[Sosfbay-discuss] Impeachment for Peace Walk (was Re: anti war walk)

[Duende]

Excellent point on the billboards being obstructions too.  Warner..  
what does the legal side of things think about that argument.

Peace

Duende

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On Mar 9, 2007, at 12:00 AM, MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote:

> Today, this morning to be exact, the "I" word (IMPEACH) was  
> sprinkled in a new way.  Myself and an activist/actionist from East  
> Palo Alto carried an IMPEACH banner down E. Bayshore near
> San Antonio Road and we stood behind the chain-link fence between  
> E. Bayshore and 101.  We stood there holding the banner from 8:00am  
> - 9:00am.  Thousands of cars went by and saw the banner.  We got  
> lots of honks, waves, peace signs and support from the drivers.  We  
> were there until a highway patrol officer came by and told us we  
> were obstructing traffic with our banner.  We of course said we  
> were expressing our freedom for free speech.  The officer told us  
> they had complaints that we were causing an obstruction to  
> traffic.  We of course were not.  Paul, the East Palo Atoan and  
> director of this action immediately stated that if our banner was  
> obstructing traffic then so must all the billboards along the  
> freeway be obstructing traffic.  The patrol officer did not like  
> hearing that.  I then asked her was their a vehicle code for  
> obstructing traffic, she said there was.  I asked her what the  
> vehicle code was.  She said that if she had to look up the vehicle  
> code she would then have to cite us.  She walked back to her car.   
> At that point Paul and I decided to roll up the banner and leave.
>
> We are planning to stand with the IMPEACH banner on E. Bayshore  
> once a week.
>
> Merriam
>
> jamboi at yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Yes, we've been doing this kind of thing in Mountain View on Castro
> Street after our weekly vigil ( see Cameron's blog on this entitled
> "Accidental Peace Action"
> http://www.greencommons.org/node/453 ).  We've been delighted how
> positively people have been responding to the IMPEACH message!!!  It's
> time for all of us to shed our qualms about the 'I' word and start
> sprinkling our speach with it.  Spread it far and wide!  Impeach for
> Peace!
>
> Impeach early and often!
>
> Drew
>
>
>
> --- Michael Fischetti <drpesto at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > this saturday march 10 we will be walking through los gatos with out
> >
> > ANTI-WAR or IMPEACH BUSH/CHENEY signs hoping to get a few
> >
> > people thinking
> >
> >
> > so far there are 7 of us including tian, fred, meriam,drew and
> > several
> > members of mountain view voices for peace
> >
> > we will meet in los gatos a 5 pm at the far end of town on santa  
> cruz
> > avenue
> > in the park in front of the post office  and walk till 6 or 6:30
> >
> > bring signs
> >
> > if successful we would hope to "reach out"  to other cities
> >
> > all welcome
> >
> > mike fischetti
> >
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