re: #565 Charles

How do you know he didn’t say something like that?

I don’t know, and IMO you don’t either. I give the benefit of the doubt to Rosko the citizen:

I was never told of all the requirements when I initially contacted Mr. Pohlman. These only came to bear when they felt I had stirred up the troops and too many people might show up, in their opinion. The rules kept getting more and more onerous.

And I think the city should have given Rosko the benefit of the doubt and not invoked the regulations that apply to 500+ people.

Charles:

And by the way, the insurance is NOT optional. The city regulations require it.

I really don’t get why this is so hard for some people to understand.

Maybe because they read the Winknews story:

With all of that attention, the City of Cape Coral felt there could be more than 500 people attending the tea party.

Therefore Rosko needed to get a permit and insurance for the event. [boldface mine—gs]

Btw, my reading of the permit page is that ‘special’ events require a permit but any event requires insurance, but the page doesn’t link to the text of the regulation.

Anyway, I’m glad that the party will proceed.