Recent Supreme Court ruling gives one hope; there is still a chance!
"Government officials who call cops at public meetings to silence their critics can be held accountable - even if an arrest might be justified on other grounds."
Seems a certain city council had suggested the council use city resources to intimidate someone or others who critique the council or who had filed a lawsuit against the council.
Thinking out loud, seems like master Fortes as well as other selectmen and the town administrator may have used Town resources (selectmen meetings, perhaps town council) to try and silence some outspoken citizens (who happen to also have served on the Town Advisory Committee) that were especially critical and asked many questions concerning the selectmen actions in running the Town.
I hope the message is clear and gets through; retaliation or planned intimidation resulting from citizen (s) questioning or writing criticisms of elected public officials is a violation of first amendment rights. Just because you volunteer, does not mean you give up or lose those rights.
That is very good news for democracy.....................
ReplyDeleteWhy don’t you post the sjc ruling instead of just putting quotes around a comment that can be attributed to well... who knows. For someone who insists on accurate information you sure lack it.
ReplyDeleteIf its such a concern to you " justsmartenuff" than why didn't you post it rather than just bitch about it...............or is bitching you real motive as I suspect.
ReplyDeletejustsmartenough, read the Gardner News editorial page today, you sound like little davey
ReplyDeleteDon't feed the trolls...
ReplyDeleteDon’t you have a podcast with Judge Anna Von Reitz on Electrical meters reading your mind or flouride Mrs Farrell?
ReplyDeleteNo sense arguing with someone who could, well, be anyone. Funny thing about fluoride, On the EPA website, they classify fluoride as a contaminate that must be removed before water can be used as a public water supply, but then allow the same stuff to be put back into the water, under the pretense it is good for you. Only in government would that make sense. Sure you don't work in government smartenough?
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