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http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2006/...ing_fundraiser/
This angers me to no end. The people in Congress need to be kicked out and replaced with new ideas and new blood.
This kind of thing also makes me wish we had term limits so the incumbent policians would not worry so much about any possible threat to their leadership.
Story by Natasha Trelfa
10:12 p.m. Friday, July 7, 2006
Topeka — What started out as a fundraising weekend for the Kansas Libertarian Party turned into a showdown with the law.
A wall of Shawnee County Sheriff’s Officers met party members as they tried to enter the Lake Edun facility, where their event was scheduled to take place.
“It’s very simple. We have to stand up to the government when the government is wrong,” Rob Hodgkinson, Kansa Libertarian Party Chairman, said. “The government is wrong in this situation.”
Judge Terry Bullock placed a court order on the property in 2005. The order prohibited any activities from taking place on the property without a permit.
“We intend to enforce the court order, nothing more, nothing less,” Under Sheriff Donald Burns, Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, said.
But Edun owner Webb Garlinghouse said having a permit requirement for his property is no different than having the law tell him who he can invite into his home.
“I can have people in my house to visit, but I can’t have people out to my property to visit,” Garlinghouse said.
Officers stood ready when Webb and Hodgkinson made one last stand to try and keep the fundraiser in Edun.
Hodgkinson said he just wants his party to have the chance to assemble, and prepare for the August primaries.
“Private property owners trying to hold a political fundraiser. How many are happening right now all through Kansas with the primaries coming up in three weeks? How many fundraisers are being held on private property?” Hodgkinson asked. “You bet I’m frustrated.”
Police did not arrest anyone at the confrontation. Members of the Libertarian Party said they will still hold their fundraiser this weekend, but they moved the event to Ron Lessman’s Truck Henge property in Northeast Topeka.
This angers me to no end. The people in Congress need to be kicked out and replaced with new ideas and new blood.
This kind of thing also makes me wish we had term limits so the incumbent policians would not worry so much about any possible threat to their leadership.