Monday - December 26, 2005
ACLU Sues Its Own Creation
The American Commie Lunatics Union (ACLU) has once again proven to be a piece of work. First they draft a local outdoor sign ordinance for a town in Kansas then sue the town for fining a man who violated the ordinance. Does that make any sense to anyone out there? I mean, besides Jesse Jackson ....
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. - A suburban Kansas City man is appealing a ticket Prairie Village gave him for homemade yard signs opposing the war in Iraq. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri is helping David Quinly appeal the citation in Johnson County District Court. Quinly sought the ACLU’s help after losing an appeal in municipal court.
At issue is a Prairie Village ordinance prohibiting signs bigger than 5 square feet and limiting the total area of temporary signs displayed on a property to 10 square feet. Signs can’t be up more than 60 days. “It’s clearly a First Amendment issue,” said Quinly’s attorney, John Simpson. “We think ... that the Prairie Village sign ordinance is too restrictive.”
Quinly had been putting up anti-war signs in his yard since before the U.S. entered Iraq. He was warned two signs exceeded the size limit, but he kept them up, believing any resulting fine would be $20 or $30. After he was cited Sept. 20, he was surprised to find out the fine was $300, an amount he considers excessive.
Quinly said he understands why cities restrict signs, but he believes political signs should be less restrictive than others, not more. Simpson said he will argue that Prairie Village restricts political signs more than other signs, which the U.S. Supreme Court has deemed unconstitutional. “You’ve discriminated, in effect, against political speech, which is the speech most protected in our (First) Amendment,” Simpson said.
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“The law changes all the time in this area,” [City Attorney Charles] Wetzler said, noting the latest version of the ordinance was drafted with the ACLU’s input. “There have been new cases that come out, and if we need to look at it, we will.”
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