You're invited! Calling all musicians, buskers, artists, circus clowns, flag corps, mimes, puppeteers, regular folks, irregular folks, cats, dogs, baboons, dancers, lovers of music, Every-Damned-Body!

Sunday, May 5th at 6pm, we will show our support for all the good folks that make New Orleans great!

The Free The Music parade will bring free music to the streets of the Jazz Fest neighborhood to raise awareness about the city's ridiculous crackdown on live music venues and musicians.

You don't need to buy a ticket.

You don't need a corporate sponsor.

Just come out Sunday, May 5, 6pm and be ready to play music and dance in the streets.

Costumes encouraged.

The Bywater Rising Protest/ Second Line in support of live music venues, musicians, buskers, artists, DJs was great. We decided we wouldn't stop there.

RSVP on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/232432533555103/

NOTE: This has nothing to do with Jon Bon Jovi.

The second week of Justice Fest will last from Thursday, May 2 - Sunday, May 5.

2013 Celebrate justice and music at the location formerly known as the Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi.

Justice is not dead. Lady Justice has merely been taken hostage. And when there is no justice, there will be no peace.

We do not support the fact that Shell Oil is a corporate sponsor of Jazz Fest. We love NOLA music and culture but not Shell Oil.

We do not support Mayor Landrieu’s crackdown on live music venues, musicians, buskers, artists, and performers. We will resist the ridiculous citations residents living near Jazz Fest have received for having Yard Sales or "transient vending."

We do not forget Guadalupe.

And we hate Clean Zones!

We welcome you to bring info related to Social Justice Issues to this location during Jazz Fest.

In addition to Free Aqua Net Hairspray, the shrine will offer information about different Social Justice issues in New Orleans.

Please feel free to stop by during festival hours and be ready for some creative demonstrations.

Justice Fest Events - You can RSVP on the individual Facebook event pages if you like!

We might add more events or have spontaneous events. Some activities are ongoing, so stop by any time during Jazz Fest.

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Friday May 3 DIY Stencil Party 2:00pm until 8:00pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/374830725968708/

Let's stencil! We have some great stencils and spray paint and will stencil anything you bring! Or, bring your own stencils and we can swap designs.

Want to learn how to make stencils? Have stencil skills to share? The more the merrier! We have spray paint! If you can, bring your own exacto blade!

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Saturday May 4 9:00 to 11 pm
Let’s send 100 postcards to political prisoners - Mail to the Jail

https://www.facebook.com/events/158326777669320/

Let's get 100 postcards to send to political prisoners. Bring an original handmade postcard (handmade is ideal, but if you want to bring one you didn't make, that's okay), or come and make a postcard at Justice Fest.

We'd love to get a photo gallery of all the postcards and then mail them to political prisoners.

We'll have addresses and info on political prisoners so you can learn about their different circumstances, but check out Op Pen Pal http://oppenpal.wordpress.com/mailing-list/  and Mail to the Jail if you have a specific political prisoner you know you'd like to write to. http://mailtothejail.org/ 

We'll also have fun prizes for original hand made postcards!

You can just drop off your postcard on the way to Jazz Fest, or spend some time making postcards and learning about different political prisoners!

We'll be showing short films about various prisoners on the porch!
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May 4 - May 5 Chalk Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/543195785731834/

Let's make the sidewalks and streets around the Jazz Fest area beautiful before Sunday's Free The Music Parade!

Feel free to stop by Justice Fest for chalk ideas and some chalk, or just get out there and CHALK THE WORLD!

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May 5 Sunday - Face Painting Party 2pm - 5:30pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/118444485020416/

Come get your face painted in time to march in the Free The Music Parade! HERE: https://www.facebook.com/events/232432533555103/

We have face paint, and if you have your own face painting kit and skills, feel free to come by, set up, and accept donations.

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Free The Music Parade 6- 8pm May 5
https://www.facebook.com/events/232432533555103/

Calling all musicians, buskers, artists, circus clowns, flag corps, dancers, lovers of music!

Free The Music parade will bring free music to the streets of the Jazz Fest neighborhood.

You don't need to buy a ticket.

You don't need a corporate sponsor.

Just come out Sunday, May 5, 6pm and be ready to play music and dance in the streets.

Costumes encouraged.

