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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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