Hey…it is the universities property. They didn’t have to allow Obama or his supporters access to it. He isn’t a God who everyone has to bow down too. I think it’s funny that they made them bus them from the ball field!

Cindy…Ga.

The church is adhering to code. If you look in IRS publication 1828 revised June of 2008, the 7th page of the document has a list of activities that can jeopardize your non-profit status. One of those items is that the organization “must not participate in, or intervene in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.” Sounds like to me they were just playing by the rules.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

I wanted to sell Obama t-shirts at out local college. They said no due to their tax-exempt status. No, they weren’t saying anything different in Virginia for the Obama event.

In this country when you own someting you own something. You have to have liablity insurance for everything.
I had renters move onto my property -the police raided them. They knew they were making meth but could not prove it.. It took me 1 year to get them out and I had to pay the water bill on my property while they lived there.-tired to have it shut off. I also had to keep liablity renter’s insurance due to the fact if one of them or their children fell or were insured, I could be sued. The state was called on the condition of the children but the state said they could do nothing.
Get real-stop rumors. It is attorney’s like Obama that make life unfair many times and downright dangerous.

Richard:
Liberty University could have been more accommodating. Tax laws having to do with parking on LU property? Yes, it was local politics.

This is exactly why Christianity is under fire in this country. It has to do with politics “and parking” rather than living the walk of Christ.

Christianity is inclusive not exclusive.

This incident was just down right rude.

Obama is really full of himself.

He is becoming to be big joke.

Hmm… Something smells a little fishy to me.

Obama might as well stay away as he has supported killing babies.

I live in Lynchburg, Va. Yes, LU owns the Plaza property but the property is practically vacant. The event was not being held on the property. Public and private are enmeshed here. When Jerry Falwell died , public funds were involved. The Central Va. Community College (public) parking lot was used for overflow parking for his funeral. I am not supportive of the double-standard. If LU is questioned, they are private and can do whatever. Lynchburg is becoming a theocracy that is buying land in the city and turning it private. Yes, preventing parking was legal but of ill-will. It was thought that making parking difficult for the Obama event would dissuade its supporters and the curious. LU just again showed its true colors. McCain wouldn’t have had a problem. Brenda Whorley

It looks likes all the right wing propaganda machine is keeping a hawk eye on your blog, AC. Maybe that is why it has never become a popular place for all. Very unfortunate for a very popular anchor!!! I think Peter Jennigs would have a better luck with his blog. Maybe I will come more often to your site, just to drown the empty heads venturing your room.

It was a lovely day driving down from Charlottesville to attend the Obama rally in Lynchburg. It took a lot of guts, I think and more than a little political savvy to plop an event right in the middle of Falwell country!
But huzzah! that’s campaigning. I was directed to the City Stadium to park and school buses rode us over to the high school. I, too , noticed that the Plaza lot was empty, but thought, the folks who came lived within driving distance, so why would they need to park near the high school?
And it was freshman orientation. I’m not saying what happened was right with the parking situation. The gym was full to overflowing, and several hundred couldn’t get in. What does that say about Virginians who think Obama is the better choice for President? They are going to support their man no matter what happens behind the scenes. Nice try, but this shows that no matter what, Americans are going to make up their own minds.
And I was one of the lucky ones who got to shake hands with the future president of the United States. It was a great evening and everyone in Lynchburg who gave this lost city girl directions were kind and helpful. Thanks to them all!

Correction: The Plaza was a donation to Liberty. It was not property bought up by LU.

Though much of the property is vacant at the plaza, there are businesses, such as the movie theater, that depend on having empty parking spaces to maintain their businesses. These companies lease the facility from Liberty. LU was just ensuring that their leasers’ rightful property usage was protected.

BOTTOM LINE: The Obama campaign should have requested permission from the owners of the Plaza, whoever they were, before assuming use of private property for its event.