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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Police could do something if they wanted. It's above the levels allowed by the noise laws. But if no one complains, it will continue. [/quote]
Even if people complain what would they do?[/quote]

Do you really think the police are powerless? There is a noise law that the police can enforce, and I'm guessing getting fined every day and told to stop under threat of arrest would go a long way toward getting them to go away. Do you really think that if they showed up on some random residential street, this would be allowed? Maybe the police give them more leeway because that plaza hosts concerts, and so it's just generally viewed as a noisy place and the police don't want to draw lines, but there's nothing wrong with allowing occasional concerts and not allowed random people with a microphone. But it will take a group of people calling the police and/or their elected officials a lot, and probably no one is motivated enough to take it on.[/quote]

We were at the Silver Spring farmer's market.  My spouse went up to the speaker and told him that he was violating the code and he said "call the police"  My spouse did and the police said they were told not to do anything by the people in charge of Montgomery county..so unless we start complaining nothing is going to be done.

You can't enjoy the farmer's market nor Veteran's plaza with the noise. I also hate the Hare Krishna's who also are loud[/quote]

Thank you for trying to do your part. It really does take a lot of people calling, and doing it every time these people are out there, plus being persistent with elected leaders. Similar to you, police have told me that isolated calls about noise are basically ignored.[/quote]
Didn’t you read the post? There is no amount of calling the police that will lead them to do anything. If you are calling the police to address this, you are calling the wrong people. If you want this to stop you need to take all of that energy and have a hundred people call your Councilmembers. They are the reason why the police will not enforce the law and they have the power to change that. And if your Councilmembers refuse to do anything, then you need to vote for different people. That’s it. [/quote]

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