To be fair, I have the benefit of proximity, highly engaged neighbors who promulgate facts (the city council had to find a larger venue because the meetings are so well-attended), and very good local press. :-)

I live in Berkeley. Most of us couldn't care less if Ann Coulter speaks here, as long as we aren't forced to listen to her. We're less thrilled about a bunch of right- and left-wing extremists road-tripping into town and trashing the place. Out of the 20 people who were arrested on April 15, three of them had…