Sunflower in Trouble After Protest

KWCH - Kansas News and Weather - Sunflower in Trouble After Protest: "They fought to get a junk house cleaned up and won. But now members of the Sunflower Community Action Group faces charges for their tactics. In December they staged a protest outside the home of Wichita City Manager George Kolb. The city pressed charges against them.

Katherine Perry lived next to junk house for 20 years at 10th and Volutsia. The Sunflower group want the city to do something about it. When nothing changed about a dozen people showed up at the doorstep of Kolb. He wasn't home to hear them but Kolb's wife answered the door and told them to leave. Before they did, they left a pile of posters on the porch.

The Wichita City Attorney says they broke the law. This week, police served papers to Perry, the president of Sunflower and two others. They're charged with criminal trespassing and illegal dumping. 'I'm in trouble but you know what it's worth it all. I'd do it again if I have to,' 78-year-old Perry said. She's thrilled because since the protest her block looks a lot different, last month the city cleaned up the junk."

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