[OccupyCU] Champaign "Free speech in malls & parking lots" referendum - another try at language?

[Michael Weissman]

I could be in on any of those times.

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hello oCUpiers,
>
> If you're interested in tweaking the language of a Champaign Free Speech
> referendum,
> maybe in a meeting early this week, please write back and let us know.
> Let's try to meet!
> Either in person or virtually.  Would tonight, or Tuesday evening, or
> Wednesday evening do?
>
> Details below.
>
> We'd talked last month about drafting another version of Mike Weissman's
> free speech amendment,
> the one that would allow non-disruptive political speech, leafletting,
> petitioning etc. in privately owned spaces frequented by the public.
> It would appear as an advisory referendum on the November ballot.
>
> This passed in Urbana, but failed narrowly in Champaign.  But - as
> Stephanie Williams (hey!) pointed out,
> voters in Champaign can ask for another township meeting and consider the
> question again.
>
> The last language Mike drafted was this:
>
>   Whereas expensive media campaigns have recently largely
>  replaced ordinary political conversations between citizens,
>
>    and
>
>   whereas much of the public space in which such conversations
> used to take place has been replaced with private malls,
>
>   and
>
>   whereas since 1980 the state of California has successfully required
> that
> polite non-disruptive political speech be allowed at privately-owned malls
> and parking lots,
>
>
>    we request that the City of Champaign establish by ordinance that
> privately owned public spaces, specifically malls and large parking lots,
> respect the right of polite, non-disruptive free political speech.
>
>
>   Before getting signatures, we need to set the language of the proposed
> referendum.
> It could be the above, or could be tweaked further (for example, it could
> explicitly mention leafletting and petitioning).
>
> Several people expressed interest in looking into tweaking the language to
> make it as appealing as possible.
> Let's do that.
>
>
>
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Michael Weissman
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