Free Speech Gets The Boot
Two months ago, Dan Fuchs set up a kiosk in the Johnson City Mall in Johnson City, Tennessee. He said business at ‘Graphic Edge’ was slow until a customer approached him with a request to print an anti-Obama bumper sticker. Business began taking off and the anti-Obama slogans soon constituted 60 per cent of his business. That is when the complaints started coming in to the mall management and eventually resulted in him receiving his 24 hour eviction notice. No where has it been revealed just how many complaints were made, but why should that stand in the way of an agenda? You can click on the link below for the video that addresses this issue:
Imagine if the complaints were about anti-Bush items? Do you think the same approach would have been made? For some reason, I don’t think so. Like one commenter stated: “They would probably tell us to go jump in the lake!”
Apparently, Mr. Fuchs is taking the lemons thrown at him and is choosing to make lemonade! He will begin selling his merchandise online.
If you would like to comment to the mall about their choice to obviously limit free speech, here is a number of names and addresses you can respond to:
ADDRESS:
2011 North Roan Street
Johnson City, TN 37601
PHONE: (423) 282-5312
FAX: (423) 282-0819
GENERAL MANAGER:
Tembra Aldridge – taldridg@glimcher.com
MARKETING DIRECTOR:
Marsha Hammond – mhammond@glimcher.com
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR:
Randall Miller – rmiller@glimcher.com
SPECIALTY LEASING REPRESENTATIVE:
Melinda Davis – mdavis@glimcher.com
REGIONAL LEASING REPRESENTATIVE:
Meg Pechilio – MPechili@glimcher.com
Here is a link to Wikipedia, listing Glimcher Realty Trust as the company that manages this mall, in addition to at least 23 others, if you would like to contact them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glimcher_Realty_Trust
As soon as I find what Mr. Fuchs’ web site address will be, I will post it.
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“We thank all the viewers, readers and listeners for your ongoing support. Your responses, emails and telephone calls have been overwhelming.”
Graphic Edge has reopened online http://www.graphicedgeonline.com , and a portion of the proceeds from sales will go to our legal fund to help in our fight against our wrongful eviction from the Mall at Johnson City.
The website will be expanding and evolving over the next several weeks. Please keep checking back, as we will be adding new merchandise and special offers.
For those who wish to have a custom order, please contact us by email at graphicedgeonline@gmail.com
Thanks again, Team Graphic Edge
September 29th, 2009 at 4:11 pm