[Peace-discuss] RE: various

[jeffsowers at swissinfo.org]

Hi Mike -

What was the specific infraction you were charged with? Are you planning
on fighting it? 

I was perusing the city code online and the closest thing I could find was
Article II, Sec. 30-16. Obstruction and encroachments prohibited. "Except
otherwise provided, no person shall cause, create or maintain any obstruction
of any public way."

I could find no specific reference to pedestrians not being allowed to enter
the street. 

I do not believe you or your wife were "obstructing" the flow of traffic
in any way. 

Someone should call the city attorney and have a conversation about this.
It is probably worth pursuing since in our modern car culture it is the
best means by which to distribute literature to the people. There is a freedom
of speech componant to this. Perhaps we can come to an understanding with
the city about it. 

Jeff 
 
 

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>-- Original Message --
>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:42:08 -0500
>To: "Lisa Chason" <chason at shout.net>,
> "Ricky Baldwin" <baldwinricky at hotmail.com>, <mbw at uiuc.edu>
>From: Michael Weissman <mbw at uiuc.edu>
>Subject: various
>Cc: <spiritofsandra at hotmail.com>, <sgdavis at uiuc.edu>, <brussel at uiuc.edu>,
> <jeffsowers at swissinfo.org>, <munroe at uiuc.edu>, <cumpston at uiuc.edu>,
> <braun at uiuc.edu>
>
>
>Hi gang:
>
>First on a positive note- I hope people can thank Audrey Ishii 
><alishii at usgs.gov> for her great work in preparing all those signs. 
>They should come in handy in future weeks.
>
>On a more apologetic note- I fear my failure to communicate the 
>leafletting rules to my wife may have hastened the cops shutting down 
>our street leafletting in Champaign.  At least it didn't cause any 
>long-term problem for the sign-holding. Or worse, maybe they were 
>going to shut it down anyway, since in that location it's impossible 
>to leaflet without stepping slightly into the street.
>
>Anyway, here's some possible points for the empty panel of the folded leaflet.
>
>	Attacking Iraq will
>
>* Increase the danger of terrorism
>
>* Cost many lives
>
>* Undercut U.S. diplomacy
>
>* Ruin the federal budget even more
>
>* Hurt the economy
>
>* Help some politicians avoid the country's real issues
>
>
>
>-- 
>         Michael Weissman,
>Physics, UIUC   MC-704, 1110 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801-3080  (USA)
>Phone: (217) 333-7897;   FAX: (217) 333-9819
><mbw at uiuc.edu>




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