C Drew - Street Artist Adventures

This is an OPT-OUT post. It is a running record of comments collected by me from the postings on the Chi-Town News website under the article about our Picasso Rally. Just email me - identify what you do not want published and on confirmation, it will be deleted. You - the public can respond here or at this link to make more comments or to echo those you’ve read. Thanks to all who respond. Help us change Chicago - speakout.
http://www.chitowndailynews.org/Chicago_news/Local_artist_takes_aim_at_speech_peddling_law,17243

COMMENTS:

Katie Flowers -tells her experience trying to sell an art award winning t-shirt design at the Taste of Chicago not long after the present Peddlers License was established.

c drew - My Story - tells about election night and my successful tussle with the police to give my art away on the street.
Rosemary Barria - Plea to end this ridiculous City policy that marginalizes artists.
Kami Cheatem - time to take a stand!

Nancy Drew - art as speech.

Steve Balkin, Professor of Economics, Economics of Entrepreneurship, Roosevelt University  http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/balkin/

Mo Cahill - Artist whose First Amendment rights were violated for parking tickets by the City using the peddler’s license as a “prior restraint” on her speech.
Second response by C. Drew - artists and the concerned public must make Chicago change

MEGAN COTTRELL, 10-14-2008 - Article’s author weighs in.

First response by C. Drew to expert, David Greene’s quote that the Chicago’s Peddlers License is “Constitutional on its face”

Written response of the expert, David Greene with the conditions he added to qualify his comments to reporter Megan Cottrell.

To read the full comments click on the small comments link on the right below.

This is our story of a struggle to re-gain the right to use our Picasso of a purpose of the people and especially for the artists.

Look back here soon (1-3 days)  for updates and photos of this years effort to educate Chicago’s fellow citizens about their speech rights. Below is a link to writer who covered our event.

http://www.chitowndailynews.org/Chicago_news/Local_artist_takes_aim_at_speech_peddling_law,17243