You're violating my First Amendment rights": Arizona woman goes viral for getting arrested at city council meeting
(notthebee.com)
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This is some BS right here. This is NOT 1st amendment anything. This is a city forum with rules. There are forums for bringing up concerns of hers, but clearly the rules of the city council meeting outline not using that particular forum for complaints against individuals. Salary of an individual I would argue falls within this. Grow up people. If I walked into a conference at work and started complaining about something not on topic (as this city council forum is for policy issues) I'd be canned if I pushed it. People confuse 1st amendment rights often and this is the case here. Hate me for this opinion, but this is going viral out of ignorance and people wanting to get behind the underdog. I don't care if someone agrees with rules or not, rules in a controlled public forum are there to keep things productive. This may be a fine line, sure - police response and charges are crap, but the bottom line is she chose the wrong place to lodge her complaint.
I understand your point, but IMO God-given rights should be construed as broadly as possible.
I listened to the substance of the woman’s concerns (what little she was able to get out before it became an argument about civil rights). She was complaining about lack of response on FOIA requests. Seems a legit topic to bring to the attention of the city council.
Ya, I'm not trying to be a jerk with my take on it, but in order to be heard you need to use the appropriate tact in any situation. This lady was complaining about the salary of someone while not performing FOIA requests... along the lines of "this person isn't doing their job" as opposed to "the City" isn't adhering to FOIA requests. There's a finite but critical difference involved.