City of Moorpark blocking anti-Illegal Immigration Forum

Simi Valley-Moorpark Republican Assembly ^ | August 16, 2005 | Andy Ramirez

[Once-Ler]

Supporting having to pay to exercise the First, due to thuggery, hardly seems conservative.

Many public parks charge a permit fee or require insurance for rallies. It looks to me like Moorpark is requiring a REFUNDABLE deposit. If Ramirez believes there will be no trouble because he has had no trouble at past speaking engagements then he should put his money where his mouth is or convince the Republican party to put up the cash.

My point is Ramirez has not given enough information to come to the conclusions he came to. If I knew what other city hall gatherings where charged I could make an informed opinion. I would like to know what other locations Ramirez has spoken at. I would also like to know if the $5,000 fee was required only after Ramirez was announced as a speaker or when the city found out the assembly was going to swell to a larger size, and greater security and clean up cost? Do you know the answers to these questions?

[FreedomPoster]

I don't know for sure, but others in the thread seem to think this is grounds for a sure-to-lose suit against the city. And I tend to agree that's the way it needs to be. Just because a crowd of hoods show up to shout/beat you down, is no reason to have to pay for basic police protection.