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    Man jailed for refusing to turn off neon anti-Romney sign

    A 59-year-old California man who refused to unplug a flashing neon lawn sign protesting Mormonism and attacking Mitt Romney's "racist heart" was arrested and sent to jail on Monday.

    Steven Showers, who erected the 14-foot sign last August in front of his Newbury Park, Calif., home was recently convicted of eight misdemeanor zoning code violations for the display. He had until 5 p.m. on June 26 to comply with a judge's order to unplug the sign. But Showers, who describes himself as a Republican and a Christian, refused.

    At a hearing at Ventura County Superior Court on Monday, Showers refused to sign an agreement to turn off the lights that would have kept him out of jail. Bail was set at $5,000, according to Ventura County Superior Court records, and Showers was remanded into custody of the Ventura County Jail. His next court date is scheduled for July 15.

    Showers told the Ventura County Star last year that while researching the then-presumptive Republican presidential nominee, he was "stunned to find out that the Mormon religion is a white supremacist, anti-black, racist ideology."
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    Zoning laws are proof positive that governments think they own everyone's property and only allow you to "rent" it from them as long as you abide by their rules.
    "Let it not be said that we did nothing."-Ron Paul

    "We have set them on the hobby-horse of an idea about the absorption of individuality by the symbolic unit of COLLECTIVISM. They have never yet and they never will have the sense to reflect that this hobby-horse is a manifest violation of the most important law of nature, which has established from the very creation of the world one unit unlike another and precisely for the purpose of instituting individuality."- A Quote From Some Old Book

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    Wonder if he'd have been treated differently in Utah?

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    LOL at the website. he is selling the signs, only $800 plus shipping, what a deal!

    After the pathetic attempt he put up against Obama hopefully Romney's influence in the GOP is negligible, "racist heart" or not.

    Oh and this whole situation reminds me of the saying good fences make good neighbors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by devil21 View Post
    Zoning laws are proof positive that governments think they own everyone's property and only allow you to "rent" it from them as long as you abide by their rules.
    Hey...

    Godiva
    6 hours ago 22 120
    You have freedom of speech.

    But there are also zoning codes regarding signage both on commercial and residential property. You also need a permit.

    Get a permit, stay within the size allowed, etc. and no problem.

    This doofus just decided to put up a big, honkin' neon sign in front of his house. Sorry, buddy. You can't yell FIRE in a crowded movie theater either.
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