Gage County supervisors hear weeks-long protest group's complaints, agree to develop written lawn policy
Residents and protest organizers told supervisors the county’s enforcement of a sidewalk/grass rule against a weekly 'democracy on life support' demonstration was sudden and unconstitutional without written guidance; the board said its chair called the sheriff after public complaints and directed attorneys to draft a formal policy to discuss at a future agenda.
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Residents and organizers of a weekly demonstration told the Gage County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 12 that deputies recently ordered protesters off the courthouse lawn after months of peaceful gatherings and that the county lacks a written policy governing such assemblies.
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