No vote planned on W-B protest permit ordinance

BY DENISE ALLABAUGH
STAFF WRITER
02/27/2008


WILKES-BARRE — City council members do not plan to vote Thursday for an ordinance which would require people to pay a $20 fee for a permit to protest.

Council Chairwoman Kathy Kane, Vice Chairman Tony Thomas Jr. and Councilmen Bill Barrett, Rick Cronauer and Mike Merritt said they are opposed to the fee and will not vote for the ordinance until it is rewritten. Council voted on the ordinance on title only on Feb. 14. It was taken off the agenda at a work session Tuesday.

“We need more time,â€