tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25979735.post8711867988554316099..comments2024-03-18T19:01:10.530-07:00Comments on Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: School Board Files SLAPP Suit Against Citizen Jeff Gray, Records Requester?Ed Slavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00298486886820876739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25979735.post-12987891444094465442015-12-29T15:07:09.650-08:002015-12-29T15:07:09.650-08:00My father was not a segregationist -- he taught me...My father was not a segregationist -- he taught me better than that. Et tu?<br />The truth will set you free. <br />Frank Upchurch III carries on the family business -- corporate lawyering and right wing sneakiness. Remember Frank's approach to redistricting? It would have violated the Fifteenth Amendment by vastly reducing the African-American population of District 2. We won -- We, the People and our County Attorney and County Commission stopped the racist redistricting and the School Board, who were following the racist St. Johns County Republican Party playbook.<br />No conflicts check when Frank Upchurch and his firm were hired as school board attorneys. <br />Why?<br />Look at the list of Upchurch, Bailey & Upchurch clients. <br />This is part of the right-wing oligarchy of epic blunderers that brought you Jim Crow law and Dr. King's candid assessment that this is "the most lawless city in America" -- the mentality behind no-bid contracts and dumping a landfill in a lake. <br />Thanks to The New York Times and PBS Frontline, et al., the world is watching their flummery, dupery and nincompoopery, waste, fraud, abuse, misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance. <br />No more Noche de Gala and other lavish "benefit" parties at our expense. <br />No more Sunshine and Open Records violations. <br />Government of the people, by the people and for the people -- not of the corporations, by the corporations and for the corporations. <br />What do you reckon?<br />Mayor Boles was defeated because of this "sleaze" factor. And this misbegotten School Board SLAPP lawsuit against an Open Records violator stinks.<br />What do you reckon?Ed Slavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298486886820876739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25979735.post-7063300769837364202015-12-29T14:20:32.383-08:002015-12-29T14:20:32.383-08:00What does Frank Upchurch Sr. have to do with Frank...What does Frank Upchurch Sr. have to do with Frank Upchurch III...the answer of course is nothing. You seem like a smart guy so I can only assume you do this "yellow: journalism on purpose? While catchy its a shame...destroys the purpose of the article for all smart readers. By the way - you never machined gunned Nazi's like you said your father did..nor jump out of airplanes..correct? I am supossed to beleive an honorable man such as your father would revert to low class smears such as you have..guilt by association? If yes you dishonor your father then. Knock it off and please stick to facts please. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25979735.post-41690863618560283122015-12-28T07:52:01.267-08:002015-12-28T07:52:01.267-08:00The SJCSB claims that I refuse to comply with thei...The SJCSB claims that I refuse to comply with their public records policy and that my so called " guerrilla tactics" harass, threaten, disrupt, and scare school board employees. However, if you actually take the time to read SJCSB policy, my actions as depicted in the video http://youtu.be/WPWndJ00x_Y perfectly comport with SJCSB policy and procedure as well as FS 119. As the video documentation of my request shows I walked into the public lobby area of a public building and politely yet firmly submitted my public records request. I then took a seat in the public lobby area of the public building and informed the staff that I would wait for my public records request to be processed. Instead of adhering to their own policy or making a good faith effort to process my request the SJCSB staff instead elected to call the Sheriff's Office and have me trespassed under threat of arrest. <br /><br />CHAPTER 3.00 - SJCSB SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION<br /><br />All public records pursuant to Florida Statutes shall be available for inspection or copying at reasonable times during normal office hours of the District office or other offices in which records are maintained.<br /><br />(1) Photocopying or other reproduction of any record shall be performed upon a person’s request. Charges for photocopying, reproducing and in accordance with the School Board rule entitled “Photocopying of Public Records” (3.07).<br /><br />SJCSB Public Records Requests Protocol<br /><br />District protocol requires the on‐site records custodian, or the Community Relations Department’s (CRD) staff as the custodian’s designee, to review requested records to confirm they are subject to public disclosure under the Florida Public Records Law and to coordinate inspection and copying.<br /><br />An individual requesting to inspect, photograph or obtain copies of public records does not have to show identification or give a reason for the request. If request is being made in person, the individual may remain in the lobby of the school or building where the request is being made while the request is processed in accordance with this protocol.<br /><br />CHAPTER 3.00 – SJCSB SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION <br /><br />Photographing shall be done in the room where the public records are kept. If, in the judgment of the custodian or Community Relations Department staff designee, this is impracticable, photographing shall be done in another room or place, as nearly adjacent as possible to the room where the public records are kept, to be determined by the custodian or designee. For purpose of this section, the School Board finds that as a general rule, it is impracticable for security reasons to allow the public to photograph records in secure areas of a school that are not open to the general public during the school day. In such cases, the photographing should take place in the school reception area or a nearby office or conference room under the supervision of appropriate staff. Where provision of another room or place for photographing is required, the expense or providing the same shall be paid by the person desiring to photograph the public record.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904520465365650894noreply@blogger.com