Noisy Thai Temples & Local Sign taxes

Crazy Californians

Neighbors of Wat Mongkolratanaram, a Thai Temple in Berkley, are complaining.
Their weekly brunches are too noisy.
Neighbors want these events limited to no more than three times a year.
They also want to enforce a "amplifier city ordinance.'
Amplifiers can only be used seven times a year with special permit.
Saw this news item at the Berkley Daily Planet

... would your tax collector do that?

Local Government employees visited Graham at his watering hole. Time to pay the sign taxes.
Yes if you place a business sign on the front wall of your establishment, you gotta pay a sign tax.
It's not much of an expense if your sign is in Thai. 

Gets quite pricier if your sign is in any other language.

Someone had forgotten to collect this tax from the previous business located there (Ned's Bar).
So they just included these overdue taxes on Graham's tab.
Of course he wasn't thrilled about that. He'll gladly pay what's due from the date his business permit was issued.

The tax agents, two very sweet young Ladies, promised to "check with their supervisor."
Meanwhile, one of the ladies, took the broom from Graham's hand and helped him sweep a few dirt spots on the floor. 

Now you have you ask yourself, would your tax collector do that? Not mine !!