[Mpls] Campaign Signs

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>From the Mpls Observer=3A

=22Meanwhile=2C Samuels is also catching some flak for putting out his la=
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signs along the Juneteenth parade route two weeks ago=2C well before the =

date allowed by law (August 15)=2E Guest said that the campaign had =

received =93conflicting information=94 on the date those signs could be =

unveiled=2E Those signs have since been removed=2C he noted=22

Dean Here=3A

I have a problem with this ordinance=2E  Political speech is protected by=
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the first amendment (ask the MPRB!) and I don=27t see how the City can =

regulate the time when someone can articulate their support for a =

candidate via a sign on their property=2E  Also there are numerous Dennis=
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Tift signs scattered throughout the 8th Ward=2C with no one complaining=2E=
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My advice to Don Samuels -- keep the signs up and make the City defend =

this obviously unconstitutional ban in a court of law=2E

Dean E=2E Carlson
Ward 10=2C East Harriet