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Universal Data Format - On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 15:36:56 -0500 (EST), editor@telecom-digest.orgwrote: [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Why do you suppose between the USA and Canadian government they could not have reached some agreement to place the *entire town* on one side or the other and let it go at that. What do they do about someone committing a crime in one part of the library for example, then running and hiding in some other part? Do police have to get extradition papers to get the person or do they wind up calling Interpol? PAT]The city (well, a small city) of Lloydminster straddles the Albertaand Saskatchewan borders. Unlike in some situations, it retains thesame name on both sides of the border (ie: it is "Lloydminster,Alberta" and "Lloydminster, Saskatchewan"). Telephones on the Albertaside are in area code 780, while phones on the Saskatchewan side arein 306. There is 7-digit dialing between the two sides.I don't know all of the specifics, but the two provincial governmentshave made certain arrangements with each other to cover situationswhere one side might otherwise be at a disadvantage. For example, theSaskatchewan government charges higher gasoline taxes than the Albertagovernment does - except in Lloydminster, where they match Alberta'stax rate. I'm not sure if the same applies to provincial sales taxesor not (Saskatchewan has one, Alberta does not), and/or provincialincome taxes, etc., but some accomodations are made. As for policing,the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has jurisdiction throughout Canadaand thus there are no jurisdictional problems when someone robs aSaskatchewan-side gas station and ducks behind a building on theAlberta side.Your idea sounds good in principal, but you have to consider that whenone side "gives up" the community in question to the other side (ie:let's say Saskatchewan "gave up" all of Lloydminster to Alberta), theyalso give up the tax base for the community in question. Which leadsto the question: who pays for the roads that lead into and out ofLloydminster on the Saskatchewan side? Who pays for the electriclines, the phone lines, all the other infrastructure? It'd be afairly complicated thing to work out -- but certainly possible. Atleast, this situation would be possible. I'd think that theVermont/Quebec situation, where this thread started, would be far, farless likely to see that sort of a solution. Can't see the USA givingup territory to ANYBODY for ANY reason. Ditto thefiercely-sovereigntist Quebeckers. (No problem with our federalgovernment: they'll roll over for anybody).[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: How do the authorities in Lloydminster(either province) handle things like stop and go lights at mutualintersections now, or street repairs at the same intersections? Theyprobably do the same as Chicago, Illinois/Whiting, Indiana or CalumetCity, Illinois/Hammond, Indiana. One municipality handles it entirelywith authority from the other side. The electric bill to run thestop-and-go lights is paid by one side and pro-rated by agreement tothe other side. You see Hammond, Indiana police cars driving southon State Line Avenue (of neccessity) on the Illinois side of the road;ditto Calumet City Police driving north on the Indiana side for thesame reasons. But neither of the police cars make a right turn intothe other's territory. I have to wonder though, if in the Vermont/Quebecsituation the town authorities couldn't cut deals to make it all abit more transparent for the citizens. I mean, electric power linescoming into a building from two directions is a bit ridiculous, isn'tit?Does anyone know, are there customs stations all along the way toprovide for keeping 'terrorists' out of each other's countries? SinceBush got on the terrorist kick a couple years ago, you should see --just see -- the horrendous traffic jams at the Detroit/Windsor border(ditto Calexico/Mexicali border) as people going both directionsweave in and out of customs interrogation/inquisition check pointsin their automobiles and trucks. What would prevent me, as
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