The Bywater Rising Protest/ Second Line in support of live music venues, musicians, buskers, artists, DJs was great. We decided we wouldn't stop there.

DISCLAIMER
NOTE: These events are not sponsored by Shell Oil or Jon Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi, or in any way connected to them except some of them will be taking place at a location that holds the remnants of a Shrine devoted to Jon Bon Jovi that small affair made years ago.

On April 25, small_affair and ots_nola will be livestreaming/ livetweeting the Protest/ Second Line and using the hashtags #BywaterRising and #NOLANoise!

We made the news!

Second Line Protest on The Gambit blog
Second Line Protest on Offbeat website

Calling all DJs, street musicians, live musicians, music venues, buskers and NOLA citizens who love live music! ENOUGH is ENOUGH! Second Line in Support of Stopping the crackdown on music venues and musicians, DJs and buskers. 

Show support for keeping The Music at Mimi's and other music venues! Show support for street musicians, DJs, and bands!

At 6:00pm Thursday, April 25th we will Second Line in the streets in support of New Orleans music and culture. Meet near Mickey Markey Park (700 Piety) @ Royal for a Second Line!

Bring your signs, banners, props, puppets, instruments, noise makers, band members, friends, and lovers!

RSVP on Facebook! (not required) 

Solidarity #NOLANoise 

Gulf Restoration Network: United for a healthy Gulf of Mexico is holding  a BP Disaster 3 year Memorial Demonstration on April 20 at 1pm.

Come on out to the Amphitheater at Washington Artillery Park across from Jackson Square!









On April 20, 2010, 11 people lost their lives and the biggest environmental disaster in our nation's history began. Three years later, BP's oil is still here, and it continues to impact the people, places, and wildlife of the Gulf.

Please join us on April 20, 2013, to mark 3 years of BP's ongoing disaster, memorialize all that has been lost, and join the call for justice for the Gulf.

The event will include simple visual demonstrations, using our people power, of the ongoing disaster and its impacts on the Gulf, which will be made into a short video and distributed on the internet to raise awareness about the urgent need for restoration and to hold BP accountable for the damages incurred.

Please wear black. The first 100 people to arrive will receive a free t-shirt designed for the event, which you can wear during the filming.

What: 3 year memorial of the BP disaster, visual demonstration
When: Saturday, April 20th at 1pm
Where: Amphitheater at Washington Artillery Park (across from Jackson Square in the French Quarter)

***Please wear black***

Contact Amanda at 504-273-4838 or Moorea@nwf.org with any questions. It will likely be hot! Bring a water bottle, we'll have cool water available for refills

Supported by National Audubon Society, Environmental Defense Fund, Gulf Restoration Network, NRDC, National Wildlife Federation, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, LEAN, Build a Better Planet, Epoca Verde, Green Living, Thomas Strategies & Waltzer Wiygul & Garside Law Firm

Legalize Louisiana

There will be 4/20 Rallies across the state, so check out the local action in New Orleans!

Legalize Louisiana New Orleans
April 20 2013 4:00 PM
Louis Armstrong Park
Food, Drums, Goodness Welcome.
Free and Open to All.

Calling all DJs, street musicians, live musicians, music venues, and NOLA citizens who love live music! ENOUGH is ENOUGH! Second Line in Support of Stopping the Crackdown on Music Venues and Musicians!

Show support for keeping The Music at Mimi's and other music venues! Show support for street musicians, DJs, and bands!

At 6:00pm Thursday, April 25th we will Second Line in the streets in support of New Orleans music and culture. Meet near Mickey Markey Park on the corner of Royal and Piety for a Second Line!

We'll parade down Royal, pass Mimi's, head over to St Roch Tavern, and return to Mimi's for a triumphant celebration.

Let's join together - musicians and community members - and celebrate NOLA's vibrant music scene.




WHY?

• Because New Orleans citizens will not stand by and watch attempts to quiet New Orleans' vibrant music scene.
• Because we're tired of business closures and harassment from city government.
• Because we're tired of public space being taken from the people who use it most.
• Because we stand with artists, musicians, buskers who are being forced off the street and into starvation.
• Because the Je ne sais quoi of New Orleans will be packaged and incorporated if we don't!

We've seen the Landrieu administration's crack down on venues featuring live music and DJs. We've seen the absurd verdict handed down to St Roch Tavern by the Alcohol Beverage Control Board. We've seen permit-holding artists threatened to choose between arrest or their livelihood.

