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DuneLaker said:
Bonnie was on Ch 7, too, illustrating the "door locking" incident. Will probably be on at 10 also. Don't know if anything on 13 on this point or not. Wonder why and who called the Sheriff? Guess someone just wanted to beat up on the public a little more.:whack:
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Apparently the deputy was called when the folks inside the meeting didn't want to be forced to 'dress the pig up." The TDC went into this 'workshop' with the full intention of completely dismissing any attempt by the Scenic Pride Initiative to forward the plan to remove the signs altogether. When it became obvious that the public wouldn't stand for it, someone made a poor decision to call WCSO.

Requiring attendees to sign in, locking out members of the public and the press, and calling for LEO presence is going too far. I believe it is time for a complaint to be filed for a state investigation into possible violations of Florida Open Meetings laws.
 
chrisv said:
Apparently the deputy was called when the folks inside the meeting didn't want to be forced to 'dress the pig up." The TDC went into this 'workshop' with the full intention of completely dismissing any attempt by the Scenic Pride Initiative to forward the plan to remove the signs altogether. When it became obvious that the public wouldn't stand for it, someone made a poor decision to call WCSO.

Requiring attendees to sign in, locking out members of the public and the press, and calling for LEO presence is going too far. I believe it is time for a complaint to be filed for a state investigation into possible violations of Florida Open Meetings laws.
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OMG, Thanks Chrisv for keeping me in the loop. :wave:
I missed part of that somewhere.:idontno:
 
When did the Sheriff's Deputy show up? I totally missed that part. I did, however, here at least two different occasions of someone banging on the exterior door, hoping to gain access to the meeting.
 
Apparently someone from TDC called; deputy came, looked around and did not see a problem and left. Couldn't get in because the door was locked!
 
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aleonard said:
Isn't it a fire hazard to lock that many people in a room together?
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Yes, but only if the doors are locked, preventing exit. Has nothing to do with locking the doors, preventing entry. I am fairly certain that the doors are like the other exterior doors at the Library, with the push bar to unlock. The reason why they are in the locked position has nothing to do with the TDC, but rather, it is because the Library staff unlocks the room for the people using it, but they don't give out the special keys to unlock the doors, so that they automatically lock upon our exit of the facilities. The library doesn't even unlock both doors at the main entry during hours. They unlock only the right door if you are entering the building. I found out the hard way too many times, when trying to leave without pushing the bar. However, if a meeting is to remain open, they could easily staff someone to hold the doors, or prop it open, although technically, propping it open could be a fire hazard if it is done from the interior side of the door, rather than the exterior side.
 
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