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| + | ====Is it Legal?==== | ||
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| + | YES and NO | ||
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| + | =====YES!===== | ||
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| + | Free political speech is a fundamental right under the First Amendment. It is your right as a citizen to display non-commercial signs and banners, with some exceptions. Rules regarding signposting along roadways vary from state to state, and locality to locality. So, call your local department of transportation to find out more. Ask for public relations and say you'd like to put up some American flags and "Support the Troops" signs... they will likely be more than helpful. Don't feel bad if that's not precisely what you intend to put up: this is America, and the rules apply equally to all points of view. | ||
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| + | =====NO!===== | ||
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| + | Again, the rules vary from state to state, but here in California, your right to political self expression ends exactly 600 feet from the Interstate, and failure to comply may run afoul of the law notwithstanding that nothing in the Streets & Highways Code or Outdoor Advertising Act expressly bars political expression in those areas. Although it remains unresolved whether they are constitutional, some local laws may be used to keep you from speaking out on the roadways. The stated reason for limiting your right to political expression is that such signs present a safety hazard due to their being a "visual distraction" to drivers, which is perfectly reasonable just as soon as they move every damn billboard, commercial sign and jumbo-tron screen 600 feet from the freeway as well. So long as my local car dealer's allowed to show commercials on a thousand square foot TV right next to the 405, you can call my piece of cardboard a visual distraction, but I'm not buying it. Going by those rules, the only people allowed to address commuters are those who either rent or own billboards, which may be fine for the sake of capitalism, but it's bad for America. | ||
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| + | ====free speech is meaningless unless it extends to everybody==== | ||
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| + | We feel that free speech is meaningless unless it extends to everybody: not just to those who can afford it. When the founders of this nation said that everyone was entitled to freely express their political opinions, they didn't mean we could hammer up a sign out in the woods somewhere, they meant we could hammer it up right in the middle of the town square. Why? Because that's where all the people were. | ||
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| + | It is our contention that the town square of colonial times has now become the interstate: for better or for worse, that's where all the people are. With this in mind, we feel it is our God-given and constitutionally-granted right to post our messages on the interstates, freeways, or wherever-the-hell-else-we-think-people-will-read-them and we're willing to fight for this right all the way to the Supreme Court. | ||
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| + | But you'll have to catch us first. | ||
| ===taking and posting photos=== | ===taking and posting photos=== | ||
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Saturday, May 6, 2006, 10:00am to noon
at Activist San Diego, 4246 Wightman St in City Heights.
You're invited and if you would like to help out please let me know.
Contents |
But you don't have to wait
I have posted over a hundred times, always solo.==
Here's some strategy tips I use:
1) Use wire to tie blogs to the fence. Get the wire from the dumpsters or buy "tie wire" at hardware store. Use a box or little step stool and tie (twist) the wire at the top to slow down those tearing down posts (kids mostly).
2) Over passes are great. Look at existing signs to see how big your letters need to be. 8inch will work; try it out and if it doesn't look good, try again. post just before rush hour
3) Side fences are great. Put the blog near a sign (like the one by the Lake Jennings sign); drivers will look over at that sign and see your blog. I've had some last over 30days.
4) Are you near the Coaster or trolley? blog a fence along the tracks.
Number 1: be careful out there!
If you would like to get together and paint and post, let me know.
peace,
Peter
http://beachblogger.net/pics/index.php?title=freewayblogging_workshop&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
workshop
intro
be careful. have fun
slogans:
impeach; the war is a lie; more
reading the news and web sites for ideas
e-mail lists
how to:
classic: cardboard mining, white paint, black paint, brushes, projector
http://beachblogger.net/pics/index.php?title=the_arsenal_of_democracy&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
duct tape and foam core
http://freewayblogger.blogspot.com/2005/12/as-easy-as-it-gets.html
posting: bungy cords and tie wire, step stool
http://beachblogger.net/pics/index.php?title=a_blogs_eye_view&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
cluster blogging
other ideas
legalities
first amendment rights, where and how to post, what to say and do if you are confronted.
The following is from the freewayblogger:
Is it Legal?
YES and NO
YES!
Free political speech is a fundamental right under the First Amendment. It is your right as a citizen to display non-commercial signs and banners, with some exceptions. Rules regarding signposting along roadways vary from state to state, and locality to locality. So, call your local department of transportation to find out more. Ask for public relations and say you'd like to put up some American flags and "Support the Troops" signs... they will likely be more than helpful. Don't feel bad if that's not precisely what you intend to put up: this is America, and the rules apply equally to all points of view.
NO!
Again, the rules vary from state to state, but here in California, your right to political self expression ends exactly 600 feet from the Interstate, and failure to comply may run afoul of the law notwithstanding that nothing in the Streets & Highways Code or Outdoor Advertising Act expressly bars political expression in those areas. Although it remains unresolved whether they are constitutional, some local laws may be used to keep you from speaking out on the roadways. The stated reason for limiting your right to political expression is that such signs present a safety hazard due to their being a "visual distraction" to drivers, which is perfectly reasonable just as soon as they move every damn billboard, commercial sign and jumbo-tron screen 600 feet from the freeway as well. So long as my local car dealer's allowed to show commercials on a thousand square foot TV right next to the 405, you can call my piece of cardboard a visual distraction, but I'm not buying it. Going by those rules, the only people allowed to address commuters are those who either rent or own billboards, which may be fine for the sake of capitalism, but it's bad for America.
free speech is meaningless unless it extends to everybody
We feel that free speech is meaningless unless it extends to everybody: not just to those who can afford it. When the founders of this nation said that everyone was entitled to freely express their political opinions, they didn't mean we could hammer up a sign out in the woods somewhere, they meant we could hammer it up right in the middle of the town square. Why? Because that's where all the people were.
It is our contention that the town square of colonial times has now become the interstate: for better or for worse, that's where all the people are. With this in mind, we feel it is our God-given and constitutionally-granted right to post our messages on the interstates, freeways, or wherever-the-hell-else-we-think-people-will-read-them and we're willing to fight for this right all the way to the Supreme Court.
But you'll have to catch us first.
taking and posting photos
camera basics. how to take pictures: be careful, don't crash. where and how to post pictures.
hands on making and painting
We will have lots of cardboard (white) ready to paint and the paint and brushes too! An overhead projector. Tape and foam core to try out.
Practice posting on a section of fence with wire or bungy cords.
Coloring books for the kids!
Prizes
T shirts, DVDs, paint brushes, bungy cords, more!!!
