Stalked for Political Posts, Blog Suspended By WordPress, due to obeying Stalker
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It does look like an ad, though, which led to my speculation that it might be one. Guess you’ll be pulling it after this anyway!
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By the way, speculation is all we can give other than advice to contact staff from your dashboard link and wait it out. You want action; that’s the only action we CAN take.
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OK Markel I contacted you through it several times…this is all I get back.
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Why would I pull it Raincoaster. I did not break any policies. I am permitted to talk and discuss issues of Political situations, and If its other issues if I can prove fraud has happened, then, I can discuss that as well. If I go and find other blogs are doing the same and worse and because I speak of illness and potential cancer, this could fall under discrimination laws very fast.
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While the following does not define the Acreage Task Force specifically, it does apply to all Task Forces created out of the Set up Of Governments. This came from our Attorney General Himself, when defining the right to talk of or over or with Task Force related issues. Almost every party I spoke of is directly or indirectly connected to this task force and its purpose.
The Sunshine Laws apply to any and all correspondence between party members residing on the Task Force, any and all internet interactions, any and all letters or correspondence to and from any Government Entity related to any situation of the Issue, any and all names, positions and interests that might have an impact on the Government Decision makings: I can go on, but simply put, the Task Force was, and fell up under the same regulations as any Government Office, and even more so as it is regarding the Public. By law, there could be no closed doors meetings, no decision makings or directions to be obtained, no compiling of information, no discussions, no emails outside of the Meetings without Public Disclosure of those private forms of meetings…….
Florida’s Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, ensures a right of access to government proceedings at the state and local levels.[1] The Sunshine Law was enacted in the public interest to protect the public from “closed door” politics and must be broadly construed to effect its remedial and protective purpose.[2]
A fundamental requirement of the Government in the Sunshine Law is that meetings of entities subject to the provisions of the Sunshine Law be “open to the public.” “Open to the public,” as that phrase is used in section 286.011, Florida Statutes, means open to all persons who choose to attend.[3] Further, Florida courts have held that the Sunshine Law extends to discussions and deliberations as well as formal actions taken by a public board or commission.
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Thus, workshop meetings for advisory boards of the City of Delray Beach are subject to the requirements of section 286.011, Florida Statutes.
Although members of advisory boards of the city do not appear to be precluded from utilizing the Internet to conduct informal discussions, such discussions which are subject to the Sunshine Law must be accessible by the public.[5]
These advisory groups must, therefore, ensure that access is provided to all members of the public who wish to attend such discussions.[6]
Access must be available not only to those members of the public possessing a computer with internet access, but also to those who may not have access to the Internet. As this office concluded in Attorney General Opinion 2001-66, places within the jurisdiction of the board must be designated where computers with internet access will be made available to members of the public who wish to participate in such discussions. The notice of these discussions, required under the Sunshine Law, should include the locations where such computers with Internet access will be located.
For meetings where a quorum is required, this office, in several formal and informal opinions[7] has stated that concerns about the validity of official actions taken by a public body when less than a quorum is present suggest a very conservative reading of the statute. This office has concluded that, in the absence of a statute to the contrary, the requisite number of members must be physically present at a meeting in order to constitute a quorum.[8] While a quorum is not required for a meeting to be subject to the Government in the Sunshine Law,[9] to the extent that any advisory body is required to have a quorum in order to conduct official business, it appears that the members of these bodies must, in the absence of a statute to the contrary, be physically present in order to constitute a quorum.[10]
In sum, it is my opinion that the Green Task Force of the City of Delray Beach and other city advisory boards may conduct informal discussions and workshops using an on-line bulletin board if proper notice is given and interactive access to members of the public is provided.
As was stated in Attorney General Opinion 2001-66, such interactive access must include not only public access via the Internet, but also the designation of places within the task force’s jurisdictional boundaries where computers with internet access is made available to members of the public who may not otherwise have computers with internet access. Notice of these workshops should include the locations where such computers will be available. For any meetings where a quorum is necessary for action to be taken, the physical presence of the members making up the quorum would be required in the absence of a statute providing otherwise.
I continue to be concerned however, that interested persons within the community who may not be comfortable with or familiar with the operation of a computer or who may have difficulty using a computer keyboard or are handicapped and need adaptive technology will be reluctant to participate in on-line discussions or workshops under the plan you have proposed.
This office has stressed that a “chilling” of the rights of Florida citizens to participate in public meetings is unacceptable.[11] For this reason, the city should ensure that operating-type assistance is available at the library where the computers are located. The notice of this workshop meeting should advise that assistance will be available and should request that any handicapped participants notify the city so that special accommodations may be made to facilitate their participation in the workshop.
Finally, I would note that section 286.011(2), Florida Statutes, provides that “[t]he minutes of any . . . board or commission [subject to the Sunshine Law] shall be promptly recorded, and such records shall be open to public inspection.” This office has opined that, while tape recorders may also be used to record the proceedings before a public body, written minutes of the meeting must be taken and promptly recorded.[12] The minutes that are required to be kept for “workshop” meetings are no different than those that the statute requires for any other meeting of a public board or commission.[13] Thus, while the Green Task Force may archive the full text of all workshop discussions conducted on the Internet and these materials would be public records pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, written minutes of these workshops must also be prepared and promptly recorded.
Sincerely,
Bill McCollum
Attorney General
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No, I meant you’d pull the text widget offering discounts on WordPress software. Because you don’t seem terribly happy with WordPress at the moment.
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