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by: Mark Boxley Updated: Apr 6, 2017 - 8:46 PM
ORANGE PARK, Fla. - The owner of a video game store in Orange Park has filed a federal lawsuit against the town over a 9-foot inflatable Mario that officials say is a sign code violation.
Mario, the iconic Nintendo character, has caused a visible increase in foot traffic and even became a local attraction, Gone Broke Gaming owner Scott Fisher said in the suit.
Fisher opened his store in 2015 on Kingsley Avenue in Orange Park, a suburb of Jacksonville.
After getting the OK from his landlord and neighboring businesses, Fisher decided to put up the towering inflatable Mario character in July.
The impact on his business was immediate, he said.
People who came in often commented to Scott that they never knew the store was there until they saw Mario, the lawsuit said. Others said that Mario made it much easier to find Gone Broke Gamings small storefront on the otherwise busy road.
By the end of the month, though, an Orange Park Code Enforcement officer issued a notice of code violation, saying the inflatable display was an illegal portable sign.
If he left the Mario in front of the store, Fisher could have faced fines of up to $250 a day.
Fisher pointed out in his lawsuit that the towns sign code allowed inflatable displays, specifically if it constitutes a creative idea that lacks a commercial message.
Under (the creative idea) category, a business could display the same exact inflatable Mario that Gone Broke Gaming was displaying, so long as that business was not selling Mario-related products, the lawsuit said.
Fisher claims the towns prohibition of the inflatable Mario under its sign code constitutes discrimination and a violation of his First Amendment right to free speech.
The lawsuit is seeking the court to declare the Orange Park sign code unconstitutional, a permanent injunction prohibiting the town from taking enforcement action against the store for displaying the Mario, attorneys fees and $1 for the violation of Fishers constitutional rights.
As of Thursday, Orange Park leaders had not filed a response to Fishers lawsuit.
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We just came back from a trip to the East Coast. While on the plane we got into a discussion with several college students returning from spring break. The subject came up that as Christian Conservatives they are being silenced on their thoughts and beliefs by liberal students and professors. They are afraid to speak up for fear of being harassed and failing a class because the professor bashes President Trump and conservative values. These liberal professors are exceeding their authority and the administration is condoning it. What happened to the First Amendment right to speak what one believes is the truth? Why are these professors getting away with forcing their political views and religious beliefs on students? When I was in college it was to teach students to think for themselves, examine the evidence and exchange ideas without fear of being put down or a professor failing you because you disagreed. The Left wants tolerance, so they say, until you dont believe the way they do and then they become bullies and intolerant. There is a saying, Why do you see the speck in your brothers eye, and not the log in your own? I would say this describes the liberals who cant see beyond their own small minds. I have also talked to many college students in Missoula and the same thing is happening there. The students First Amendment rights have been taken away! If you have a child there you should find who these professors are and complain to the college. This must stop! Everyone has a right to believe what they want without fear! If this does not stop soon you will see a communistic state where everyone lives in fear and cant express their beliefs. Dee Gibney Hamilton
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ACLU Launches Multilingual Ad Campaign in Defense of First Amendment Common Dreams The campaign kicked off with the unveiling of electronic billboards featuring the First Amendment in Arabic, English, and Spanish in New York's Times Square and at bus stops in Washington, D.C. The First Amendment in all three languages will also be ... |
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Gene Policinski, Gannett 11:59 a.m. ET April 4, 2017
A man looks over the front pages from newspapers around the country on display outside the Newseum in Washington in this file photo from November of 2014.(Photo: Susan Walsh/AP)
Who brings us the news? Mostly its still men, according to a new Womens Media Center study, Divided 2017.
The report says that among the major TV networks, online versions of CNN, Fox, The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast, and the nations 10 largest newspapers:
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The gender disparity shown in the survey is obvious in terms of numbers and simple equity, considering that women make up 51 percent of the population. But its implications, including the impact on news credibility, may not be so clear to news consumers. Cristal Williams Chancellor, the centers director of communications, noted in an interview that many of our fellow citizens are comfortable with men in anchor chairs or dominating story bylines. But in an era in which a majority of people say they distrust the news media and its motives, the most credible news operations should have diverse staffs that represent both their subjects and their audiences, she said.
Clearly, the news industry still falls short of having enough women to meet that goal. Why?
Its not for a lack of qualified female job candidates-in-training: Women made up two-thirds of the student body enrolled in journalism and media-oriented degree programs during the fall 2013 semester, according to data from the most recent Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication Enrollment.
One factor in the lack of overall visibility may come from the finding that lifestyle, health and education remain the topics where women most likely appear. I can recall that same circumstance in newsrooms of the 1960s.
Another bit of history: The American Society of News Editors annual newsroom census found in 2016 that the number of women leaders and employees has remained nearly the same since the 1990s. The survey that year reported that women made up about a third of newsroom employees overall, with a higher number employed at online-only sites than at newspapers. Women comprised 38 percent of daily newspaper employees in this years survey and nearly 50 percent of online-only news organization employees.
At a 2014 ASNE conference, women who were editors also called for changes in hiring and the review/promotion process to address old canards of how women in leadership roles are perceived. Fast Company senior editor Kathleen Davis referenced a study of 248 performance reviews of 180 men and women in media, prepared by both men and women, which showed the word abrasive was used 17 times for women and never for men.
None of these stats or biases is the sole province of newsrooms, to be sure. And going back to the mid-20th century, women in leadership roles in major news operations from the news desk to the corporate suite more often resulted from inherited ownership than from corporate diversity considerations.
But the profession that represents us all in gathering and reporting the news ought to be more of a leader in the 21st century in being representative of all of us.
Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the First Amendment Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 20001.
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