Excellent
I'd been wondering why New Braunfels - a *city* - feels it has the right to regulate the conduct of people using a navigable waterway, which falls under state jurisdiction (city-owned riverfront parks, sure, but rivers are a whole different animal. For example, the Austin park police have acknowledged that they can't prohibit access to Town Lake based on a city park curfew.) Hopefully this lawsuit will clear some things up.
Make no mistake, I'm not a fan of rowdy, drunken tubers; in fact, I hate tubing with a passion. But a city overstepping its bounds like this sets a dangerous precedent that could affect all river users.
Make no mistake, I'm not a fan of rowdy, drunken tubers; in fact, I hate tubing with a passion. But a city overstepping its bounds like this sets a dangerous precedent that could affect all river users.