Really.
According to the suit, Jackson Mayor Charlie Brown called 16 minutes after the Moon’s parked and demanded that the truck be towed “immediately because it had political signs.” The tow log names the “mayor” as the officer.
The Moons said they were told three separate times that the reason the mayor gave for impounded the Dodge Ram was it had a “political” sign on it.
Granted, this happened to have happened on a Monday, but still, free speech damn it!
Now, the bumper sticker supported a republican for Congress, but that shouldn't matter. (I can't say for the Atlanta area, or Jackson, in the county of Butts, but in Ohio, the only time that would create any issue is on election day, and only if the vehicle is w/i a certain number of feet of a polling location. That seems fair to me. MONDAY, October 11th was not an election day.)
What would be neat is if a lot of people would park in that lot with stickers like 'Free speech is free, damn it' or maybe a PG version. This place sells lots of political stickers, I have gotten a few from them. Here are a few from there front page:
Click the image to go to the shop page. They charge $3.99 ea for them, and they have a lot more. (They have bulk discounts too, but anyways... I am not affiliated with that company in any way other than I am on their mailing list because I bought a few stickers a number of years ago.)
I wouldn't want to be that mayor right now.
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