Long Island town bans booing at board meetings

[The Straight Story]

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Cheers? Yes. Jeers? Not so much.

Officials in the New York town of Riverhead, in eastern Long Island, have adopted a code of public behavior for town hall meetings that bans booing.

Newsday reports the Riverhead Town Board voted 4-1 to approve the proposal earlier this week. Councilman James Wooten was the lone dissenter.

The town council rejected a measure that also would have banned applause.

There are no penalties for violators.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/long_island_town_bans_booing_a.html

[enlightenment]

1. Replace "boo" with

the time-honored "shame, shame".

[Historic NY]

2. Hiss hiss...for the snakes.

[grasswire]

3. ah, those Long Islanders....

...where settlers were forbidden from selling any dogs to the Native Americans, and other arcane laws.

My ancestor was one of the original settlers of Easthampton, and another of Plumb [sic] Island. Plumb Island was bought for one barrel biscuit, 100 muxes, and a few fish hooks.

[marybourg]

7. I guess you don't live on Long Island

because that's "Plum Island", not "Plumb".

[grasswire]

9. It is now.

But as written in the 1600s, it was often called Plumb.

[grasswire]

10. my ancestors were lighthousekeepers on Plum Island

They spelled it Plum. But they weren't there in the 1600s.

[lonestarnot]

4. Guess they wouldn't go for "fuck that shit" either.

[The Straight Story]

5. Maybe they thought it was too much like Meta

[lonestarnot]

6. LOL. I oughta....

I saw you and was on that jury. No hidie that shit.

[SoCalNative]

8. Maybe they can change it to

Boo-urn Boo-urns

[HereSince1628]

11. My 11th Great grandfather was fined in the 1640's for 'speaking out of order'

at meetings of 'select men' of Southampton Long Island.

I think this tradition may have VERY deep roots on Long Island.

[LiberalElite]

12. wow some things really don't change eom