Arkansas town seeks to ban free speech for residents

[The Straight Story]

Arkansas town seeks to ban free speech for residents

Gould, Arkansas, is a small town of about 850 people. If the city council has its way, those 850 people will be barred from gathering together to discuss city matters without approval from the city government.

Mayor Earnest Nash is completely opposed to the plan and is willing to go to court rather than see the ordinance pass.

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Last Monday, the council voted to ban groups from gathering or forming without city approval.

"You can't just come in here, get with four people and decide to start an organization," Farley said, adding, "You will go through your city council with legal documentation and get approval."

http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/arkansas-town-seeks-to-ban-free-speech-for-residents

[Ship of Fools]

1. Yee-HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

... and so it begins.

[femmocrat]

2. Have they never heard of the First Amendment?

It also violates freedom of assembly!

[TheUniverse]

10. Also the Arkansas Constitution.

"The right of the people peaceably to assemble, to consult for the common good; and to petition,
by address or remonstrance, the government, or any department thereof, shall never be abridged."

http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/Summary/ArkansasConstitution1874.pdf

[somone]

3. Cockroaches are scared of light

[NutmegYankee]

4. Forget free speech - freedom of assembly is the big one here.

I can join or form any peaceful group I want to and discuss whatever the hell I want with them.

[bvar22]

15. I can join or form any peaceful group I want to....

...as long as you get the necessary permits,
and meet in the designated 1st Amendment Zone.

This ain't your Daddy's America any more.

[NightWatcher]

5. I see in my crystal ball a fat white guy who wears a red white and blue shirt, but has never

heard of the Bill Of Rights although he runs around with a copy of his pocket Constitution in the glove box of his pickup truck right next to his gun.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. AKA "The Walker Plan"

[KurtNYC]

7. How would a group get city approval to form a group if they

haven't already formed the group that is asking permission ?

[RKP5637]

8. Excellent question!!! n/t

[sharp_stick]

9. Small town Governments

I just love how much power they seem to think they have. This will quietly disappear the second they get a polite phone call from the Justice Department.

[FLPanhandle]

11. Government officials always fall into the trap of thinking they know better than "the masses"

It doesn't seem to matter what type of government either. Big or small, capitalist or communist, democracy or dictatorship. The guys in charge begin to believe they know best and no one should question them.

[KurtNYC]

12. the council's own lawyer told them it was illegal so they tried to fire him

Wonder if they will issue a permit for a group to form called "Gould Residents for a Sane City Council" ?

[Bryn]

13. Thanks for posting that. I sent out Alert

To "Arkansas For Better Government" group on facebook.

[a simple pattern]

14. Is Sonja Farley a stalking horse?

This feels a little engineered somehow.

[a simple pattern]

16. Note to self:

Never mind! Sonja Farley is a doofus on a small-town city council that can't get along. Fox News is picking it up because LIBERALS WANT TO BAN FREE SPEECH! This is going all the way to SCOTUS, guys. It has been nice freely associating with you all!

[FiveGoodMen]

17. Let's just get it out in the open and say "Treason"

The Gould City Council members should each be waiting in little cells for their final shots.