Citizens can make courts prove they broke the law

Your article and editorial on the anti-student housing ordinance in Athens is exactly on the mark; however there is one additional point to be made.

In order for students to be made to move under the ordinance, the government has to prove that they are unrelated people who are living together. When a police officer or the “ordinance lady” shows up, you do not have to admit that you are not related – in fact you do not have to answer any questions at all.

Every citizen accused of violating the law has the right to make the government prove the case against them in Court. Many times, violations of ordinances such as this one are exceedingly difficult to prove.

If more students would get lawyers and insist on their day in Court, perhaps the cost of enforcing ridiculous laws like this would go up enough that the government would abolish them. Do not roll over; insist on your day in Court and never admit anything.

Charles A. Jones Jr.
Alumni, Athens
Law

Not all students are wild, party animals

Dear Red and Black and ALL other oblivious people at the University of Georgia,

Please stop categorizing college students. Not all college students are on your moral filth level. I don’t know if all you biased self consumed writers have noticed, but there is merely a third of the University of Georgia’s population that goes down town, and even less than that actually go home with someone for an episode of wild sex. I know this is hard for your peanut brains to comprehend, but it is true there are people who do not have sex, gasp, furthermore there are people who choose not to drink, bigger gasp. You do not even have to be a religious person to uphold such morals, crazy huh?? So once more myself and thousands of others do ask of you people less of morals to stop putting us in your category. Thanks.

David Williams
Senior, Donalsonville, Ga
History