From: Christopher Whipple (crw@well.com)
Date: Fri Aug 30 2002 - 20:00:37 MDT
Because I haven't seen it posted to the list yet...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=573&e=9&u=/nm/
20020822/od_nm/cemetery_dc_1
French Mayor Bans Residents from Dying
Thu Aug 22,10:25 AM ET
LE LAVANDOU, France (Reuters) - The mayor of a French Mediterranean
town, faced with a cemetery "full to bursting," has banned local
residents from dying until he can find somewhere else to bury them.
Gil Bernardi, mayor of Le Lavandou on the coast 15 miles west of Saint
Tropez, introduced the ban after a court rejected his plans to build a
cemetery in a tranquil setting by the sea.
Bernardi said most locals had obeyed the edict so far, but he was
desperately trying to find a resting place for a homeless man who had
recently passed away in the town.
"Initially, the decree has been remarkably well followed," the mayor
said.
Bernardi has appealed against the ruling preventing the seaside
cemetery being built, saying it would be the best final resting place
for his townsfolk.
"What people want here, because it's a local tradition, is their own
little personal plot of land, their burial spot, not an impersonal
pigeonhole," he said.
-crw.
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