from Orlando Weekly's Happytown section–May 10, 2007

SEMI-REGULAR FEATURE:
RATE THE PROTEST!

Who: Stop the Ordinance Partnership

When: May 4 in front of the Orange County Courthouse

Scene: About 15 members of STOP, mostly Food Not Bombs and Students for a Democratic Society members, held banners in protest as Eric Montanez arrived to enter a not guilty plea following his arrest last month under the city's controversial large group feedings ordinance. Montanez, a member of the Food Not Bombs group that feeds the homeless at Lake Eola each week, was the first person arrested under the new ordinance that prevents groups from feeding more than 25 people in public parks without a permit, available only twice a year. As a nice little jab, the group fed the homeless right in front of the courthouse. The ACLU is pissed about the whole thing. "This is shit. As far as I'm concerned we're going to picket Buddy Dyer's house; we're going to picket Patty Sheehan's house. They called down the fire when they arrested him. They wanted this fight," says ACLU Central Chapter prez George Crossley.

OUR RATING: 7 (OUT OF 10)