Arkansas Town Draws a Line on ClubsIn other news closer to home, the town council of Quartzite, AZ, declared a state of emergency because it had a citizen arrested for speaking out during a public speaking out forum! Quartzite has about 3,600 people, so it's a little smaller than Wasilla.
By ROBBIE BROWN
Published: July 19, 2011
NY Times
Be careful before starting a Boy Scout troop in Gould, Ark. Or a Harry Potter fan club. Or a baseball team.
The City Council adopted an ordinance last week making it illegal to form any kind of group without its permission.
That is a clear violation of the Constitution, legal scholars agree. But it is also a sign of just how nasty politics has gotten in Gould, a farming town of 1,100 some 70 miles southeast of Little Rock, where members of the Council have struggled with a local political group that seeks to influence how the town is governed.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
THE WONDERS OF THE HEARTLAND
According to Sarah Palin, this is where the "real" America is found:
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These folks are however no more provincial than residents of many boroughs in New York City.
Yeah, I know, Ken. NYC has a LOT of parochial inhabitants.
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