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J.Gleason wrote:
I was wondering. Is anyone walking/oc'ing in a Memorial Day Parade?
That would be awesome. I thought about it here in Chilton but the parade goes through the school zone.
It's interesting that you should ask this question. I asked the SAME question of the La Crosse Police department. I asked them for a "copy of the application" that one would need to fill out, and the reply from the La Crosse Police Chief, "I can give no such permit."
It may be to late for Memorial Day, but we should ALL submit "Open records requests" asking the schools/police/etc. for "copies of the application" and the "permit" that was granted.
My bet is, there is no such thing, just like in La Crosse, and LEO simply choose to ignore the law. If we video taped the vets carrying, and then discovered they "had no permission," that certainly would put LEO in a tough spot, wouldn't it.
Don't get me wrong, I support our vets BUT, they are after all, ordinary citizens under the law, and if the can carry, then so should the rest of us. I am out of town this weekend, but I will be submitting those open records requests to the city clerk, chief of police, and the school district. If no permission was given, then what do we do next?