The City of Carson has taken a stance. It has “declared war” against registered citizens. That war includes both presence restrictions which prohibit all registered citizens from visiting both public and private places as well as residency restrictions which prohibit all registered citizens from living in a significant part of that city.
The Carson City Council knows that its laws do not comply with recent state appellate court decisions which are based upon interpretations of the state and federal constitutions. Members of that Council have stated publicly, however, that they disagree with the courts’ decisions and therefore refuse to abide by them.
The City Council also disagrees with a Settlement Agreement signed by the City Manager and City Attorney in July 2014. The terms of that agreement require the City to “align with state law” by significantly revising its presence restrictions and by placing a stay of enforcement on its residency restrictions.
In order to compel the City of Carson to honor its promises in the signed Settlement Agreement, the City of Carson was sued for breach of contract and fraud. The attorneys who represent the City attempted to stop the lawsuit by a filing a motion that was superfluous at best and mean spirited at worst. A judge this week denied that motion and allowed Plaintiff Frank Lindsay to file an amended complaint which adds two important components – compensatory damages and punitive damages – which for legal reasons were not included in the original lawsuit.
After the judge’s ruling, the plaintiff has attempted to initiate settlement discussions. The City of Carson has failed to respond to that attempt and is unlikely to do so unless they are forced to do so by a different court, the court of public opinion.
It’s time to convene a court of public opinion at the Carson City Council meeting on July 21. Join us for a protest prior to that meeting near City Hall and/or speaking to the Council during its meeting. There are plenty of protest signs available, the same signs used during our peaceful protest on March 7.
It’s time to Show Up – Stand Up – Speak Up.
by Janice Bellucci
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Jim Orey from Carson. I would be proud to carry a banner that states, it is your tax dollar this city is throwing away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What time?
Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for the courage to bring the constitution and civil rights inherent to all citizens of this country to shine on such a dark corner of humanity as is the body politic of Carson. Playing by the rules is impossible for them because they have never read them and apparently don’t plan to her read them, learn them or abide by them in the next century. It is time to expose these charlatans for exactly what they are and hope the the City of Carson can abide by the city attorney’s recommendations, throw those currently in power out of office, collect themselves and move gracefully into the future with the US Constitution firmly in hand.
Stupid is what Stupid does. Politics is a dirty game and those who play fair and carry a big stick, always win. I believe it will cost Carson slightly over $10,000 ($100,000+-)or we might lose (doubt it). Win this battle or lose, we know the Constitution will always win in the end (BIG STICK).
WOW…..pray Frank Lyndsay wins!
How can I and others get our lawsuit against this city for violation of civil rights ….people need to be paid for being the public agenda of “war….” which puts registered as enemy of the state in such a declaration ….it doesn’t get any clearer that this registry is punitive…..its as clear as “war”.
I would love to go, but I must go to my “treatment” night. Still not sure what I am being “treated” for. Oh yeah, being so stupid!
Good luck to everyone, fight the good fight.
Wouldn’t it be ironic if RCs could not attend if the law were in effect because “near City Hall” is also near forbidden zone x, y or z?
At this point it seems too much like being begging.
Why is it not?
Why not just sit back, so to speak, and deal with them through the courts?
Or, to put it another way, it’s pretty clear they are going to get hammered in court. So why not just let the courts deal with them?
Be there, aloha.
This sounds like a better plan than the last protest, held when city hall was closed and the councilpeople out on the beach or playing golf. I hope you plan to have some sign holders outside city hall DURING the meeting, and perhaps you could pass out fliers with your position on it as well so passers-by can be exposed to the truth. This time, have someone film it and have people not afraid to show their faces on film so those of us unable to attend can see it.
The guy you are thumbing down is DEREK LOGUE. Saying: “who the hell is this guy” frightens me about YOU.
Please take some time to learn about him. As you deepen your advocacy experience, eventually you will look NATIONALLY at the Movement. You will find him there. His ONCE FALLEN website contains the SINGLE, LARGEST SOURCE of information available anywhere in the United States. He has been compiling and adding to it for OVER 7 YEARS !!
I suppose you also haven’t heard of his SHITAKE AWARDS or ABSOLUTE ZERO UNITES ? Does the RALLY IN TALLAHASEE ring a bell ??
California will NEVER single handedly achieve Janis Bellucci’s ultimate goal of getting Smith v Doe REHEARD in the United States Supreme Court !! We all have to think NATIONALLY. And that’s where you’ll find DEREK LOGUE.
Derek’s comments are based on his OWN EXPERIENCES; look at them again, will ya’ . And change those thumbs down; we could use this guy’s help….
And yes,I know some of CA RSOL are miffed at him from a few months ago. Gotta look beyond that. Divided we’ll fall.
Harry said ” I am not here to understand, lifestyles, religion, politics or any other non-topical matters. We need to behave and mature humans and keep…”
Well it’s too late for that. Many things are related by now. Al Robles of Carson scapegoats registrants while trying to build a football stadium on a toxic waste site. Robles is also *** please refrain from making false statements about actual persons – Moderator***. Maybe it’s a good thing a protest was planned when this guy was not on his free time and selfishly wouldn’t sacrifice a second of it to deal with something that now can be seen as a smokescreen for his own transgressions. Also related, Hastert’s demise and the politics he represented along with his fellow SORNA architects, John Walsh and Mark Foley. Life doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
I think empathy is the key. We must be able to empathize with transgendered people since they cannot change their orientations just like a person cannot change the color of their skin. A registrant cannot go back in time and change a past conviction, even though they are a different person now. Children of registrants cannot change who their parents are. Homosexuals who were born gay cannot change their sexuality. Homosexuals who were not born gay but became gay as a result of external stimulii cannot go back and change whatever made them gay. The bottom line is anyone who is in a circumstance they cannot change should be given the benefit of someone elses effort to understand and empathize with them. If you cannot do that, that you are no better than the hypocrite Chris Kelly, who supports marriage equality and other gay rights issues, while on the other hand makes it his goal to scapegoat registrants with draconian unconstitutional restrictions, while his company FaceBook continues to discriminate against registrants by denying access to their service, disregarding California’s 290 law in the process.
Lastly, I am not sure we should turn our backs to oncefallen’s commentary. He after all is doing a good job of keeping the valigator at bay, where if he wasn’t she could be out pulling guns on teenagers and harassing registrants. This guy is a pioneer of the movement and its like if Dennis Sobin was offering advice, we should listen and at least consider the words, even if we don’t like what we are hearing always.
@DEREK LOGUE/ONCE FALLON— CA RSOL and YOU are BOTH AMAZING !!!!
–KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT 🙂
Actually, I still see oncefallen’s fla protest a failure. We all can learn from both protest.
There are other areaa that he success in.
So, try again oncefallen.
Middle of no wear…..Are you the Valigator ? You write like she does.
I don’t see any peaceful protest as a failure. Anytime anyone stands up for her rights, it is a success for humanity.
Midst of no where: I apologize
Is there any word on what happened at the meeting? I haven’t seen anything about it. Thanks.
EDIT: Here is the page for the video of the meeting, though it’s unrelated to the protest.
http://carson.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1630
Yes, but it doesn’t have any footage of the closed meeting, obviously, where I assume the lawsuit was discussed.