Posted on 10/03/2010 12:30:13 PM PDT by trumandogz
The Gulf Shores City Council approved a statute this week that would require anyone filming a TV show in town to get a $250 permit, and city officials can refuse shows they don't like. 24 Share
12 Comments Mayor Robert Craft says the law isn't aimed solely at a proposed show called "Redneck Riviera," but he added that officials are aware of the possibility of the show landing in Gulf Shores.
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The production company is still free to lie and South-bash; they will just have to do it somewhere else.
The city is going to have a hard time explaining to an American court that they are denying the production company permits based on the content of the final product.
Yep. They can charge what they want for a permit, particularly if the city is going to incur costs with the production such as crowd control. But they cannot deny it on the basis of content.
And they will also have a hard time charging the Redneck Riviera production company more than they would charge other production companies to film in their town.
Is it the plan to do a Deep South “Jersey Shore” type show?
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