At the end of the above link to my previous post, I had written this:
"I am a bit surprised "they" haven't tried to silence the freedom of the press, yet."
Some may paint me as a malcontent, broad brush attack, isolated incident of a parent who was told "no" by the system, but it is interesting what happened today at this link:
Seeking Order Is Not Bullying
This is an interesting sequence in the public comments:
First, there was a comment by bkg4211 that was removed:
Posted by ( bkg4211 ) on 11/10/2008 at 03:23 pm.
(This comment was removed by the site staff.)
Then there was this comment by beerwulf who had a chance to read the removed comment:
Posted by ( beerwulf ) on 11/10/2008 at 10:18 pm.
The poster who had his comment removed by the site staff was essentially correct. According to Robert's Rules, there are only a few ways to take the floor back from a member who has it and Ms Faliero didn't do any of these. She is the one who was out of order and should consult Robert's Rules, not the rest of us. Judging from her public pronouncements and her behavior as chair, doing her homework is not something that Ms Faliero is good at. For a School Board member, that irony is obvious.According to Robert's Rules, any motion that shuts off debate requires a two-thirds vote of the assembled membership. In practice, this means that a motion has to be made to take the floor away from the speaker and that motion cannot be made by the chair.
This is where we get a chance to see how critical a point it was when the above comment was removed:
Posted by ( bkg4211 ) on 11/11/2008 at 07:37 am.
It is a sad day when a newspaper removes my post that was a FACT BASED exercise of my first amendment rights. There was no vulgarity, cursing, or any other inappropriate content. My posting was clinical and would have been acceptable in any courtroom.Proof of Jennifers affair with Mark Hart is readily available from the Clerk of Circuit Court. I have a copy. Jens move from her district and her subsequent wild eyed claims and her impromptu scurry back to her district are well documented on this very website as well as the St. Pete Times. So no false claims there.The information on Roberts Rules was straight out of the book, so no inaccuracies there.You should re-instate my posting or provide playing the injured party?Again court documents substantiate her affair and I suspect that this is why you removed the post. If Jen wants to live in the public eye on the public dime then she should exercise a bit more discretion. If she gets caught its fair game.I'm reposting the original so you can see what Trib has decided to suppress. I will continue to repost so long as they remove it.
And finally, with persistance by someone who sees the big picture, we finally get to see the original post.
Posted by ( bkg4211 ) on 11/11/2008 at 07:39 am.
Nice try Jen. The problem is that you cannot rewrite Roberts Rules of Order. As chair you are merely a facilitator. Once the floor is given to a member, there are very specific rules regarding how the floor may be reclaimed from the person holding the floor. You followed none of those rules.A member other than the chair could have called for the Agenda of the Day (Provided Griffin was off agenda, which she was not).Another board member could have called the question... which none did. But only provided the board as a whole agreed that sufficient debate had occured.The floor could be temporarily seized by a point of information, but after the information request is fulfilled the floor is returned to the person who held the floor prior to the point of information.You're a joke Jen.You have violated Florida statute by moving out of your district. You caused a public calamity while residing outside of your district.As attested by Mark Hart in his divorce deposition, while Mark was employed by HCPS you engaged in an affair with him that resulted in the dissolution of his marriage.Finally let us not forget that this is not the first time that you have attacked Griffin.You don't get it. You were elected to oversee Elia and the administration. You were not elected to make friends. You routinely do the ROSSAC bunches bidding from your compromised perch. Every time you fight their battles you are battered and beaten. Why do you continue to blindly follow that which you should be leading? What else does Elia have on you?The only person out of order is/was you. Griffin had the floor. You didn't like her questioning your vaunted authority or attacking your bossom buddies so you did the only thing you know how to do: abused your power. That is out of order. You did not follow Roberts Rules... that is out of order. You threatened to have Griffin removed which you don't have the authority to do to another elected board member... that is out of order. You called on a fellow elected official to resign if she did not execute her job YOUR way... that is out of order. And YOU madame are out of order.You may be proud as an elected official, but this community is embarassed and ashamed by you. You are a bully and worse: a go along to get along rubber stamper. You don't deserve to hold any office.Kiss that seat goodbye Jen. Forces are already aligning against you.
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I don't have time to find all of the links to all of my posts on all of my blogs regarding my opinions about the abuse of power, the arrogance with ignorance and how image is more important than substance when it comes to the HCPS. However, we are seeing it played out continuously. The public and the media need to understand the importance of what we are seeing.
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