Thomas S. Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza, is completely out of his tree. He's putting $250 Million into building a town around his own strict 'moral' principles, using zoning bylaws as a loophole to try to abolish condoms, abortion, porn, etc.. within his little domain. Now if he were creating his own country on an island somewhere, I'd say go for it, invite all the like-minded utopian loonies and see how long it turns into Lord of the Flies. But he's doing it in Florida, complete with a ground-breaking ceremony attended and approved by Jeb Bush. The town is called Ave Maria.

It can't possibly work. The legalities alone will become silly. He may have found a trick to limit sales, but he can't abolish outright things that people are legally entitled to. It's like trying to build a bubble over a city to avoid polution, but you need to leave the freeways open for traffic. If he really wants to be such a trueblood Catholic, he should head towards the Vatican. Or he'd be better off just moving to Disneyland if he just wants an artifically sterile environment. Maybe, if he's lucky, people will see Ave Maria as 'quaint'. The proof is in the pudding: if a bunch of people get together and avoid naughtiness, that's fine and normal. But if you have to restrict what can be sold in your town to try to enforce that?

If I had the money, I'd have a strong urge to put a monkeywrench in his plans. I'd buy a big truck or maybe just customize a van. I'd paint "FREE PORN & CONDOMS" on the side of it, stock it up with classic Playboys and Penthouse magazines (maybe even some Hustler), french ticklers and a good supply of lube (KY a must). I'd drive that truck up and down the streets of Ave Maria, like an ice cream truck, even blurt out some music.. like perhaps a "waca chaca" 70's porn flic soundtrack. I bet I'd find lots of repressed people in his town that would welcome some free porn after just a couple months of enforced naughtiness deprivation.