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Karen's avatar

I’ve got to wonder if it violates ADA

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Thank you Tom for giving the Meeting Comments item visibility. (and your on site comments @ the Council Meeting). I had Spectrum's re-broadcast of the meeting on tonight. Even if I give the Council members the benefit of the doubt (even though they recently axed the 2nd set of Public Comments from the Council Meeting format) , I'm confused as to the purpose of this. Seems that the businessmen and Veterans on our Council would reflexively understand this would be perceived as censorship (even though it probably is technically not) . I don't understand what problem they think they're solving? The comments will still occur, (as I understand it) just not broadcast on video/cable/podcast etc. The Deputy Mayor claimed "FCC Violations" & HIPAA violations have occurred. (I would speculate since the meetings are not broadcast over the air, most FCC rules do not apply) . Does this mean when I go to the City website after a Council Mtg I won't see public comments on their podcast? The presiding officer (the Mayor) seems to keep tight control over the commentors. If someone was out of order, they can ejected from the meeting. I don't see why there should be a communications black out? This seems to smell a bit like Florida Today (who will often present themselves as guarantors of the 1st Amendment and altruistic Public Servants, who disbanded public comments on their articles for everyone (inc paid subscribers). I'm not sure what I could possibly say about one of their articles that would be a threat to the vaunted 4th Estate. Conversely while our Council seems to gripe about their meeting hours, they haven't succeeded at anything here other than virtually shortening their meeting in cyberspace?

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