by Gar Lipow

On July 10 and July 17, the Olympia City Council addressed an issue in which the city and the Olympian stopped an 85-year-old woman from handing out brochures in the Olympia Center public areas.

The result: The City Council said that there is definitely a right to hand out literature in lobbies and foyers of public buildings so long as it is done in a non-disruptive manner. This also includes the right to carry signs not on sticks -- again subject to common sense, like not blocking traffic or visibility. The exclusion of people with literature and flimsy cardboard signs from the . . .