Before the Lincoln High School prom last Saturday night,
16-year-old Sammi McCasland and seven of her friends -- a total
of four couples -- decided to take photos with their smartphones
at the Japanese Friendship Garden at Kelley Park.  Having duly
paid the $6 per vehicle parking fee, the Lincoln students walked
toward the bridges and ponds of the friendship garden in search
of the right spot for a memory. That's when a San Jose park
ranger told them no.  "We get there, and she says, 'Do you guys
have a permit?' '' remembered Sammi. "We said 'no.' She said,
'No, you can't take pictures.' ''  The Lincoln kids, part of a
wave of promgoers descending on the garden, waited until the
park ranger had gone and then took their shots without benefit
of the $100 permit.  Witnesses said other students were simply
turned away flat. "People were mad,'' Sammi told me. "Everyone
was really annoyed and frustrated.''  Is this really policy? Can
the City of San Jose -- which, let's face it, takes in a fair
amount of taxes from