Town suppresses "new organizations"

Town officials in Gould, Arkansas, don't seem to have received the memo that the era of a Bush-style command state enforced at the end of a battering ram is supposed to be over.

The town has now approved a law that bans the formation of "new organizations" without city council's consent. You read that correctly: If you want to start any type of organization, you must get the city's permission first. The ordinance reads, "'No new organizations shall be allowed to exist within the city of Gould without approval from majority of the city council." It also bans unauthorized meetings between townspeople and the mayor.

The mayor vetoed the measure because it is of course unconstitutional - but city council plans to override his veto. Plus, when the city attorney warned that the law was unconstitutional, city council tried to fire him.

So if you want to form an Elks chapter or a Pablo Cruise fan club in the town of Gould, be forewarned. City council is watching you.

This law likely will be ruled unconstitutional, but lately the right-wing establishment has admitted that they think the Constitution is expendable, so they don't really care. News Corpse (the folks behind the ongoing hacking scandal) helped get these extremists "elected", so what do you expect?

(Source: http://gawker.com/5822031/is-arkansas-town-now-the-least-democratic-in-the-usa)