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There would be an argument concerning the difference between promoting moral turpitude and the right to inform the public.

The issue is about driving around a residential neighborhood advertising visually appealing Women for Rent by the hour, and typical governmental reaction misses the point by banning parking of any mobile billboard within 500 feet of residential areas.

It doesn't seem to deal with the issue of automotive mobility concerning advertisement, and one evening of television would expose children to far more immorality in "family" programming than on that sign.

Then there are the ubiquitous commercials about "male enhancement" ("Enzyte Bob" with the goofy grin and dozens of ga-ga female admirers), birth control, and last night I saw a commercial about what incredibly seemed to be pitched as a vibrator attached to a condom, by Trojan. Only a very slight imagination was required, in the peek-a-boo form of skimpily veiled language, to be clued in. For her pleasure, you romantic devil, you. The kids see all that crap.

And to think that models wearing granny panties and girdles in the Sears catalog decades ago used to be risque.

Escorts are advertised in newspapers and phone books, and both can be found in the house. Should newspapers and phone books be banned from residences?

What if the mobile sign is covered or easily dismantled 501 feet from a residential area to park within the residential area, or is stored in a garage? Is temporarily stopping while attended prohibited? Stopping as provided by law at intersections? What is the legal difference between stopping and parking?

Is there any real difference between the demonstrated (no pun intended) right to picket in areas of public access and towing a bill board which is essentially a picket sign on wheels? Parking that billboard in a permitted place of public parking, so long as it is moved every 72 hours or whatever time period is posted?

Would advertisement on a vehicle owned by an escort service rather than a towed billboard owned by an escort service be exempt from the ordinance? Would there be a difference between advertisement on an economy car versus advertisement on a tractor trailer rig? How about a Class - C surplus U-haul moving truck?

There is a newer ordinance in the Hemet area which was designed to keep public access picketers away from the cult ( I'm having a mental block on the name right now) on Gilman Springs road near the Soboba Indian reservation, is that a prohibition which would pass legal challenge?

The gentleman who rented the whole exterior surface on his VW bug to Joe Camel a decade or so ago would be promoting a single business while parking it in front of his residence - could the city deny the man his ride for having Joe Camel sprawled over his car, smoking a cigarette?

Further, the single business represented on that VW bug is part of an industry which incredibly straight faced rebutted the argument that long term smoking increases social medical costs by citing the reduced life expectancy of smokers. Won't live long enough to be a financial burden.

Advertisement on buses are not limited to the governmental agency to which they belong, would that be illegal under the statute? Would it be a violation of the law for such a city bus to park while taking on passengers, or at a city yard in close proximity to a residential neighborhood?

I believe an attorney greased with a relatively "appropriate" amount of cash could poke holes all through that ordinance.

And due to the fact that sex sells, an escort service just might have the cash to do it (again, no pun intended).