Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:21:20 -0400
From: libertymls@free-market.net ("Mary Lou Seymour")
Subject: (Fwd) [lpaz-discuss] DUARTE ARRESTED FOR HOLDING SIGN AT LWV DEBATE
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From: Joe Duarte <eudomania@yahoo.com>
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Subject: [lpaz-discuss] DUARTE ARRESTED FOR HOLDING SIGN
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DUARTE ARRESTED FOR HOLDING SIGN AT LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS DEBATE
Tucson, AZ Joe Duarte, Libertarian Candidate for U.S. Congress
District 8, was arrested at approximately 5:30 p.m. this evening for
holding up a sign protesting the League of Women Voters unlawful
exclusion of Libertarian candidates from a televised Gubernatorial
debate at Pima Community College.
Mr. Duarte was charged and released. He is due to appear in Pima
County Justice Court on September 16 on the following charges:
- Disorderly conduct
- Disruption of an educational institution
The protest stemmed from the Leagues exclusion of the Libertarian
(Hess and Fallon) and Independent (Mahoney) candidates, making a
mockery of the Leagues supposedly non-partisan stance. As a 501-3c
nonprofit, it is illegal for the League of Women Voters to act as a
partisan political organization.
Mr. Duarte makes the following statement:
Its outrageous that Libertarians were excluded from the debate. Its
even more outrageous that I was arrested for a perfectly peaceful
protest. All I did was hold up a sign. The police told me I had two
choices: Leave - or put down the sign and stay. I told them Im in
America. My choice is clear. So they cuffed me and took me away.
August 25, 2002
You can contact the Duarte for Congress campaign at 520-245-4245. More
information is available at www.duarte2002.com.