Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Ignored Requests

In 2006 a group of artists requested that the St. Augustine City revise two ordinances that were in violation of their civil rights. No response was made other than having the police stop a December 15 protest and begin a series of harassing citations over the next five months (never went to court) One artist was arrested and jailed for two days for showing tapestry.

Below is our draft of a U.S.Constitutionally viable code for visual artists to display on public property. Last year's draft (the one ignored) restricted artist to a half block of St. George St.We no longer feel that we can restrict the first amendment in such a fashion. We will display on the whole five blocks.

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