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Friday, December 30, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - "Statehouse capacity of 3,000 would limit protests"
Alex Campbell's first take on this story in the Indianapolis Star raises many questions.
Was there a written news release from the state administration?
Does "assemble at the Statehouse" mean "inside" the building?
Is this limit "at one time", or is the count for the entire day?
Were there really 8,000 protesters in the Statehouse at one time during last year's session?
Re: "the number was based on an analysis' of what was safe" -- is this analysis available to the public?
What is the average count of individuals within the Statehouse, by day or by week, for the past year?
Other stories report access to the public will be limited to the east doors. If that means the doors at the top of the steps, doesn't it eliminate access to the disabled?
Does this limit apply to "visitors" to the judicial branch, as well as the executive and legislative branches?
Niki Kelly's tweet this morning puts it this way: "So what does everyone think about limiting free speech at the Indiana Statehouse through a cap on those allowed inside?"
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Mary Beth Schneider: "Did you know there is a cap on free speech at the statehouse?"
Niki Kelly: @ericbradner All kinds of issues. How do they track people since you can leave out a bunch of unsupervised doors? What about school groups?
Eric Bradner: @nkellyatJG Same things I was wondering -- and that's just a start. I'm sorry, but this decision seems absurd.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 30, 2011 12:45 PM
Posted to Indiana Government