Comments on: NOW It is Officially the Christmas Season

By: third world county

third world county — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:13:55 +0000

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By: kender

kender — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:03:15 +0000

BV is banned from comments on my posts…..

By: Gribbit

Gribbit — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:29:20 +0000

You all are missing the point. The County isn’t charging $500,000 to place a display in the “Free Speech Zone.” They are requiring proof of liability coverage in that amount. This doesn’t mean that the organization has to put up the $500,000, but they must secure a liability bond in that amount. If you all would have read the next thread I explain that.

The whole point of the liability requirement is in the event of personal injury or property damage caused by any portion of the displays. If a strong wind were to come up and dislodge the display, someone needs to be responsible for the damage that it may cause. It isn’t the County’s display, so why should the County be liable. It only makes sense to require the organization who constructs the display to assume the liability in this case. This is the reason for the requirement.

By: King Bastard

King Bastard — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:03:42 +0000

[edited] I say, stand by the requirement.

The ACLU should have the money to insure that display (again, it’s a $500,000 insurance policy, which doesn’t cost $500,000). It’s not up the the County to pay for the scenes in case something happens, right?

By: kender

kender — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:38:53 +0000

The flap over the nativity scene that caused the “free speech zone” to be created in the first place should never have happened.

Protecting oneself from liability in a world of lawyers that live to sue is common sense.

What Polk Country needs is insurance that protects them from being sued by the ACLU. But no insurance company in the right mind would ever insure someone against being sued by the ACLU, as being sued by the ACLU is quickly becoming as certain as death.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:34:14 +0000

I think the ACLU will win this one. Having to pay $500,000 for “free speech” is hypocritical.