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TexasTowelie

(112,438 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 04:14 PM Apr 2015

Texas man ticketed for riding horse to Taco Bell

Texas ain't what it used to be, apparently; the good old days of horses and cowboys are fading fast. Just look what happened outside Dallas.

In the northeast Texas town of Allen, hours after sun set, rancher Rick Braun saddled his pony for a trot to the local Taco Bell he's patronized on horseback for years. But it may have been Braun's last ride through town.

Because two weeks ago, Allen police officers detained Braun and his riding buddies to inform them horseback travel was prohibited in the city, and to issue $266 citations to each for "riding animal on public street," reports WFAA.

Police officials told WFAA they had asked Braun to stop riding his horse publicly before. They also said they'd gotten complaints of horse poop on the street, and worried that the dark animals with no taillights were hard to see in the dark.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Texas-man-ticketed-for-riding-horse-to-Taco-Bell-6191694.php

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Texas man ticketed for riding horse to Taco Bell (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2015 OP
If you can't ride a horse in Texas Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #1
"they'd gotten complaints of horse poop on the street' hobbit709 Apr 2015 #2
Probably complaints of Taco Bell serving horse poop ashling Apr 2015 #3
Complaints or return business? underpants Apr 2015 #5
This Taco Bell is next to Horseshoe Road Inn underpants Apr 2015 #4
Damn! What's that horrible smell? Oh, there's a Taco Bell nearby underpants Apr 2015 #6
That's why it's called Taco Smell around here. nt longship Apr 2015 #7

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
2. "they'd gotten complaints of horse poop on the street'
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 04:26 PM
Apr 2015

I guess that is worse than the bullshit coming out of city hall.

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