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Title: Walker intends to charge citizens fee to protest
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Raw Story
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/ ... harge-citizens-fee-to-protest/
Published: Dec 2, 2011
Author: David Edwards
Post Date: 2011-12-03 11:07:23 by mininggold
Keywords: GOP poster boy
Views: 2394
Comments: 3
Walker intends to charge citizens fee to protest Free speech is getting expensive in Wisconsin. Following demonstrations earlier this year which drew up to 100,000 people to the Wisconsin Capitol, Republican Gov. Scott Walker has proposed new policies that would require future protesters to pay in advance to stage an event, at a cost of $50 per hour, per Capitol Police officer. Police may also require a liability insurance or a bond, according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal. Demonstrators will also be on the hook for any damage and cleanup following protests. Walker’s administration had claimed that the pro-union protests earlier this year had costs as much as $7.5 million, but later admitted that the actual costs were far less. Under the new policy, permits will be required for groups of four or more people who want to do any activity inside the Capitol. Groups of 100 or more gathering outside the Capitol must also apply for a permit 72 hours in advance. Police will have some leeway if unforeseen events lead to spontaneous gatherings. American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin executive director Chris Ahmuty agreed with the state’s allowance for spontaneous protests, but worried that some groups might have their right to freedom of assembly curbed because they could not afford to pay. “It leaves too much discretion to the Capitol Police,” Ahmuty told the Journal Sentinel. For their part, many activists are vowing not to be cowed by the new rules. “This will only embolden people and get them to protest louder,” Nicole Desautels, who participates in a daily pro-labor, sing-along protest, explained to The Chicago Tribune. “We are exercising our free speech rights,” Kimi Ishikawa, who also takes part in the sing-along, insisted. “Nothing will stop us.” Organizers said Monday that they had gotten half the signatures needed to force a recall election of Gov. Walker. “Every day, every week and every month that goes by, the voters of my state will more clearly see the benefits of the [anti-union] reforms,” Walker told the Republican Governors Association Thursday. “People have a clear choice.”
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#1. To: mininggold (#0)
I would ignore it. It is a right to protest and use your mouth and feet.
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, November 28, 2011, 8:46 AM The City of Richmond charged the local tea party $10,000 to hold three rallies at the Kanawha Plaza … But, the #Occupy squatters were allowed to set up a tent city on the plaza for free. After complaining about this double standard and demanding a refund the Richmond tea party received a letter last week that they are being audited. In late October the Richmond Tea Party sent a letter to city officials demanding a refund for the $10,000 the group spent on permits, portable toilets, police presence and emergency personnel for three rallies held at same plaza where the Occupy Richmond squatters set up their camp. Now the tea party is being audited. As reported on the front page of the Richmond Times Dispatch, the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice for charges incurred in our previous three Tax Day rallies at Kanawha Plaza because Mayor Jones chose to allow Occupy Richmond protesters to convene in the same park for two weeks. The Mayor not only allowed the Occupiers to break the law, but he visited them in the city-owned park. “Jones said that as a ‘child of civil rights’ and protests, he had allowed the group to remain in the park but understands his mayoral responsibility to uphold laws of the city,” reported the Richmond Times Dispatch. Apparently his mayoral duties included preferential treatment for a group he sympathizes with ideologically at the expense of the taxpayers. The blog Virginia Right reported that the city provided services such as portable toilets, trash pickup etc. The incomplete invoices obtained from the city totaled $7,000. This was only a portion of the actual costs to taxpayers because the costs of police, helicopter and incarcerations were not included. Also not accounted for was the 24-hour police protection of the Mayor’s home after the Occupiers moved their camp next door to the Mayor’s house. The Richmond Tea Party, conversely, paid for all services for our rallies, including the police, portable toilets, park fees and permits, amounting to approximately $8,500. Last week the tea party received this letter from the City of Richmond. In the audit letter signed by Cynthia Carr, Field Auditor for the City of Richmond, it states that our Tea Party is delinquent in filing of Admissions, Lodging, and Meals Taxes with the city and as such our group has been targeted for a comprehensive audit. What thuggery. ** I hope you all help me spread word of this obvious abuse of power.
I wonder if she will see the hypocrisy. She never mentioned the unfair treatment the Tea Party received in the past. She sticks up for thieves and disses the people who are being raped via the tax code. Strange indeed.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker has proposed new policies that would require future protesters to pay in advance to stage an event, at a cost of $50 per hour, per Capitol Police officer.
#2. To: mininggold, All (#0)
Outrage!… After Demanding Refund From City, Richmond Tea Party Gets Letter – “You’re Being Audited”
Richmond tea party patriots hold a Tax Day rally in the plaza. (Examnier Photo) Two weeks after the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice to Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones for costs incurred for previous rallies; we received a letter from the City of Richmond formally stating that the city is auditing our Tea Party. Coincidence? This audit is an obvious attempt to intimidate and harass us for standing up against the unfair treatment and discrimination against our Tea Party.
They are being audited. 
#3. To: Happy Quanzaa (#2)
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