N.J. woman must remove anti-Biden F-bomb signs or face $250-a-day fines, judge rules

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Yeah that doesn’t sound right, plus the judge is invoking like three speech tropes

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N.J. woman must remove anti-Biden F-bomb signs or face $250-a-day fines, judge rules

Updated Jul 17, 2021; Posted Jul 16, 2021

By Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Editor’s note: This story contains a photo that features profanity.

A municipal judge on Thursday ruled that a Roselle Park homeowner’s owner’s anti- President Biden flags including the F-bomb on her fence were obscene and must be removed because they violated a borough ordinance.

Roselle Park Municipal Court Judge Gary Bundy ordered the Willow Avenue homeowner to remove the signs with profanity within a week or face a $250-a-day fine. Patricia Dilascio is the property owner but her daughter, Andrea Dick, had the signs, three of which include the F-word, on display.

“This is not a case about politics. It is a case, pure and simple, about language,” Bundy said. “This ordinance does not restrict political speech. Neither this town or its laws may abridge or eliminate Ms. Dilascio’s freedom of speech. However, freedom of speech is not simply an absolute right. It is clear from state law and statutes that we cannot simply put up the umbrella of the First Amendment and say everything and anything is protected speech.”

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Roselle Park Mayor Joseph Signorello III, a Democrat who is running for state Senate in Union County, previously said the home is close to a school and angered some residents. But Dick repeatedly said she would not remove the signs since they are political speech protected by the First Amendment.

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The homeowner has 20 days to appeal the decision to Superior Court. Campagna did not respond to a request for comment and a man who answered the door at the property Friday morning said “she’s not home.”

The three signs with the f-word and others remained up Friday morning.

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Andrea Dick is right. The signs are political speech protected by the First Amendment.

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