After weeks of controversy, the Jersey City Council voted down a proposed ordinance which would have limited public speaking at council meetings.
On a final vote of 0-6(3), with Councilmen Boggiano, Gajewski, and Yun choosing to abstain, the Jersey City Council voted down a proposed ordinance which would have limited public speaking at council meetings.
After a motion by Councilwomen Coleman and Watterman to table the resolution failed, one-by-one Jersey City’s political activists spoke out against the resolution.
Council meeting gadfly Jayson Burg, a former Ward A council candidate, offered a “heil Hitler” salute to the council members voting against tabling the resolution.
Boggiano wasn’t shy responding to his critics, stating why he introduced the ordinance in the first place.
There is no time limit on the First Amendment.We are supposed to be reasonable and civil people.