The Morrises are even required to get signed affidavits as to the relationship to them of those who get married there. This is a serious civil rights issue as well in my opinion but we will get into that in future articles.
The Morrises have done everything they were told to do by BOZA in January and yet continue to have to fight to use their carriage house for family and friend weddings.
They have already been vilified in court in regards to one wedding and won another victory today at the appeals hearing, requested by none other than Metro Council President Jim King, ruled in her favor as well.
I would think that the Morrises have spent enough money and time trying to comply to finally let this case rest.
According to Mrs. Morris Jim King's attorney today said not.
In fact now Metro Council President Jim King has decided to send his paid attorney to BOZA next week to make them define what constitutes an "event."
How many more obstacles will Jim King put in their way?
How much more must the Morrises endure for Metro Council President Jim King to continue wielding his own personal power play?
Who knows.
It is easy to define the word event.
In fact Wikipedia states that the word event can have several meanings:
In culture and social life:
Festival, for example a musical event
Ceremony, for example a marriage
Competition, for example a sports competition
Party, for example a birthday party
Convention (meeting), for example a gaming convention
Clearly a wedding ceremony fits this description and Metro Council President Jim King continues to harass the Morrises for his own gain.
So here is a question for Metro Council President Jim King. Do political fundraising "events" qualify as an event per se?
Since the answer is a resounding YES, based on advertising it as an event, and since the people primarily involved are "friends" or family, HOW MANY TEMPORARY ACTIVITY PERMITS has he applied for while raising over $150,000 for his daughter Katie's ( see other posts for more info on her) Judge race?
Is Metro Council President Jim King in effect violating the same issues he is trying to handicap the Morrises with?
It should be an insult to each and everyone of us that an elected representative can continue to abuse the power of his office to try to wear constituents down so he can have his way.
It is time Metro Council President Jim King said enough is enough and let this go.
For someone like Metro Council President Jim King, who wants even more power such as a Mayor race in the coming years, this is a sure sign of someone who believes he can do what he wants when he wants and abuse his power in doing so.
We already have a Mayor like that.
We do not need another setting himself as "heir apparent."
Let's hope we the people are smarter than that and remember this come election for him.
Befitting the heir apparent I would say.
ReplyDeleteWELL SAID!
ReplyDeleteI think the King's are just mad that their garden and yard don't look as good as the Morris's! I would say that Katie go plant some flowers, but "she can't do it because she hasn't done it!"
ReplyDeleteThis whole deal is just creating bad neighborhood relationships. I'm glad the King's don't live on my street!!
Mr. King is a great council member. He's done great things for District 10 that are well above what the District 14 council member is doing. If someone wants to throw weddings every weekend within the city, they should be require to have permits and zoning.
ReplyDeleteMetro Council President King may or may not be a good Council Member, that is an opinion and I respect it, however, King has made this a personal quest for no reason IMO.
ReplyDeleteSorry but when the Morrises continue winning victory after victory and King continues there does seem to imply a personal slant.
That is not his job.