looks like biffklg wants to limit free speech and or access to public facilities to only the person(s) and groups who's agenda he agrees with. must be george bush's fault huh biffklg?

Seems Republicans have no problem getting to use the City Council Chambers when they have something to say:

Who: Paul Ryan, ranking member of House Budget Committee

What: Public address to outline his plan for Social Security, Medicare, Health Care, and tax code reform in his new bill introduced on Wednesday.

When: Tuesday, May 27, 4:15pm – 5:30pm

Where: Janesville City Hall, Council Chambers, Room 417, 18N. Jackson Street

Imagine that, public servants deny the use of public property by the public because then just anyone could use it for any reason and the public servants wouldn't have any control.
The security issue is an excuse. They could charge a fee large enough to pay for a couple of off duty cops and a profit besides.

I dont think one should be judgmental on what ones beliefs are regardless of the nature of their organization...as long as no law is broken or the group isnt against the law...Otherwise your just being prejudice. I highly doubt groups like that would have a meeting in city hall. Legally wise anyone should even if it was the KKK or Hells Angels. But even if it was legal couldnt the city council just say no, we dont want you hear based on like the historical legal record your group posesses? Rather than making some rule that could effect a charity group or something? People jump to conclusions way too fast.

What the city attorney was trying to say was if you open the building up to one non-government group you have to open it up to all groups. So if the KKK or Hells Angels or whatever wanted to use it they would have to be allowed to. Is that something we want? I don't and I don't think the city council did either.

What does the fact of the voters being women have anything to do with this story? Some of the storys on here are so dumb.

Now I give Yuri my vote of confidence! As for the others including "the man and his pet" I give them a vote of no confidence. Why not a better place than city hall to be a place of "public forum" for all. Especially since the request came from a well respected civic group. After all, We the taxpayers are paying for city hall so why not have pubic forums there? If the public can attend council meeting forums, Why not candidate forums? Its also funny that no one has heard of these so called "break ins" of offices? I think thats a poor excuse on the "man and his pets" part. if its that bad, Then maybe we ought to move the council meetings to the new police department building? Yes, Some of you may and may not agree with my view here, And thats fine. Everyone has a bloggers view and right to speak as a taxpayer.