Chapel Hill’s State-Sanctioned Anti-Semitism: Allows Jew-hating ad,
prohibits counter-jihad ad

The cowards and the quisling Mayor of Chapel Hill have slithered out of making a decision on whether they will allow our anti-jihad ads to run on Chapel Hill buses, but they have allowed an anti-semitic ad to continue to run for months and months. We submitted our ad back in September after the anti-Israel ad appeaed on Chapel Hill buses in August.

This grotesque action on behalf of the town has led to a resurgence of anti-semitism and the appearance of swastikas on the property of the anti-Israel advertiser, and why not? The town has all but championed Jew-hatred by running these disgusting anti-Israel ads while prohbiting our pro-israel ads.

I would be ashamed to be a resident of a town that imposes a state-sanctioned discrimination  policy against Jews. What next, Mark Kleinschmidt, yellow badges?

"Town delays decision on bus ad policy" Herald Sun, Gregory Childress

CHAPEL
HILL – The Town Council on Monday agreed to delay a decision on its
controversial bus advertising policy, which was suspended two weeks ago
after transit officials discovered that they had erroneously used a
draft ordinance in administering the policy.

The council, which
was without three of its nine members, agreed to discuss the matter next
at its Dec. 3 meeting, allowing town officials time to discuss the
policy and possible changes with the town’s transit partners, UNC and
the Town of Carrboro.

The transit partners are scheduled to meet later this month.

The
decision to delay the matter came after the six present members split
over a motion to reaffirm the correct bus advertising policy that
restricts political, religious and social issue advertising on Chapel
Hill Transit buses.

Council members Lee Storrow, Laurin Easthom
and Ed Harrison voted against reaffirming the policy while members Penny
Rich, Jim Ward and Gene Pease voted in favor of the motion.

Easthom
said she was in favor of another option presented to the council by
Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos that would protect free speech by allowing
political, religious and social issue ads.

By allowing such ads
in the past, Easthom said she believed the town had created a public
forum on town buses, something the courts would consider if the town is
taken to court over the policy.

“We have, whether we intended to or not, created a public forum,” Easthom said.

Earlier
Karpinos told council that he believed the town would be on safe legal
ground if it decided to enforce the ordinance adopted by council in June
2011 that banned political, religious and social issue ads.

“My position is that the staff’s error does not bind the council,” Karpinos said.

Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and council members Donna Bell and Matt Czajkowski were absent from Monday’s meeting.

The
bus advertising policy has been a source of contention every since the
Church of Reconciliation bought and placed an ad on buses over the
summer urging the U.S. to end military aid to Israel.

About 20
people spoke out in favor and against the policy, with those against it
contending that such ads are protected speech. Those against allowing
the ad said they found it offensive.

Karpinos said he was
concerned about the current suspension of the policy because it is not
viewpoint neutral, meaning the council is allowing one ad stating a
particular position but none with an opposing view.

Several
speakers noted that the church had been vandalized last week. Someone
spray painted nine Swastikas on the education building of the church,
which is located on Elliot Road.

The decision to suspend the bus
advertising policy put on hold another controversial ad, this one being
proposed by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) which
submitted a proposal to place five of the pro-Israel group’s ad on the
exterior of town buses for up to six months.

The AFDI ad stating
“In Any War Between the Civilized Man and the Savage, Support the
Civilized Man, Support Israel. Defeat Jihad” has caused controversy
across the country.

Pam Geller, executive director of the AFDI,
successfully sued to have the ad run by city transit operations in
Washington, D.C., and New York.

She angrily hinted last week at
the news the town had suspended its transit advertising program that the
AFDI will sue if it is not allowed to place its ads on Chapel Hill
buses.

“We will pursue this gross violation of our First Amendment rights,” Geller said.

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Betty

11 years ago

get em Pam looks like you,Robert and a few others are the only ones that will fight to keep this country safe all the rest bow to these savages. to me if you aren’t for this country and it’s people than you are against it along with it’s people. they are drinking the kool-aid. right?

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Pazuzu

11 years ago

I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill (class of 1982) and none of this suprises me. That’s why I send them no money and root for whoever they’re playing against at sporting events. UNC students are the most left-leaning, head-full-of mush know-it-alls, dare I say ignorant of the real world, college folks on the East Coast. I’m sure they’d give UC-Irvine or UC-Berkley a run for their money in a looney contest.
I thought when that Iranian graduate student ran over a bunch students in “the pit” the scales might’ve dropped off their eyes, but a keen observer of human behaviour once pointed out that “You can’t fix stupid”.

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American Woman

11 years ago

The truth is all around, if people will open their eyes and their minds:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/161740#.UJk8W4bSUa9

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