Indeed, Riverside, a town of 8,000 nestled across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, has already spent $82,000 defending its ordinance, and it risked having to pay the plaintiffs' legal fees if it lost in court.
The Seidens and about 30 other Sea Cliff residents living near the proposed tower, on Altamont Street at the village public works department's yard, claim the tower would violate local zoning ordinances and possibly create health risks.
And the focus of firing tests on incoming mortars and missiles and small, swift suicide or swarming boat attacks (think USS Cole bombing to understand this threat), plus official statements on the value of lasers as an ordinance-free weapon creating less risk than storing and handling fuel and gunpowder, indicate some concern with soldier safety.
"This is a terrible accident and clearly shows that landmines and unexploded ordinance still pose a grave risk to Somali children," said Mr Lauwerier.
A small audience, the ordinance states, would limit "the potential risk or danger to the public".
"But Britons wishing to travel to the north should be aware that there remains a risk from mines and unexploded ordinance and that they need to obtain permission from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence before they travel".
Despite the cost, opponents of the ordinance say it puts the public at risk, and ICE agreed.
Confusing unexploded ordinance with food places children at huge risk of injury or death.
— After an arrest in the rape of a 6-year-old boy at the city library here late last month, the mayor drafted an ordinance to bar high-risk sex offenders from entering or coming within a certain distance of numerous public places.
Town officials set up a risk management fund and passed an ordinance that protects it from being raided, Ms. Donatelli said.
