City of West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang Issues Strong Statement Against Sarah Palin Hanging in Effigy.WEST HOLLYWOOD West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. , Calif. -- West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang has issued a strong statement regarding the hanging in effigy EFFIGY, crim. law. The figure or representation of a person. 2. To make the effigy of a person with an intent to make him the object of ridicule, is a libel. (q.v.) Hawk. b. 1, c. 7 3, s. 2 14 East, 227; 2 Chit. Cr. Law, 866. 3. of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho) is the current Governor of Alaska. She is the youngest governor in Alaskan history (forty-two years old upon taking office), as well as the first woman to hold the office in Alaska. as part of a Halloween display on a private residence in West Hollywood. "I respect that we all have the right to freedom of speech. However, with that right comes responsibility," said West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang. "While these residents have the legal right to display Senator John McCain For McCain's grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. and John S. McCain, Jr., respectively John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, war veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. and Governor Sarah Palin in effigy, I strongly oppose political speech that references violence - real or perceived. Politics in America has become extremely polarized A one-way direction of a signal or the molecules within a material pointing in one direction. in recent years and we all have a responsibility to focus on our political differences in a thoughtful, and peaceful manner. I urge these residents to take down their display and find more constructive ways to express their opinion," he continued. For more information, please contact Jake Stevens, Deputy to West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang at (323) 848-6460. |
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