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Illinois Business Owner Fined $31,000 For Posting Political Sign Inside Her Sandwich Shop
Gateway Pundit ^ | August 7, 2013 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 08/07/2013 6:20:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A Belleville, Illinois business owner was fined $31,000 for posting a political sign inside her sandwich shop.

Dianne Rogge, the owner of Pour Haus, is charged $500 every day she leaves the sign up in her shop.

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Sandwich shop owner sues City of Belleville for fines over posted sign

A Metro East storefront is now at the center of a federal lawsuit after city officials told the owner a posted sign was illegal. view full article

KMOV reported:

A Metro East storefront is now at the center of a federal lawsuit after city officials told the owner a posted sign was illegal.

The owner of Pour Haus is suing the City of Belleville after officials told her to take down a sign that sarcastically thanks the city for turning down the her request for tax breaks to start up a sandwich shop.

“You’re allowed to put political statements anywhere you want and this is my business. It’s inside, it follows the sign ordinance, and therefore I’m not breaking any laws. You cannot stomp all over the constitution; Belleville or anybody else,” Dianne Rogge, the owner of Pour Haus, said.

Rogge told News 4, the City of Belleville has fined her $500 every day the sign stays up. The sign was placed in the storefront window on June 5; her fine is up to $31,000.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; fascism; illinois
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1 posted on 08/07/2013 6:20:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let me guess, the sign was not pro Obama?


2 posted on 08/07/2013 6:22:41 PM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Deprivation of rights under color of law - federal felony.

Shop owner should contact the FBI and US attorney.


3 posted on 08/07/2013 6:23:57 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Small town brownshirts


4 posted on 08/07/2013 6:25:03 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: TruthWillWin

Let me guess, you didn’t read the excerpt?


5 posted on 08/07/2013 6:25:08 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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To: Triple

Treble damages too.


6 posted on 08/07/2013 6:25:10 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: TruthWillWin

Worse...she insulted the City Fathers for not giving her a tax break. Thou shalt not insult your betters.


7 posted on 08/07/2013 6:25:15 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
In a word, silly...

She'll mop the floor with them.


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8 posted on 08/07/2013 6:25:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Little Nazis


9 posted on 08/07/2013 6:26:31 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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10 posted on 08/07/2013 6:27:19 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Triple

Those people who work for Eric Holder? Yeah, that’ll work out great.


11 posted on 08/07/2013 6:27:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good for her. I will send her 100.00 to help pay for her fine. Anybody else in. Lets pay it forward.


12 posted on 08/07/2013 6:29:00 PM PDT by ncfool (Obama's aMeriKa 2012 The land of entitlement for the 51% crowd.)
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To: DoughtyOne
"she'll mop the floor with them"

In a sane world. I am never surprised anymore when corruption and evil win. I am very down on our current society, but I do celebrate when the good guys win. I hope she is a able to clean their clocks.

13 posted on 08/07/2013 6:30:43 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (sue the DNC for the IRS abuse! Can RICO laws be used against the DNC?)
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She’s complaining about taxes “No TIFF for us...TKS B’ville”

Seems she is slamming the arrogant ruling class Nazi’s running the local government there.

By the tone of her voice, she aint backing down from the nasty government Nazis...


14 posted on 08/07/2013 6:31:16 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: FreeAtlanta

I am in total agreement with you.


15 posted on 08/07/2013 6:31:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain.)
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To: ncfool

She better get that sign down before the SWAT group comes in with ICE and the ATF alongside some drone. She DARED to defy the rules. There is no freedom of speech. WHERE does one get this idea...not in THIS America.


16 posted on 08/07/2013 6:32:18 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She was turned down for ‘tax increment financing’?
Why should everyone else subsidize her business?


17 posted on 08/07/2013 6:33:04 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They aren’t *all* crooked. Are they?


18 posted on 08/07/2013 6:33:59 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: FreeAtlanta

Sounds like New York State (maybe other places), it is against the law to post how much of the cost of a gallon of gasoline is taxes.


19 posted on 08/07/2013 6:37:46 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: tumblindice

She wanted to pay less taxes?

BTW, isn’t the issue here the city Nazi’s telling her she is not allowed to put up a sign of her choice in her own business?


20 posted on 08/07/2013 6:40:36 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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