Short report from a friend of mine in Iowa

[John P Slevin]

other spots

Other great spots include local transit stations. Anywhere local bus routes converge are great spots. Stand your ground if asked to leave. This is public property, and you have the right to engage in expressive activities.

IF cops tell you to leave, get names, badge numbers, and make contemporaneous notes as you are speaking to the cop. Let the cop see you make those notes. Cops understand this...cops do not want to be sued, they will only interfere with you if someone at the transit station calls them, and be calm, because most of the time the cop will assist you in your right to be there...when you are told to leave, well, leave.

You don't need the arrest here; you will keep your spots more often than not when they are either state owned or local government owned properties.

ANY line of people is GREAT!

Movie lines, or concert or other ticket buying line is great. Typically this includes public sidewalk area anyway. When it doesn't, just work the line till you are told to leave...like at a movie complex. Usually, the later in the evening you are the better, as there are fewer security guards around to tell you to leave.

 

[Paul.Bearer.of.Injustice]

I am in Iowa, not at the council bluffs camp but there have been no issues.

Only one minor breakout of a fight between ron paul people. It's bound to happen with 300 random college students that have been cut off from their normal habits for a week.

Idle hands to the devil's work... not much else to do in Iowa other than have sex and fight when you're young LOL

 

[John P Slevin]

to be young again

Ah yes, to be young again.

Anyone needing access help can call me anytime...I do this professionally and gladly will assist anyone needing advice on how to handle access problems in Iowa.

I am not a lawyer, I do direct voter contact, including petitions and other direct voter contact.

Iowa basically is a pretty cool state as far as the election laws go, kinda a model other states should use.

Respect private property on this one, ask permission and leave when told to leave is the best I can tell you in this case.

If you are in Iowa, or New Hampshire, call me anytime at 916-635-4662 or email me at [email protected] and leave me your contact info.

There's more than one way to skin a rabbit, and I wish all RP troops well.

 

[VoluntaryMan]

You can SELL campaign material inside the mall, but you can't GIVE it away? Sounds like BS to me. Never accept advice from the competition....ever.

 

[Ara825]

I love the part of this message that says "Ron Paul people are everywhere"

 

[John P Slevin]

Don't be distracted. You CANNOT sell anything inside the mall if you show up and try to sell something.

I do this stuff for a living. I know what these people probably have experienced.

The solution is NOT to blame it on some kind of organized obstruction, but on the facts of life.

Iowa does NOT legally protect expressive activities carried out on private property of ANY kind, including large shopping centers or single large operators; only a few states still protect such activiities.

It would be a major mistake for RP supporters to misunderstand this distinction.

There are ways to handle this, it is NOT prejudice on the part of anyone in Iowa, it simply is the law there.

 

[Nick From Iowa]

I am from Council Bluffs and know many of the police well - I asked one of the officers on duty this evening, and he doesn't recall any 'political people' being arrested lately. I doubt that a Ron Paul supporter would be dumb enough to pull a stunt worthy of being arrested anyway. The CBPD doesn't enjoy going out of their way to harass law abiding citizens. They've got their hands full (mostly with people that I work around each day). So, speaking from experience, and the fact that many of them are former military, who actually aren't so much for the war in Iraq as it is- I doubt they'd go around looking to arrest volunteers for a political organization.

Also - many of the Hillary people around Council Bluffs are PAID staff 'Volunteers'. This past weekend, the local Meetup group arranged a sign holding / New Years March - and there were PAID hillary people out there holding up signs. Ron Paul supporters outnumbered her people 6 to 1 easily.

 

[N13]

I love the part of this message that says "Ron Paul people are everywhere"

You can read the best and have good eyesight compared to the rest in this thread.

That was the important part.

 

[Hangly Man]

I love the part of this message that says "Ron Paul people are everywhere"

I see Ron Paul people!

 

[Xonox]

There Everywhere!