It could be viewed that they cannot, because the state already has spoken on the subject.

This is a complex subject area, ... It seems to have been addressed on a very simplistic basis by some other locales.

That would be a power we have as property owners, separate from our local police powers, so there wouldn't be any preemption problem.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

People want chat histories. They're a permanent testimony of a relationship.