My friend's LTTE - he's been fighting a local sign ordinance

The city changed its ordinance to allow "informational" signs.

Where’s the forum?

I want to thank the city of Prairie Village for its deliberations concerning the sign ordinances. I like my city and never had any intention of opening this can of worms. The city came to me with this dilemma. I believe the city has made sincere efforts to make its regulations constitutional. However, moving from political to informational signs confuses just what the founding fathers wanted protected, “political speech.”


My signs are not informational as in directional, or linked to commerce; they are solely political: critical of my nation’s policies. These are not only protected rights, but unlimited. The Constitution doesn’t say “freedom of speech up to and including 16 square feet, beyond that is criminal.”

What forum does a citizen have when the newspapers don’t print the letters, radio talk shows refuse dialogue and journalists not only refuse to ask hard questions but cheerlead an unprovoked and illegal invasion? They show no independence from the administration, allowing themselves to be spoon-fed propaganda and complicit in the efforts to not show us, as a country, the true cost of war: our soldiers returning in coffins or Iraqi children dismembered and maimed by our weapons.

There must be simply, when we have political issues concerning life and death, freedom of speech.

In the honor of all soldiers ever defending our Constitution and freedoms this Memorial Day, I want Prairie Village to lead the state, to lead the nation, in delivering the rights so hard fought for.

I would propose “freedom of speech on political issues.”

David Quinly

Prairie Village

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/14774303.htm

I need to take pictures of his yard signs and post them. Yesterday, he called a local RW radio show and said "Yes, there are 3 new terrorists in Iraq. Their names are bush, cheney and rumsfeld". The radio host hung up on him and called him a "loony leftist". LOL

Here he is with dubya - he brings him to our protests.





And he always has an updated list of soldiers who have been killed:

You go awesome David!

DUer chatnoir also comes to our protests and she has great signs too. Her latest:

Now
Spying on
Americans

to a DUer who is going to Al Gore's book signing on Thursday on what words to use to convince him to run for President.

President Gore,
The planet thanks you
The country needs you!

We have been urging him for months to get one and let us help him start a blog. He is the BEST writer. And I know he would love DU.