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Good news for free speech in Seattle:
Washington
state supreme court overturned city court's 1994 ruling which outlawed postering
on public property. I celebrated by walking up and down Fremont Ave in
broad daylight, staplegun in hand, sheaf of
Car-Free Seattle posters
in bag adorned with plastic yellow flowers I found in the street. Unexpected
side benefit was conversations with strangers asking what I was posting.
One woman said she was considering buying a car because buses don't run often
enough. I handed her a car-free flyer and offered
e-bikes
as an alternative. She said she'd look into it. Golden moment came at corner
of 35th and Fremont, next to middle eastern rug shop with newspaper American
flag taped in window to ward off evil, near where awning collapsed last year,
where recently a city bus driver was dazzled by sun and hit two women in
intersection, forcing premature cesarean, where in the past postering was
a part of the civic scene, evidenced by cross-hatched layers of rusty staples,
nailheads, and tacks on creosote pole. A lot has happened here, and a lot
more will. |
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