This Week in Bans: Philly Outlaws Feeding the Homeless Outside

Welcome back to our weekly look at what's been outlawed in cities across the world (last week's edition here):

• The uber-popular norteño strummers Los Tigres del Norte are no longer welcome in Chihuahua, the capital of the eponymous Mexican state. Their crime: During a weekend concert they performed "La Reyna del Sur," a song that could be interpreted as glorifying the cartel life. Chihuahua has a law prohibiting such so-called narcocorridos and plans to fine the band $1,585 for the musical breach. With more than 47,000 people violently rubbed out by drug violence since Dec. 2006, it's understandable why the state is so sensitive about these catchy ditties. The song in question, whose title translates to "The Queen of the South," probably refers to high-level narcotics hotties like Sandra Ávila Beltrán, convicted of laundering billions of dollars in drug money. Here's a different band, Los Cuates de Sinaloa, executing that song:

• Low-level U.K. pol Daisy Benson is spreading the news that the Reading Borough Council, located west of London, has outlawed the use of Twitter during council meetings. The political body, devoted to typically British matters like maintaining toucan and puffin crossings, has not verified such a prohibition on its website. But if it has indeed laid down the banhammer, it would follow in the footsteps of the Cornwall Council, which recently banned Twitter after some of its members made "inappropriate" tweets. Inappropriate, that is, as defined by council leader Alec Robertson, who got all upset when his fellow councilors sent out messages like, "Leader is absent because he is busy trying to win awards" and "Aha – the Leader and Councillor Ridgers have finished winning awards and have graced us with their presence." Or perhaps Robertson acted simply because the social-promotion service is really annoying. (Follow me on Twitter!)