Kansas City Street Artists

To:  Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes and City Council

Public performances and art on sidewalks, plazas and parks are an important cultural asset to Kansas City and the community, and most importantly are an historic expression of constitutional First Amendment Rights.

The Kansas City Council is considering a new ordinance with discriminatory and unreasonable new restrictions on street artists. This unconstitutional proposed new ordinance will:

• Greatly limit locations and hours of expression including evenings after 5 PM and weekends
• Totally eliminate the public’s right to financially support First Amendment expresion
• Ban most, even modest amplification

We, the undersigned, support the tradition of diverse artistic expression in public spaces. We petition the Kansas City Council to reject this unconstitutional proposed ordinance.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Kansas City Street Artists Petition to Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes and City Council was created by and written by Stephen H. Baird (info@communityartsadvocates.org).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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