Posted on 07/05/2013 7:31:15 AM PDT by IbJensen
The City of Lakewood Ohio will be celebrating July 4th with mandatory bag searches and a ban on all Fourth of July related fun — including fireworks, drinks, grills, pets, sports, and just about everything else.
The anti-independence regulation is a real testament to the current state of our nation, which now stands for heavy bans on all forms of person freedom. But I would have never actually known about this insane ban if it weren’t for a Storyleak reader who sent me the amazing image above. And following my inquiry as to where the image came from, doubting that any city could be so draconian and downright wicked, I was amazed when the reader went and linked me to a page on The Lakewood Observer website which listed all of the same nonsense with official quotes from the city.
As you can see from the ‘Special Park Rules To Be In Effect At Lakewood Park On July 4th’ article posted a week ago on The Lakewood Observer website, all of the same insane regulations are listed clearly as seen on the original sign. The website reads:
“The following rules will be in effect at Lakewood Park on July 4, 2013:
1.All generators, propane and gas fueled grills are prohibited.
2.All tents and shelters are prohibited.
3.Police will be conducting searches of bags and coolers for reasons of public safety.
4.No alcoholic beverages are permitted at any time throughout the year.
5.No personal fireworks. This includes novelty fireworks like sparklers.
6.No dogs or pets of any kind will be permitted in the park on July 4th.
7.The skate park, tennis courts, basketball courts and Kid’s Cove playground will be closed at 7:00 p.m.”
Are you as amazed as I was that this is actually real, and a city ordinance at that? I thought that maybe it was a private place and the owner was just bitter about people celebrating on the land, but this is actually a city declaration and sign. And for the ever-tiring purpose of ‘security’. Because so many people are killed each year from sparklers and grilling burgers. The insanity here reminds me of the individual I debated on video who called for a ban on all guns, knives, hammers, nails, and even glass.
We can even see on the website a quote from Lakewood’s Mayor Mike Summers, which reads:
“Safety is our first priority. These added security measures will help to ensure that everyone has a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July.”
Right, it’s all about keeping you safe from fireworks the celebration of the nation’s birth. Perhaps they should also usher in the TSA and their naked body scanners to help scan all the attendees and their children for any form of unauthorized food or drink as well.
Everyone needs to share this lunacy and demand that Mayor Mike Summers of Lakewood retract these ridiculous regulations for the citizens of this Ohio town, lest it spreads to nearby cities and across the nation. Also, remember that the Fourth Amendment protects you from such ridiculous bag searches by police. The key here is publicizing the absurdity of these draconian regulations to set a foundation for what we will not tolerate. This truly is a sick society of paranoia and fear.
The only good thing yesterday was that mystery meat was out of the country. As far as this mayor Mike Summers is concerned, the people of Lakewood need to get his stupid behind out of public office!
“The Park Is Closed”
Remember - This is YOUR park.
You can’t fix stupid.
They celebrate ‘freedom’ strangely there...............
They just shut down the 4th in the park.
Headline is a little misleading.
Welcome to Obammy’s new Amerika! Sucks dosen’t it? Impeach the Halfrican and throw hima and his entire administration in prison!
hima = him
About 50 years ago, I read a “The Strange World of Mr. Mum” comic strip in which Mr. Mum gazes at a sign at the entrance to a park that listed onerous restrictions, like don’t walk on the grass. The list concluded with, “This is your park. Enjoy it.”
There was a local park (now a parking lot for the new courthouse) that had a sign that said:
1. No alcohol
2. No glass containers
3. No loud music
4. No kite flying
5. No RC airplanes
6. No golf practicing
7. No frisbee throwing
8. No baseball/football throwing outside practice cages
9. No bicycles, skateboards, rollerskates or rollerblades
10. No animals except for service animals
This is your park, enjoy it..............
There are a legitimate reasons for these things.
Since at least 2006, Ohio has been tormented by large groups of black thugs showing up at Independence Day festivities, starting fights and brawling, stealing stuff, intimidating festival goers, vandalizing, etc. As cities discontinue these festivities for safety reasons, the large black groups migrate to the next city.
Generators (gasoline) and propane grills (compressed gases) are very bad karma to have around fireworks. Tents and shelters are often flammable.
Seriously, what kind of sadist would take a dog to a fireworks show? While some dogs ignore it, many lose their marbles in panic and terror.
Really? I posted a thread about a town in Minnesota doing the same thing this year.
IS gang violence really that much of a concern in the Cleveland Area?
Really? That shows the cops impotence doesn’t it? It shows the town’s leaders as cowards. Penalize the good folks because you are afraid of the bea=d folks. How typical.
Why not just be honest with the citizens and tell them, “look, we can’t control the thugs, we can only control the non-thugs, so we are going to nanny you for public safety and you will like it or else”. Why don’t they just admit total failure and cancel everything?
1.All generators, propane and gas fueled grills are prohibited.
I don't see the reason for this.
2.All tents and shelters are prohibited.
This one I understand if they're expecting a crowd. Many of these tents and shelters take up a lot of space. You can see 2-3, of 4-5 people in one when the space available would provide for twice that number if the tent/shelter wasn't there.
3.Police will be conducting searches of bags and coolers for reasons of public safety.
I understand the reasoning, but I disagree with it.
4.No alcoholic beverages are permitted at any time throughout the year.
That's so standard I'm going to ignore it.
5.No personal fireworks. This includes novelty fireworks like sparklers.
I have to agree with this one if it's crowded. I've seen too many idiots completely disregard the safety, personal space, rights of others and let their children do the same. I'll make an exception if I'm allowed to kick the stuffing out of anyone who throws a sparkler, smoke bomb, etc. at me.
6.No dogs or pets of any kind will be permitted in the park on July 4th.
If it's crowded, do we want people stepping and sitting in dog crap and spreading it all over?
7.The skate park, tennis courts, basketball courts and Kid’s Cove playground will be closed at 7:00 p.m.
I don't know the reason for this.
Only when black "teens" go out playing the Knockout Game and people actually hear about it. City authorities do a pretty good job of suppressing that kind of thing in my town, but it seems that allover America, for the past two or three years, black "teens" are fomenting mini race riots at various public gatherings. It's not just in the big cities anymore.
The trouble-makers that caused out fireworks to be canceled were allegedly not local, they came from the Cleveland area. But that's been a problem for quite a few years.
Hey Kenton! I live a couple villages South of you! What people here don’t know is that Lakewood is Gay Central for the Cleveland area.
Come to your local”Armed Camp”to observe”Independence Day”??
He should be”Frog-Marched”out of The White House and taken to The Senate for his trial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Normal people are losing their freedoms because of a small number of uncivilized specially-privileged individuals.
Since it’s politically incorrect to block the uncivilized brutes, normal people lose their rights.
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