Tempers Rise Over Backyard Chickens
A man was removed from the Cobb Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday after refusing to give his name during a public hearing.
A Cobb County man was released after being escorted from the Cobb Board of Commissioner's meeting Tuesday night in handcuffs when he refused to give his name during a public hearing. "There is nothing in the first amendment requiring me to give my name to speak," Fernando Wise said. Chairman Tim Lee, who asked Cobb County police officers to remove Wise from the meeting room, said there are processes and procedures that must be followed. "I apologize it has to come to this, but we must be consistent," he said. Members of the standing room only crowd yelled, "Let him go!" as Wise was escorted from the room. In the foyer, residents in favor of allowing backyard poultry in Cobb County - of which Wise's father, Lamar, is a member - gathered, …
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JimmyZ
7:49 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
You do have the right to free speech Fernando, but if you want to speak at a formal meeting you have to follow their rules and procedures. Don't like it? Go outside the building and yell anti-government crap all you want. I have free speech too, but I can't go down to the Capitol and sit up in the gallery and disrupt their proceedings either. Young people: I appreciate your enthusiasm in … more ›