An effort to silence criticism, apparently
"Gould, Arkansas is made up of about 850 people. 850 people the Mayor believes will soon have cause for 850 lawsuits.
Monday night, the city council wrote an ordinance disbanding a citizen's group and forbidding any future groups from forming without city council approval.
The ordinance states, "No new organizations shall be allowed to exist within the city of Gould without approval from majority of the city council."
Another ordinance bans the mayor from meeting with anyone without council approval. "To tell me that I can't travel and I can't go to meetings and I can't get the money that we need - that's ludicrous!" said the Mayor.
"In everything, you have somebody in control over it. In everything," said Council Member Sonja Farley. Farley says no matter the group, if you discuss the city at all, the meeting must be approved by the city council.
The Gould Citizens Advisory Commission is banned from meeting in the ordinance. They argue this new potential law would violate their constitutional rights.
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8 comments:
This sounds like a lawyer's dream. If these irrelevant, power-hungry, little bureaucrats were made to pay their own legal bills, rather than using taxpayer money, they wouldn't do such obviously stupid things. Perhaps they're trying to form their own Politburo?
To the people of Gould, AK. Look around town and find a tall tree and some strong rope. Now read a good book on American history which will supply you with a simple solution to your Council problem.
The organizations need to move out of the ciity limits and all the buisnesses there close and move elsewhere.No taxes, no city.
It's time to bring back the tar & feathers and then run these schmucks out of town on a rail.
-L
Are these despots going to ban elections to ensure that they can't be deposed? Love to see them try that.
Oh, they'll try that and more. In fact, look for your president to do the same thing soon. In his case, it'll be called "a national emergency".
"When you rule a nation of sheep, there's no reason to treat them as anything but sheep..."
Hold the meetings anyway. Dare them to arrest or fine you. Then file suit personally against those that are violating your first amendment rights. I don't believe sovereign immunity applies in cases like this, but I could be wrong.
Slick willie comes from arkansas rememeber and the lawyers always support the demacRAT party
The citizens should have their entire city council recalled and run them all out of town on the railroad
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