Now a group "HEAR THE MUSIC STOP THE NOISE" has targeted Mimi's!

Let's Second Line!

Wear costumes, bring an instrument, bring your band, bring your props, banners, flags, noise makers;  bring your friends and lovers and kids,  and dance in the streets for the love of NOLA culture.

Please share this far and wide!

RSVP on Facebook if you'd like.

On April 10, 2013, I sat in courtroom 12 A of the Federal Courthouse in New York City  with dozens of Jeremy Hammond supporters. I watched Jeremy Hammond, dressed in a grey jumpsuit, as he was escorted into the courtroom to sit with is defense team. Once seated, he turned around and said quietly, “What’s up everybody” while smiling. His mother was in the courtroom for the first time since his arrest on March 5, 2012, and his friends and family smiled and waved until Judge Loretta Preska entered the courtroom.

Jeremy is accused of accessing the intelligence firm Stratfor and its database, releasing emails that were later released to the public by WikiLeaks. He could spend 37 years to life in prison for allegedly accessing information detailing  a global surveillance system Trapwire that's been monitoring activists groups like Occupy Wall Street and PETA and the spying on victims of the Bhopal disaster.  See What would we know without you, Jeremy Hammond? for details.

I traveled to New York specifically to show court solidarity for Jeremy's appearance.  Although I have never met Jeremy, I cannot ignore the level of governmental corruption surrounding his case. Already, Jeremy Hammond has spent over one year in prison with time in solitary confinement; he has been denied bail by a judge with a conflict of interest, and he has been refused access to his own case materials. These materials include 59,00 chat logs that contain 3.5 million lines of text. During the fourteen visits between Jeremy and his defense team, the government issued laptop has only been available four times. Since the February 21, 2013 recusal hearing Jeremy has had five additional hours of time with a computer to work on his defense, bringing the total amount of time to eleven hours. This is simply not enough.

In Judge Preska’s courtroom, the defense attorney explained that despite the fact that a laptop was provided to them in January by the U.S. Government, they have been unable to review materials related to Jeremy’s case in a timely manner.  While they have been working with Adam Johnson at the Metropolitan Correctional Center to make sure this computer is available when they visit Jeremy, the defense has experienced what seems to be a communication problem amongst staff at MCC. It is my understanding that the defense puts in a request for the computer to be available prior to a scheduled meeting with Jeremy. Mr. Johnson receives the request and then puts the computer up front, but the staff may change shifts and not know the laptop is there when the defense arrives to meet with Jeremy. This causes delays as defense attorneys wait in the MCC for the staff to find this laptop and has severely limited the time they’ve been able to spend reviewing the “discovery.” Moreover, the computer itself cannot access the internet, so the defense is unable to conduct internet research while meeting with Jeremy and may have to leave the meeting to conduct research elsewhere. Eleven hours is not enough.

Computer access is critical for the defense, and considering the current conditions of Jeremy’s incarceration, it seems unlikely that he can possibly receive a fair trial. Had he been released on bail, he would have been able to analyze this material with his defense team constantly. As it stands, the defense team needs to be able to review these 3.5 million lines of text with Jeremy because only he may recognize information that will aid in his defense. Preska’s denial of bail has heavily impacted this case to the point that one questions whether Jeremy’s entrapment by an FBI agent whose plea bargain was  presided over by none other than Judge Loretta Preska and lack of access to his own case materials is by design. This system does, after all, allow Stratfor to engage in secret, illegal surveillance;  the federal government continues to pursue activists and journalists like Matthew Keys and Barrett Brown and obviously wants to keep some of its secrets hidden (Occupy NOLA is especially grateful to Matthew Keys for providing this information about the FBI monitoring NOLA activists). It seems likely that Jeremy's freedom jeopardizes this web of secrecy and entrapment. While the FBI had no problem allowing the Stratfor emails to be turned over to WikiLeaks, their use of an informant and nature of the “discovery” (the  3.5 million lines of text with possibly up to 45000 chat participants/co-conspirators) indicates that the United States does not want more of its secrets uncovered. I have not seen the “discovery” but question how the prosecution can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Jeremy Hammond is guilty.

