Free Speech Victory in Chesterfield
A Chesterfield County judge recently ruled that signs posted by C.L. "Slugger" Morrissette Jr. on his Beach Road property do not meet the definition of educational established in the ordinance that regulates signs.
Therefore, Circuit Judge Cleo E. Powell dismissed the $100 fine Morrissette was given at a lower-court hearing in December.
Morrissette yesterday praised the decision.
"I said from day one that I was right. The rest of the citizens [need to] know they can put signs up on their property. Freedom of speech is the most fundamental right we've got -- without it we're dead in the water."