Posted on 04/15/2020 6:32:40 AM PDT by Bruiser 10
One small town in Southeast Kansas looked at a restrictive cruise night ban from their local government and said, “No, enough!”
And a little help from the Kansas Justice Institute made it stick.
The cruise night ban was issued even though it was not planned for anyone to leave their cars.
Samuel G. MacRoberts, litigation director and general counsel for KJI, the legal arm of the Kansas Policy Institute, which also owns the Sentinel, sent a letter to the city on April 9, noting that the city’s order to prohibit car parades or cruise nights was worded in such a way to prohibit a family driving down the street with their windows open and playing music.
MacRoberts said this was a first amendment issue.
“Politicians don’t get to decide whether free speech is ‘essential’ or not,” he said. “Free speech is a constitutional right.
(Excerpt) Read more at sentinelksmo.org ...
Damn straight
But can't find any hair dye....
the earth firsters will put an end to car culture.
Naaa. There's a work-around to those eco-Nazis.
Some electric companies are looking at using Teslas and other electric cars, plus the Tesla PowerWalls in your garage as distributed electricity storage for evening out the daytime surplus solar generation and windy day windmill surpluses.
Get a Tesla Roadster (0-60 mph in 1.9 sec) put the top doen and CRUISE!
"I'm saving the Planet!"
(Gorgeous babe in the passenger seat is optional.)
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