BATTLE OVER PRO-BUSH SIGN AT BOSTON PIZZERIA

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May 8, 2002
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http://www.drudgereport.com/flash5.htm
BATTLE OVER PRO-BUSH SIGN AT BOSTON PIZZERIA
Fri Jul 23 2004 11:19:45 ET

The 24-foot-long sign at Halftime Pizza across the street from Boston's FleetCenter isn't exactly welcoming to the Democratic National Convention: "Say!!!!! D.N.C. Thanks for Nothing!!! Go Bush."

Security measures and the availability of free food for delegates led Mark Pasquale, owner of Halftime, to shut his restaurant down for the week of the convention and erect the sign.

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On Friday, WRKO-AM's Peter Blute and Scott Allen Miller reported how Pasquale has been confronted by city inspectors who have threatened to fine him unless he takes the anti-Dem sign down!

Pasquale told Blute and Scotto that while he doesn't want any trouble, he will continue to exercise his First Amendment rights by keeping the sign up in spite of any fines.

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Jan 9, 2004
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I suppose this Beantown business has never heard of sign restrictions in the City Code. The battle is obviously over the size of the sign and not the content, but Im sure the media will bill it as a 1st Amendment issue or another boring partisan headline.