Like it on not, the 1st Amendment applies to all citizens.
Interesting letter.

Mr Mount is absolutely correct in his statement that the free speech of all citizens is protected by the 1st Amendment, including those of opinions and views that differ greatly from the "norm" of society. I personally do not agree with the image of the KKK or what they have represented in the past. This article is the first I've ever heard of them being a child advocacy group or against crime and drugs.

Council may not have put their foot down in stating we would stand against the KKK distributing flyers, but to say council "agreed to allow" is a huge misrepresentation of our intention. This is a complex issue with many unintended consequences attached and needs to be researched and examined before any decision is made. The rights of many people will be affected by upholding/changing this ordinance, which includes not just the 1st Amendment, but the rights of property owners, and as far as I'm concerned, whether the government should even be involved in creating a law such as the "Handbill Ordinance" restricting freedoms.

One of the stated reasons for the original "Handbill Ordinance" was littering. I believe there is already an ordinance concerning littering and has it's own penalties for violating that ordinance. So therefore, if that is the City's only basis, other than protecting people once again, I believe the "Handbill Ordinance" should be abolished and we should allow individuals to govern their own private property.

This guy is a farce. He is not KKK and Traditional Klans will not support him or the TAK by no means. Mr. Ancona has a female as an Imperial Officer and that is a violation of the Klan Constitution ad Bylaws. So you guys are the one that are fools for allowing someone to pull the wool over your eyes.

There is no wool being pulled. This is a matter of freedom of speech. Would you want us to deny anyone's freedom of speech?

It is Not a freedom of speech issue, it's a flyers on windshields issue. No one is allowed to place flyers on vehicles, so it can not be a violation of the Klucker's 1st amendment rights if they can't go around putting paper on vehicles - no matter what the paper says! Why is this so difficult for some people to understand?

I have a problem with anyone putting flyers on my windshield. If the city of Arnold is afraid of a lawsuit, why did they pass a law against it in the first place? DUH!!!

Larry I addressed this in a prior post for the other article. In the 70s several communities including Cape Girardeau and Arnold passed very similar ordinances. The 8th Circuit found it was unconstitutional in CG. I disagree with the article that Arnold has "agreed to allow" them to post their flyers. They simply found a way to defeat the ordinance in CG and will do so here if challenged. We need to either dump the ordinance or tighten to where it is enforceable. Until then we decided to not enforce the ordinance. I will be holding my nose while the stink passes over town and ask you to join me. Someone invited this organization to town. They will get tired and leave. I am pretty bothered that they exist but at the same time they are also entitled to the freedoms we all do enjoy regardless of how we feel about an individual's or group's choice of how that freedom is expressed.

Bill, I agree with your comment that "they are also entitled to the freedoms we all do enjoy regardless of how we feel about an individual's or group's choice of how that freedom is expressed." Nicely said. Honestly, I didn't even know the group still existed before Thursday's meeting, and I doubt many residents did either.

Arnold has a very oppressive, greedy and 'busy-body' government and should stay out of US citizens business. I would NEVER live within Arnold city limits. Wonder if the Klan leader got out of Arnold w/o some type of traffic violation? If so, that's what this article should be about. That would almost be a miracle in and of itself.

Have you ever tried to sell a home on Arnold? I will never live there again as it costs us a fortune just to sell our home and bring it up to Arnolds ridiculous, outrageous codes. And yes the home was safe to move into. Arnold just kept wanting us to pay for them to inspect the home, and it had to be Arnold(no independant inspectors)!!!! Also, Arnold TAXES are higher than surrounding areas, Really, Arnold is NOT Frontenac or Chesterfield!!!

For any one interested, this very offensive cross burning photo that was cut and paste from the KKK's website, was removed from their Facebook page by the Facebook monitors for being offensive. This would suggest that the Patch should be more sensitive and conscientious to their readers.sense of moral decency..

If any group deserves the benefit of the fought, is the KKK! , they do not practice censorship like ZOG controlled media and only want to preserve family, church, dignity and a social Christian conscience, which is the opposite of generation X, and special interest groups!