Cobb County Attorneys Opinion

In the April 13, 2010 reply to my earlier complaint Cobb County Attorney's Office Dorothy Bishop writes in part: "Neither the county nor the state codes include advertising matter in the definition of 'litter' which is prohibited under the codes. . . Even if the county might wish to limit the distribution of advertising, we are constrained by constitutional protections for freedom of speech. . . Our unavoidable conclusion is that a local government may not ban such exercises of free speech."

Obviously I disagree, as will most readers, but that is the opinion of the Cobb County Attorney.

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