They are undoubtedly attempting to prove just that; the US government can access these documents whenever they want; additionally, they can be assisted by the very hacker/informant who orchestrated the Stratfor event. I am under the impression that Hector Monsegur (aka Sabu) is allowed to access the internet to assist the US government and possibly wreak havoc on the lives of other activists, while Jeremy Hammond is not able to work with his attorneys on his own defense.

At Hammond’s April 10 court appearance, the US Attorney requested an additional twenty days to determine a trial schedule. These twenty days will not count towards the speedy trial provision.

The courtroom was packed with family, friends, and supporters in what Jeremy’s twin brother Jason described as the largest group of courtroom supporters since Jeremy’s arrest. The defense requested a ten minute visit for Jeremy and his mother and brother.

Judge Loretta Preska asked the U.S. Marshalls if they could accommodate this.

“It’s up to the judge,” one Marshall replied.

Judge Preska permitted a ten minute visit that could not allow physical contact or passing of papers. After the courtroom emptied, Jeremy Hammond was able to turn around in his chair and face his family from his chair across and talk.  Jeremy Hammond was granted his first meeting with his mother and brother since his arrest, and it was ten minutes long.  After the gross abuse of power by the courts, this ten minutes seemed like a precious gift and not what citizens should be able to expect from the Criminal Justice system.

Outside the courthouse, Jeremy’s supporters gathered and discussed the case, and my footage is available below.

After the wonderful noise demonstration at MCC the previous night, at which his family and friends sang to him from the sidewalk beneath the prison, it felt good to know he had seen his mother and brother.

It is my personal feeling that the defense team needs to be more than assertive regarding the availability of the computer and “discovery.” 


If you'd like to write to Jeremy, you can do so at this address:

Jeremy Hammond #18729-424
 Metropolitan Correctional Center
 150 Park Row NY, NY 10007

Check out Mail to the Jail for more information about writing to jailed anons.  

To keep updated about this case, check out the following:

Free Jeremy Hammond Support Network

Follow @Free_Hammond

Mail to the Jail.org    FreeAnons.org

Mail to the Jail on Facebook

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If you are in the New York area on April 10, 2013, you are invited to show support for Jeremy Hammond at 3:30pm at the Federal Courthouse in New York City.  Jeremy has been in jail for over a year. Learn more at Revolution News!

Jeremy Hammond Court Date Event Page
Noise Demo at MCC Event Page
Mail to the Jail, A Letter writing campaign of the Anonymous Solidarity Network
Jeremy Hammond Support Network

Cotton the stuffed dog is officially missing. He was last seen zip-tied to the Markey Park fence in protest of NORDC and the Bywater Neighborhood Association after he attended a sign-making party on March 3.

Cotton was holding a sign that said "Woof no, we won't go."

Cotton also answers to the name of Save Markey Park.

He is known for his love of bacon, dog parks, and.children.

The Bywater Neighborhood Association claims to not know what happened to the protest materials that disappeared on March 26, 2013 when the park was closed. The City of New Orleans closed Markey Park closed for construction on March 26, and removed almost all of the Save Markey Park signs.

Cotton is believed to be on an FBI watch list due to his strong political ideologies and association with the Occupy NOLA movement.

He is being considered a political prisoner at this time.

If you were at Markey Park when the signs were removed from the fence, you may have seen Cotton entering a police vehicle. Please contact us if you have information about his disappearance  at Mickey Markey Playground

There was ZERO evidence of zip-ties on the fence, which implies that the zip-ties themselves were removed. This disputes any theory that over 2 dozen signs blew away in the wind.

The Bywater Neighborhood Association Parks Committee convened on March 14, 2013 at Holy Angels Convent. Save Markey Park, a group of community advocates petitioning to include an off-leash dog area in Markey Park respectfully urged the BNA Parks Committee to revisit its decision to not allow dogs in Markey Park. Over 400 community members have signed a petition  in favor of including an off-leash dog area.

We are currently investigating the mysterious NSCNA's relationship with the park and Cotton's disappearance.


Please come out and attend the NORDC Facilities Sub-Committee meeting this Thursday March 28th at 1:30p.m. in the Homeland Security Conference Rooms A & B, 9th floor, City Hall, New Orleans.
 
Save Markey Park will be presenting their case before the committee. They could use a presence to show numbers!

