Cellphone ban supporters show puzzling logic

Editor:

On June 6 Havre City Council voted on Ordinance 879, which bans electronic communications devices from being used while driving.

During the comment period, one council member stated that she still did not know which way she would ultimately vote. Councilwoman Tretheway sagely identified a state statute that is already on the books. The state statute is currently used by our local law enforcement to ticket these very offenders, making this new ordinance redundant. An impassioned plea from a fellow Havre citizen may have tipped the scales in favor of passage. He, and I am paraphrasing...