Kent drops charges of littering against man who had an Impeach Bush

sign in his yard...

The city of Kent backed down for a second time Thursday morning when it dropped a littering charge against a local man who had posted an "Impeach Bush" sign in a public garden.

Kevin Egler originally was cited for unlawful advertising in a public place in late July, but the city dropped that charge early last month, then announced that he was going to be charged with littering, which carries a heftier potential fine.

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And then later the defendant continued...


Egler, 45, said he has not put up any signs since his first ticket. His next step is to get Kent City Council to redraft ordinances covering signs and free speech so that all political speech is treated the same.

There was a lot of confusion about the law

That first they were going to charge him with unlawful advertising...

And then they changed their minds, and decided to charge him with littering?

Neither of those seems appropriate to me!

Anybody there remember the First Amendment? Doesn't seem like it!