{"article":{"id":169181,"heading":"SAVE THE FREE SPEECH BEACH","author":"Spirit of Venice","created":"2006-07-19 17:08:20","modified":"2006-07-19 18:40:46","last_modified":"Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:40:46","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>PETITION TO STOP THE LOTTERY ON VENICE BEACH BOARDWALK<br>\r\nFirst Amendment Rights are under attack by the City of Los Angeles in Venice Beach, California. Spirit of Venice artist\/activists are standing up for Free Speech by resisting the PERMIT\/LOTTERY SYSTEM imposed on them by the City, in what has traditionally been a First-Come-First-Served-First-Amendment-Protected FREE SPEECH ZONE, on the westside of Venice Boardwalk. \r\n<\/p><p>\r\n<b>Why save Free Speech on the beach (and in all US parks) ?<\/b>\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nIf we give up Free Speech in any public area (protected by the 1st Amendment) and allow the city to enforce regulations on our Free Speech in those areas - then we lose those rights and can never take them back!\r\n<\/p><p>\r\n<b>\r\nHELP US SAVE THE FREE SPEECH BEACH \r\n<br> COME TO VENICE AND JOIN US EVERY SUNDAY<br> AT DUDLEY AVENUE ON VENICE BOARDWALK <br>(OPPS. VENICE BISTRO)  - BRING PLACARDS <br>AND SIGNS ABOUT ANY CAUSE.<\/b>\r\n<\/p><p>.  \r\n<\/p><div id=\"peSiteTargetDiv466617763\">Petition powered by ThePetitionSite.com<\/div>\r\n\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.spiritofvenice.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"<b>FREE SPEECH ON VENICE BEACH CONTINUES UNDER ATTACK BY LAPD\r\n~ WE NEED TO COLLECT 10,000 SIGNATURES BY THE END OF 2006 TO GIVE TO COUNCILMAN ROSENDAHL ~\r\nPLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION <\/b>","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/07\/169181.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}