“we’re about to pass an ordinance the attorney general has told us we don’t have the authority to enforce”

Last night the nanny-staters on the Chapel Hill town council failed to secure enough votes to enact the ban on cell phone use while driving, but they’ll take it up again on March 26. Kudos to council member Matt Czajkowski, who is looking at the issue logically:

Matt Czajkowski wanted to know how much signs explaining the local ban would cost and how much money the town was willing to spend to defend its legality.

“At the end of the day we’re about to pass an ordinance the attorney general has told us we don’t have the authority to enforce,” he said. “The last thing we want is to have this challenged and lose.”