League City willing to Fight to win at All Costs.
League City has hasn't found enough places to spend the taxpayers money so they are doing a fine job losing suits and now they wish to appeal in federal court their stand against evil newspaper hawkers at the intersections. You've been Left .NET asks?What's the point here? Why spend more money and time on this? Are they just pissed off that a judge told them what to do, and they're trying to prove a point? This seems like such a HUGE waste of time. Most observers will readily accept, League City council members aren't shy about spending taxpayers money.It looks like they are going to fight this untill the bitter end. No matter what it cost.
The city council may appeal a recent court ruling calling League City’s solicitation ordinance unconstitutional, Mayor Jerry Shults said Monday.Outsiders who are not familiar with League City and its City Council probably wonder why a town would object so vehemently about newspaper hawkers. Although the city claims its about safety at those intersections, they haven't offered any statistical proof that these vendors have caused any problems either in League City or any of the many other cities where the newspaper vendors work unharrassed. In fact League City children have been at these same intersections collecting money for Boy Scouts and Little League, I myself have been out there with the volunteer fire department collecting money for MDA. To understand why League City would object so much too the newspaper venders, yet allow its firefighters to anually hit the intersections to collect money, one has to understand the social makeup of the city. League City is predominatly young white and afluent . The good folks are proud of being well kept and looking their best. We all know "those type" that sell newspapers. The unkempt, with holey pants, and greasy baseball caps. Its all about appearance and looking good. The city fathers just don't want "those kind" in the city out for public display. The City never has much respect for Freedom of Speach issues, A business can't even put a sales banner on their own building without getting a special permit Again, its all about appearances.
Police had used the ordinance to ticket Houston Chronicle vendors for selling papers on medians near FM 518 and Interstate 45.
The Houston paper and The Daily News sued this summer, claiming that the ordinance restricts freedom of speech rights.
U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent’s order, issued Friday, permanently prohibits the city from banning newspaper sales at intersections.
The Chronicle has been able to sell papers to vehicles at stoplights since Aug. 19, when Kent temporarily enjoined the city from ticketing newspaper vendors.
posted by Liberty @ 1:01 PM
2 Comments:
Reading YBL i was wondering if the posts by Mr. Helton were true? Is the fleet of the Fire Department in disrepair?
I have to partially disagree with your comments. I live in League City and I think every city in America wants their city to look nice. I don't think it is unreasonable to have them wear semi clean clothes. I am approached every week at the intersection, not by the Chronicle sales man walking in the middle of the two lane road, but the people soliciting for an unknown cause, they don't just pass your car, they knock on the window and continue to harass you to roll your window down. This is the reason League City needs a solicitation ordnance. If you're going to solicit then it should be done from the curb or in front of the store like every other organization. I pass the Chronicle sales person on the corner of Post Oak and Richmond every day and he is never walking in the middle of the street. MJ
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