The St Roch Tavern is one of the New Orleans bars being targeted by what's been described as an attack on live music. Local writer Sam Jasper does an excellent job describing the issue in his blog post Between St. Roch and a Hard Place.

From Jasper's blog:


In the last 18 months or so, St. Roch Tavern has been the target of a concerted effort to harass the bar itself and its customers. Launched by a neighbor, who in fact used to work there, it has become a purposeful, obsessive attack which has spilled out on occasion to the neutral ground. While there hasn't been a ticket for anything written inside or outside the St. Roch in four years, according to one of the bartenders there, the police have been called over petty complaints repeatedly by this neighbor. The City Council person, Kristin Gisleson Palmer, has also gotten complaints. Formerly a partner in the food concern at St. Roch (not an employee, the food suppliers are separate business entities), this neighbor is on constant alert from reports I've heard. Evidently this guy and his domestic partner's sole purpose is to get the St. Roch Tavern shut down. (Who they'll harass if that happens I don't know, but it has become clear that these people are folks who need to have someone in the crosshairs in order to be happy.) The constant harassment has taken some dark turns, reports of customers allegedly being physically attacked by these neighbors aren't rare. Verbal attacks are apparently standard fare. The staff is walking on eggshells in order to avoid drama. The livelihoods of St. Roch staff are being endangered by an obsession for vengeance. I wish I could ask the neighbors why, but I have no doubt that the answer would make no sense to me.
Bar on the corner for 80 years. Neighbors doing all this? Moved into the neighborhood barely 2 years ago. We can't let this neighbor and his partner close down a business out of vengeance. Police were called on New Year's Eve. Police were called Krewe du Vieux night. The Fifth District police want to see a show of support from those of us who care about this place. They've been very good at communicating what they need from us and I applaud that. Let's help them by contacting them, signing petitions, patronizing St. Roch Tavern.

The Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MACCNO) has been organizing in response to the controversial increase in enforcement imposed on live music venues, and issued calls for support when it was time for St Roch Tavern owner Rob Waguespack to appear before The Alcohol and Beverage Control Board.

On March 19th, Defendant Rob Waguespack, who owns the St Roch Tavern in New Orleans, appeared before The Alcohol and Beverage Control Board. NOLA Defender has detailed the hearing here: ABO Suspends St. Roch, Restricts Live Music

After spending hours reviewing the footage of the ABO hearing, I'm concerned about the quality of evidence the prosecution submitted. Even more disturbing is the bullying inflicted upon the defendant by City Attorneys Dan McNamara and Nolan Lambert, which resulted in what appears to be illegal censoring of St Roch Tavern employees.


Prosecution forced Waguespack to answer the same questions about two employees' Facebook posts repeatedly. The prosecution, who admitted "I don't know a lot about Facebook" was unable to discern if a comment was posted on the employee's personal wall, nor could he understand if the employee was acting on her own or on behalf of the bar.

Employee Martha Wood had posted the following request for good vibes on her personal Facebook wall: "John and I are about to go meet with the "powers that be" regarding the fate of The Tavern and our liquor license. Please send positive vibes our way and all the good mojo you can. We're gonna need it..."

The conversation that ensued, along with a comment made by a friend of the employee, was introduced by the prosecution as Exhibit 11.

The prosecution then grilled Defendant Rob Waguespack about a potential conspiracy to blackmail the D.A. by asking questions like the following:

Isn't the reason that they'd want to get dirt on the prosecutor that they would want to blackmail the prosecutor? [56:40 from video]

  "Do you know why your employee would talk to individuals to get dirt on the D.A. other than blackmail?

One needs only to examine Wood's Facebook updates for a moment to see that she does not spend time posting malicious comments on Facebook. If anything, her posts about dogs that need homes and offers to give away shoes are an asset to the community, as are her status updates that occasionally give her friends a peek into what to expect if they visit her while she's working at St. Roch Tavern. Especially in New Orleans, bartenders play a huge role in bringing in clientele. Bartenders have personal relationships with their customers; they have followings, and patrons literally follow cooks and bartenders from one establishment to the next if they change jobs.

