Less than three weeks after picketing Council Member Nancy Navarro's fundraiser in Silver Spring, the police and fire fighter unions picketed a fundraiser held by Council President Nancy Floreen in Bethesda tonight. Someone at the event was so unhappy with the demonstrators that he or she called police management to complain. Ever hear of the First Amendment, people?
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Police, Fire Fighters Picket Floreen Fundraiser
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I seem to recall that Montgomery County has has an ordinance that says, “A person or group of persons must not picket in front of or adjacent to any private residence,” with “picket” defined as “to post a person or persons at a particular place to convey a message.” There are some exceptions (for marching without stopping at any particular home, picketing when the home is “the occupant’s sole place of business,” and picketing during a “public meeting,” which in context seems to refer to a meeting held within the house)
I tried to find the exact wording on the `Net with no success.
I learned about this ordinance when CASA de Maryland's Executive Director, Gustavo Torres, threatened to protest in front of the homes of Maryland Minutemen back in 2006.
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