I spent the afternoon at the Burning River Fest on Whiskey Island.
Representatives of the Fest told me that” attorneys “had discussed yesterday whether or not they would allow petitioning to take place during the festival. I told the representative (Brad Withers) that I had not participated in any attorney conversations and that the only agreement I knew of was the constitutionally protected right to petition.
Yet they told me that I could not use an ironing board as a table surface to collect petition signatures. So I acquiesced, and put away the ironing board, Then I spotted a trash receptacle and I set my petition clip board on it as a steady rest for signatures. BW came back and told me that I could not use the trash can as a table or I would be arrested and removed from the festival.
Dan Moore became involved ( he said he didn’t "know who the fuck owned the trash can"- Dan said I could quote him) Dan Moore is a Harvard Grad and didn’t stand up for democratic petitioning in the public park – which I felt was a weakness in Moore’s public presence) Now what makes this all so curious is that the officials were not telling me that I could not petition at the Fest, but that I could not set a clip board on the top of the box which screened the trash barrel. No one could site an ordinance or code which would preclude clip boards on the trash can enclosure, so they were trying to figure out who owned the trash can receptical (Did Dan Moore own it?) so that person or entity could tell me I couldn't use it as a steady rest.
Getting signatures on the petition to put the sales tax increase on the public ballot in March is a trip! People get very angry about the democratic process when they perceive that process allowing people who they believe are less perceptive than themselves - but of larger quantity - vote.
I 'll get my photos of Moore and the Police who were sent to arrest me up here as soon as I have the energy...
Put it on the ballot . com
Dan Moore in shorts and blue shirt (with back to camera) speaks with Tim Ferris and police and park personnel. In the fore ground the clip board is visible on top of the brown plastic trash can enclosure.
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