The prosecution asked leading questions, implying that is is inappropriate for an employee or independent DJ to post the details about events at the bar on Facebook without the owner's knowledge is ridiculous.  Waguespack was unaware that Martha Wood and Rusty Lazer posted details about St Roch Tavern events on their personal Facebook walls. The prosecution tried to paint a picture of Waguespack as an incompetent business owner because he did not know that his employees were posting this information. First of all, to my knowledge an employee has a first amendment right to post descriptions of public events on Facebook (unless a social media policy was issued by the company).  

Also submitted as evidence was a photograph of graffiti that appeared on the wall of one of the few residents who has complained about St. Roch Tavern's noise. The prosecution argued that this graffiti appeared on Scotty Heron's home because he was mentioned in the conversation on Martha Wood's Facebook wall. At no point does anyone on Facebook post this man's address or express any malice towards him or his property. The image below was taken in a neighborhood with an abundance of graffiti; it's obviously not something written to spite Heron because he complained about the tavern. It reads "Wolfe XX Eye will Rape Yo Anus." At no point at the ABO Hearing was anal rape referenced, and it is not an issue that connects to the tavern.





The prosecution, who had no evidence of litter, provided flimsy evidence of a door being open a jar, and a suspiciously cropped photograph that makes it look like the "no loitering" sign was missing. The video showing the door that was not fully closed does not include a date or time, and the prosecution did not have a photograph of the entire front of the bar to show that the loitering sign is indeed absent. When cross-examined, Waguespack showed the well-used "No Loitering" signs that he claims have been posted on the outside of the tavern. Waguespack also stated that the prosecutions's photo that does not include a "no loitering sign" appeared to have been cropped. 

The prosecution attempted to use more information from Facebook to make their case. 

After admitting they could not understand the origins of a Facebook Event (an event created by an individual), the prosecution entered the event as evidence of Waguespack's violation of a city noise ordinance. The event, posted by Rusty Lazar, invites patrons to enjoy a DJ's performance at the St. Roch Tavern ALL NIGHT! 





In theory, anyone can create a Facebook Event that would imply a noise ordinance would be threatened.  This event should not even be considered evidence of Waguespack violating his earlier Consent Decree because it doesn't prove that noise was audible within 50 feet of the establishment. Moreover, the Facebook event is listed as taking place at St Roch Tavern; it was not posted on the St Roch Tavern page. It's maddening that this information is admissible in court when submitted by prosecutors who admitted to not understanding what they referred to as "The Facebook."





Despite the fact that they filled out cards to be allowed to speak at the ABO Hearing, advocates for St. Roch Tavern who attended the hearing were not permitted to speak, and the hearing ended with a shocking display of abuse of power.  The prosecution asked the court to censor employees of St. Roch Tavern.

"There will be no disparaging of witnesses in this matter on any electronic medium associated with St. Roch Tavern or any of its employees, and if they were to so disparage any witness, they would be in violation of the terms of the consent judgment," said McNamara.


Employees of St. Roch Tavern are officially censored and were told they cannot make disparaging comments using electronic medium, or Waguespack will be in violation of the Consent Decree and could lose his license.

Not only has the prosecution managed to censor employees, it has done so with almost no understanding of Facebook.

My immediate concern is with the censoring of the employees and the evidence the prosecution submitted at the hearing. 


Below is a letter the editor written by someone who attended the Hearing:


On Tuesday March 19th I was present at the ABO hearing for St. Roche Tavern in the city hall chambers. I was absolutely disgusted and offended at what I witnessed! And we did not get to speak! At all!
I really feel this whole hearing was a waste of tax dollars! This should of been resolved through a neighborhood meeting! And closing the bar for a few weeks only hurts the employees and the musicians that play there! Once again revenue the city needs wasted away!

My tax dollars pay the salary of City Attorneys Dan McNamara and Nolan Lambert. They do not represent my interest at all! They were horrible! The "evidence" was a joke! A doorman checking ID's and a line to get in the bar is not loitering! A stranger on Facebook did not try to blackmail the City Attorney! Saying the bar causes graffiti is like saying Family dollar causes crime!

Even McNamara’s star witness Ann Linn said litter was not a problem, and that noise was only a problem on Sat nights! She even said she frequents the bar and wished it not to close! McNamara even tried to intimidate us in the audience!

If it was not for my partner probably would of been arrested! I so wanted to jump up and scream!

I am a registered voter! I will NEVER forget this! What a waste of my tax dollars! ~ Alexander Flemming