Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Martin Luther King Day and the Very, Very Tall Amendment

The 22 foot tall banner of a 28th Amendment to the Constitution was an eye-catcher on Martin Luther King Day.  The 37th annual Sarasota MLK Day Celebration, presented by the MLK Celebration Committee in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee and Temple Emanu-El featured several events honoring King’s life and legacy. Following the MLK Memorial Breakfast, many joined in the march to MLK Park, where Manasota MTA had set up the larger-than-life Constitutional Amendment proclaiming that

  1) Money is Property, Not Speech

  2) A Corporation Is Not a Person

Many folks agreed and signed the imposing document that was as tall as the nearby palm trees.