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I got youdiejoe's hilariously edited version here: http://www.videosift.com/video/Blues-Brother-crashing-through-City-Hall

http://www.videosift.com/video/Blues-Brother-crashing-through-City-Hall I couldn't help myself

>> ^gwiz665:
Hahahahahaa.... this is so excellent... I want to sift it.


Please be my guest!

>> ^gwiz665:
And thank goodness that no one got hurt... looked close there at the elevator.


The video was edited for effect, if you watch the timecode you will see that people and the car were SEVERAL minutes apart from each other.

>> ^poolcleaner:
>> ^volumptuous:
I just don't think of it as a strictly religious institution. I can't think of a single married friend of mine who had a wedding with a priest or in a church. City Hall seems to be the way to go.
I agree with you that it should be abolished, but its just not going to happen in our lifetimes. So, the only avenue left is marriage equality for everyone. And not just on a state level, but repeal DOMA and tell the bigots to fuck off.

Funny, I don't know a single married couple who wasn't married in a church.


I wasn't married in a church.

>> ^volumptuous:
I just don't think of it as a strictly religious institution. I can't think of a single married friend of mine who had a wedding with a priest or in a church. City Hall seems to be the way to go.
I agree with you that it should be abolished, but its just not going to happen in our lifetimes. So, the only avenue left is marriage equality for everyone. And not just on a state level, but repeal DOMA and tell the bigots to fuck off.


Funny, I don't know a single married couple who wasn't married in a church.

I just don't think of it as a strictly religious institution. I can't think of a single married friend of mine who had a wedding with a priest or in a church. City Hall seems to be the way to go.

I agree with you that it should be abolished, but its just not going to happen in our lifetimes. So, the only avenue left is marriage equality for everyone. And not just on a state level, but repeal DOMA and tell the bigots to fuck off.

>> ^xxovercastxx:
If you want to hold a fund raiser at the local park, you need a permit. If you want to host a conference at the local park, you need a permit. If you want to host a concert at the local park, you need a permit.

If you and your friends take instruments to the park and start playing, you don't need a permit, if you want to be the only ones playing, or you want to cordon it off and charge admission, then you need the city to grant you those privileges. FNB is not asking for a special privilege, and therefor does not need a permit.

The problem with the permit rules is fundamentally that they are not intended to be applied uniformly. If you feed more than 25 people at your company picnic, you will not be arrested, and everyone knows it. The target is the "homeless", which is not stated in the legislation, since that would be obviously illegal.

This is a conspiracy between the police and city hall to do something which they know they don't have the right to do, by putting a broad rule on paper, and then enforcing it in a very narrow set of cases.

Too many of you are focused on the police here. The focus ought to be on that insanely stupid law.

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I've just done a little research and I take back what I said: the ordinance is fairly reasonable. It might need a little tweaking, but it's still reasonable. It only applies to public parks within 2 miles of City Hall and only prevents feeding groups of 25+ people without a permit. The permit is free but only two are available to any person or organization per year.

They just don't want massive numbers of homeless harassing people trying to enjoy time in the park. Feed them somewhere else like a soup kitchen, a church, or see if local businesses will allow use of their property from time to time.

http://www.blnz.com/news/2007/02/05/Orlando_homeless_laws_stir_heated_bate.html

Well, the officer refused to answer internal investigators, plead the fifth, then resigned, then left the state.

I'm pretty sure the arrest has to do with another rally planned for today:

The rally, planned for 4 p.m. outside City Hall, is being organized by the Coalition Against Police Execution, a group that started on Facebook in the wake of the New Year's Day shooting of Oscar Grant by former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle.

The group held a rally last Wednesday at the Fruitvale BART Station, ... When it was over, 105 people had been arrested. Oakland officials initially said 300 businesses were damaged, but they reduced that total this week to about 50.

>> ^Trancecoach:
Cute!
(According to YT, "We snuck out into the middle of Broad Street to snap a pic in front of City Hall and all the crowds. When Will raised his hands for the picture, cheers erupted. So he continued to repeat the gesture, getting wild response from the crowd on both sides of the street up and down the street… " Because the kid's name is Will, mom is probably asking "How big is Will?" NOT "How big is a whale?" You might want to change the title.)


Well that certainly makes more sense. Although it will always be how big is a whale in my heart.