davidmcbeth
Banned
CGS Sec. 1-225(e) states:
(e) No member of the public shall be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of any such body, to register the member’s name, or furnish other information, or complete a questionnaire or otherwise fulfill any condition precedent to the member’s attendance.
Unlike CGS Sec. 1-210(b)(19), CGS Sec. 1-225 of our FOI Act does not have any exemptions or exceptions to 1-225(e)'s provision that allows folks to freely gain access to public meetings.
Remember JAN 13's meeting concerning a gun bill .. they had a metal detector people had to go through ... and made people wait out in the cold and snow for an hour or two?
Making people go through a checkpoint is illegal. Relief can be sought by a letter to the freedom of information commission ( http://www.ct.gov/foi/site/default.asp ) even via an email letter.
By putting in metal detectors at the capitol bldg., they are violating the law. Its your right to enter and exit a meeting w/o being searched or hassled.
If you visit the capitol for a meeting and are subjected to the metal detector treatment, complain...a simple email complaint like:
Freedom of Information Commission
18-20 Trinity St.
Hartford, CT 06106
[date of letter]
Dear Freedom of Information Commission,
On [date] I went to attend a [meeting description] at the capitol bldg located at 210 Capitol Dr., Hartford, CT 06106. Upon reaching the building I was required to go through a metal detector, was forced to wait a long time causing me to miss part of the meeting, and subjected to a set of questions prior to me being able to attend the public meeting.
I believe that the actions taken in not allowing me free access to a meeting violates provisions of the FOI Act and I would like the Freedom of Information Commission to make findings and orders as necessary to insure that I have free access to meetings in the future and for finding(s) and orders that my rights under the FOI Act were violated on the date described above.
Submitted by:
name, address, phone
You can email to : foi@ct.gov
Mail it to address noted
Or file it in person [get a file stamped copy if you wish - bring a copy with you] at address above..its across the street from the capitol bldg on Trinity Ave, next to Sec. of State bldg...
It can be hand written .... so if violated, get a piece of paper, write the letter and hand deliver it across the street to the commission if you wish.
Above is a sample letter ... you can change the facts to meet your set of individual circumstances.
We should not have to be searched to go to a public meeting. For ANY reason.
If you refused to go through the metal detectors and they refused you entry (ask if its mandatory-note who said it --- in commission proceedings hearsay is allowed) you can also file a complaint.
(e) No member of the public shall be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of any such body, to register the member’s name, or furnish other information, or complete a questionnaire or otherwise fulfill any condition precedent to the member’s attendance.
Unlike CGS Sec. 1-210(b)(19), CGS Sec. 1-225 of our FOI Act does not have any exemptions or exceptions to 1-225(e)'s provision that allows folks to freely gain access to public meetings.
Remember JAN 13's meeting concerning a gun bill .. they had a metal detector people had to go through ... and made people wait out in the cold and snow for an hour or two?
Making people go through a checkpoint is illegal. Relief can be sought by a letter to the freedom of information commission ( http://www.ct.gov/foi/site/default.asp ) even via an email letter.
By putting in metal detectors at the capitol bldg., they are violating the law. Its your right to enter and exit a meeting w/o being searched or hassled.
If you visit the capitol for a meeting and are subjected to the metal detector treatment, complain...a simple email complaint like:
Freedom of Information Commission
18-20 Trinity St.
Hartford, CT 06106
[date of letter]
Dear Freedom of Information Commission,
On [date] I went to attend a [meeting description] at the capitol bldg located at 210 Capitol Dr., Hartford, CT 06106. Upon reaching the building I was required to go through a metal detector, was forced to wait a long time causing me to miss part of the meeting, and subjected to a set of questions prior to me being able to attend the public meeting.
I believe that the actions taken in not allowing me free access to a meeting violates provisions of the FOI Act and I would like the Freedom of Information Commission to make findings and orders as necessary to insure that I have free access to meetings in the future and for finding(s) and orders that my rights under the FOI Act were violated on the date described above.
Submitted by:
name, address, phone
You can email to : foi@ct.gov
Mail it to address noted
Or file it in person [get a file stamped copy if you wish - bring a copy with you] at address above..its across the street from the capitol bldg on Trinity Ave, next to Sec. of State bldg...
It can be hand written .... so if violated, get a piece of paper, write the letter and hand deliver it across the street to the commission if you wish.
Above is a sample letter ... you can change the facts to meet your set of individual circumstances.
We should not have to be searched to go to a public meeting. For ANY reason.
If you refused to go through the metal detectors and they refused you entry (ask if its mandatory-note who said it --- in commission proceedings hearsay is allowed) you can also file a complaint.
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