Judge OKs camping ban near Bush ranch

[Judi Lynn]

Aug. 8, 2006, 11:34PM
Judge OKs camping ban near Bush ranch

By ANGELA K. BROWN Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

CRAWFORD, Texas — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked protesters from pitching tents or placing portable toilets near President Bush's ranch, ruling that roadside camping and parking bans are constitutional.

Protesters sought to make a smaller makeshift campsite than Cindy Sheehan had set up a year ago off the winding, two-lane road leading to Bush's ranch, said attorney David Broiles, who sued on behalf of Sheehan and four other anti-war demonstrators.

But less than a week after asking the protesters and McLennan County officials to try to reach a compromise, U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith ruled unexpectedly late Monday that the county ordinances enacted last fall are constitutional.
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Herbert S. Bristow, one of the attorneys who represented the county in the lawsuit, said he was not surprised by the judge's ruling because the ordinances _ banning parking on parts of 14 roads near Bush's ranch and prohibiting camping in any county ditch _ were well-researched.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4104166.html

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. Never Saw This Coming.

I'm Shocked. Shocked I Tell Ya.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. jr is a lost cause. No amount of protest or anything else will penetrate

that thick simian skull. It's best just to wait out & ignore the bastard from here on out. He's tapped out the military so he his pretty much like a neutered dog at this point anyway.

[maddezmom]

3. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2444725