Thursday, August 24, 2006
SWOP homepageTrib's Take on Dueling Press Conferences Yesterday
[Karlos says: It's looking more and more like a free speech issue. I don't think anyone's been given so much grief over content of an event. Especially since we've been granted permits for 25 years doing this work. Scroll down if you don't know what the heck I'm talking about.]
Group, City dispute festival
Mayor says event promoted 'tagging'
By Peter Rice
Tribune Reporter
August 24, 2006
Permit or not, the group at the center of a dispute with the city will go forward with a planned gathering at Civic Plaza on Saturday.
Instead of a six-hour festival complete with bands, informational booths, graffiti demonstrations and break dancing, the Southwest Organizing Project will host a brief rally starting at noon. It will feature speakers and possibly some acoustic music, according to Monica Cordova, the group's youth coordinator.
She said the rally will serve as a protest of the decision by the city's Cultural Services Department last week to reject the permit application for the larger event.
That rejection sparked a round of press conferences Wednesday, in which group organizers and city officials accused each other of being anti-youth or promoting repugnant behavior, depending on who was doing the talking. Read More...
Group, City dispute festival
Mayor says event promoted 'tagging'
By Peter Rice
Tribune Reporter
August 24, 2006
Permit or not, the group at the center of a dispute with the city will go forward with a planned gathering at Civic Plaza on Saturday.
Instead of a six-hour festival complete with bands, informational booths, graffiti demonstrations and break dancing, the Southwest Organizing Project will host a brief rally starting at noon. It will feature speakers and possibly some acoustic music, according to Monica Cordova, the group's youth coordinator.
She said the rally will serve as a protest of the decision by the city's Cultural Services Department last week to reject the permit application for the larger event.
That rejection sparked a round of press conferences Wednesday, in which group organizers and city officials accused each other of being anti-youth or promoting repugnant behavior, depending on who was doing the talking. Read More...
