Albert Einstein
Said there would be a posting on the out right distortions of the Truth in the Daily Blat that concerned the "Public Forum" on the 23rd of January. Mr. Rapp as is his normal habit stated that the Vienna Public Forum was removed from the Agenda because it was seldom used.
The Public Forum in other places held NOT on head count, but for Members of a Community/ County/ State/ Federal level to voices their concerns on whatever they can NOT get addressed through normal channels. It is per the determinations/ decisions of the United States Supreme Court to be for the protection for the First Amendment as for the Right of the Public to voice their grievances with the level of Government they address.
In P'burg and Vienna, one is required to "ask" permission to address Council. In a fair and open system of Government, it would ask if anyone wished to address Council and than allow them to speak on whatever is the subject- Praise or Complaint.
That is one of his partial Truths as part of his misinformation, misdirection, deceit and deception. Many people have told me over the years they don't attend meetings or say anything because it has and will do no good. I was usually the only one to speak and it was 90% of the time on the Corruption here.
This is beginning to change, but for sadly some of the wrong reasons. Still, I am pleased that the Corruption is slowing oozing out from the cesspool we call Vienna City Government.
Here is a partial excerpt from one of the very first postings I made on my blog:
6/ 24/ 2015
"On the 14th of May during a Council Meeting, I committed two (2) unforgivable acts. one was calling out the City Attorney for the rules that he read before almost every meeting for the past several months (but for some reason not at this meeting). I suspect because there were too many folks who were not the usual City Department Heads/ followers that attended the meetings? Those being that one could NOT address any member of Council directly or say anything that would upset anyone. This of course did not apply to me being screamed at by the Mayor; soundly criticized by an alleged Council member and even the Attorney. I challenged that this was a violation of the First Amendment and that the City Attorney and the Mayor were attempting to rewrite this Amendment? I pointed out that they were also allegedly attempting to undermine the deliberations and decisions of the Supreme Court of the U.S. This so upset the Attorney that he raced out of the room; his feeling so insulted that I had dared to question him on this? Two was my submitting a "Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for a recording of the meeting from invocation to final gavel. I have tried since 2011 to get a copy on several tries but the tapes were always erased if I did a written request. So I presented it at the meeting to each and every member of the Council excluding Mr. Rogers, who was absent at that meeting. At this time I will not comment on the CD that was provided to me. That will be another horror for later. In that meeting I was accused of being disruptive and insulting people. All I can remember seeing was "pity party" by an individual. From then on, the Public Forum is no longer done and the City says it is not recording the meetings. In truth this was the only way the City Council could stop me from telling the truth about various city behaviors and getting or trying too truthful wording of the deception, deceit, misinformation and misdirection that is all too common at these meetings. That is actually why I started this blog. The folks in Vienna and anyone else who wishes to know the facts can get them here".
The above posting is still there for anyone to see plus one of the comments by a person almost a year later, who was too gutless to I.D. themselves. But that comment is also still there as I DO NOT DELETE anything because of my belief in Freedom of Speech for others as for myself. I have deleted two (2) comments that showed up to try and get me to advertise on some site or another. There are numerous other postings on the behavior of the Mayor and his Council/ Department heads showing the attempts to shut me down. This from what I said was an attempt to intimidate me and my wife looked at me and said NO, you were being threatened. I have stood fast for the Residents/ Tax Payers of Vienna for many years in how much better they deserve in many areas. Nothing has changed as of today.
I am quite willing to take a Polygraph and if I fail, to pay all costs. It is NOT my intent to have anyone else take one as no one can be forced to incriminate themselves under the 5th Amendment. But, as a caveat whomever challenges me should I NOT fail will instead themselves pay for the test. It can NOT be conducted by any West Virginia entity. The Corruption throughout all levels of the Government/ many Private Entities in this State are more and more coming too the fore. I would accept the FBI in Charleston, the BCI in Ohio or similar activities in other locations. Sadly, I do not believe I could pass a Polygraph here if the only question was if my name was ????
It has also began to show itself in Mr. Justice's Executive Branch in trying to ignore and hide information that would show for a fact the Corruption that is covered up at all levels by the "Machine" to protect Elected/ Appointed, paid/ unpaid Officials. This has and is going on in all three of the West Virginia Branches of Government. 'ne'er nuff said'.