 02, 2010 (boomark / email).