[Seattle-editorial] Article: Has Miami Lost Its Marbles?

[typist at speakeasy.net]

It's going up.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Reep [mailto:jasonr at speakeasy.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 05:20 PM
> To: typist at speakeasy.net
> Cc: sheelanagig at juno.com, seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Seattle-editorial] Article: Has Miami Lost Its Marbles?
> 
> agree. post it.
> 
> typist at speakeasy.net wrote:
> 
> > Great article, approved, propose title changes to more accurately reflect article:
> > 
> > subtitle: FREE SPEECH RESTRICTIONS
> > title: Miami want to curb street protests through new ordinance: will Seattle be next?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: sheelanagig at juno.com [mailto:sheelanagig at juno.com]
> >>Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 12:46 AM
> >>To: seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
> >>Subject: [Seattle-editorial] Article: Has Miami Lost Its Marbles?
> >>
> >>I posted this to the site on open posting, and now here is the story
> >>formatted for the features page...this is my first submission for the
> >>front page so do not hesitate to give me advice. I think this is relevant
> >>as we need people to email on this NOW! And this ordinance will be used
> >>against us as precence later...
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>kirsten anderberg
> >>
> >>*************************************************************************
> >>************************
> >>
> >><P>Has Miami Lost Its Marbles?
> >><BR>By Kirsten Anderberg
> >>
> >><P>The Miami City Commission is currently trying to pass a “parade and
> >>demonstrations” ordinance, Item J-03-772, that will be valid once passed,
> >>until November 27, 2003. This ordinance is being proposed, due to the
> >>protests that will come with the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
> >>meeting in Miami, November 17 – 21, 2003. Throughout the text of the
> >>proposed ordinance is a litany of free speech and Constitutional rights
> >>rhetoric, yet everything the ordinance stands for directly conflicts with
> >>the rights it proclaims to take into account. There is a sincere conflict
> >>between the semantics of what the text is saying and the reality of what
> >>it is proposing. 
> >>
> >><P>This ordinance proposal was supposed to be voted upon by Miami City
> >>Commissioners, on Sept. 25, 2003, yet there was a flood of protest from
> >>the public, as well as watchdog groups such as the ACLU. Now the proposal
> >>is tabled for the next Commissioners’ meeting in the beginning of
> >>October, and revisions will supposedly take place between now and then.
> >>Thus, it is CRUCIAL that people call and email these Commissioners to
> >>stop this ordinance from becoming yet another bit of precedence against
> >>free speech in America. Activists fear Miami is stalling regarding the
> >>passage of this ordinance, until the last hour, to just slide it
> >>through...click here for the <a
> >>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=33677">
> >>full story</A>. 
> >>
> >>
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