Hey friends! We've been having some problems with exercising our very legitimate first amendment right to free speech and peaceful protest in Santa Rosa, CA for some time now.
Many of you know me through my posts, but you may not know that I organize marches and rallies, as well as participate in them actively. They've always been peaceful -- as a Hindu I am a pacifist!
At any rate, Santa Rosa's city council is considering ordinance that would impose a $1500 permit fee on any march of more than 3000 people. This is another attempt to stop our Constitutional Right to protest. Today we have 3,000 people who will be celebrating Cesar Chavez Day and it becomes, once more, an issue.
Can you PLEASE take a moment and sign my petition to the Santa Rosa City Council? You do not have to be from this area. This goes directly to the heart of Barack's Constitutionally Protected Activities and is very much a reflection of the type of barriers we've dealt with during the repressive 7 years of Bush. They are trying to increase the fee from $75 to $1,500. Something NONE of us can afford! Thank you! I deeply appreciate it.
http://www.petitiononline.com/srfeesp/petition.html
When Barack Obama is elected, we won't HAVE to deal with this ridiculous type of political oppression, particularly of a constitutionally protected right.
P.S. I didn't author it, but the man who did is a friend of mine for 18 years, and we work together in the loose activist community.
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