Thanks Brian, hey shut them down around 9 PM. If they continue with this I will see about filing a complaint. What's interesting is I think it is a church that is doing this. Jeff At 20:44 -0700 10/31/05, Brian Skiff wrote: > Well, it is something of a holiday, though you can be sure that >sheer greed is behind the searchlights in hopes of attracting attention. >Looking at the Arizona Revised Statutes on-line suggests the state laws, >at least, are very broad and don't prohibit much besides mercury-vapor, >and not even them, really, until 2011. You might read through what there >is to see if there's a complaint to be made under the laws: > >http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/49/01101.htm&Title=49&DocType=ARS > >...and the several pages to be found following the 'next document' link. >The top page for environmental laws is here: > >http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=49 > >...and the lighting laws occupy chapter 7. > >\Brian -- Jeff Hopkins HPO SOFT http://www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html Hopkins Phoenix Observatory 7812 West Clayton Drive Phoenix, Arizona 85033-2439 U.S.A. www.hposoft.com -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.