What with the drive to Maine being such a long one and coffee having its usual bodily effects, our mercy stop at the Connecticut Welcome Center is always a, well, welcome one.
There are the usual collection of signs at these sorts of places: "Head-In Parking Only," "Pick Up After Your Pet," etc.
It was only this year that I noticed a new no littering sign. Amongst all the other signs, a no littering one is no particular surprise. The threat of a hefty fine, however, DID catch my eye: $219 fine for littering.
Now THERE'S a deterrent - if the fine were merely, say, $210 or $215, I would litter with abandon. But $219? Why that just breaks the bank, that one.
One can imagine the debate in the Connecticut Legislature when this number was being set: "Make it $1000" the passionate anti-littering forces cried. "How about $100?" more rational voices offered. So a committee was set up, arguments, counter-arguments and such ensued at great length and out popped the compromise: $219. Not $200, not $250, but $219.
Welcome to Connecticut. Where fines don't make a particle of sense.
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