Town puts limit on councilman's daily broadcast of taps over loudspeaker

GLEN ROCK, Pa.-A Pennsylvania town councilman who broadcasts taps at his home through loudspeakers every night must limit the activity. The Glen Rock Borough Council voted Wednesday to restrict Joshua Corney's broadcast to Sunday nights and to certain flag holidays like the Fourth of July, The York Dispatch reported.
Several people who live near Corney complained that the nightly broadcasts violate the borough's noise ordinance and create a disturbance, according to Councilwoman Victoria Ribeiro.
One of Corney's neighbor's believes the nightly broadcasts are aggravating the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease and dementia, Ribeiro said. The Navy lieutenant commander who served in Iraq and Afghanistan said he plays the bugle call to honor those in the armed forces. "I am willing to compromise, I am willing to work it out, but I can only do it within reason," Corney said. "And I'm not going to do it at the sacrifice of my constitutional rights."