Mr. Y
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Well, here's the next public MMM meetup:
http://www.celebratefairfax.org/index.asp?bid=850
Well, here's the next public MMM meetup:
http://www.celebratefairfax.org/index.asp?bid=850
I was going to comment on the MMMer gal saying the meeting being rescheduledto a private residence. This wasvery wrong for the MMM to suggest this. That's pretty obvious. But I rather doubt it is illegal or in contravention to 501(c) regs to say they are going to do it.BobCav wrote:
OOPS! At 2:14 she publically states that they're rescheduling it at a private place. That will remove the tax exempt status from the MMM movement en-masse!
We need the legal beagles to get this...
On the subject of the MMM and tax standing, They seem to have problems in this area already.
The Million Mom March
Perhaps the MMM can get legal advice from the same lawyers that helped them put this page together on Virginia firearms laws. (bring your duct tape)
The misinformation on that page is not the result of innocent ignorance. They had a lawyer help them put it together. It is intentional propaganda. I particularly like the one concerning CHPs and that there is no training requirement.
As for violations of the open meeting requirements, technically they may have already violated the law when they advertised an open meeting, and then announced that the meeting was cancelled, if they subsequently went someplace and met even in a small group to discuss the evenings planned events.
The tape clearly shows that the reason for shutting down the meeting was because of the audience present. You might be able to shut down a public meeting for a lot of reasons, but not liking who is in the audience is not one of them. The whole purpose of an open meeting is so ANYONE can see what is going on, weather you agree with them or not.
Who is this guy Solo who was filming the woman/nakedshoplifter exchange? That could be some very damaging video if it gets out. The woman pretty much OWN3d naked.
bohdi, thanks for the information above. I, too, was disappointed that they cancelled the meeting. It was a pleasure to meet you. I apologize to the rest of the crowd for not staying longer for association afterwards, but I had to get the son home to finish his homework.
I suppose Bob Ricker had a right to not appear on a video without having a waiver/release signed. On the other hand, this was a public meeting in a public facility. Not to mention, it's Bob Ricker, who should have no fear of appearing on film as he has done so many times before. What was his fear of speaking on camera?
Like several of us eluded to, I was there to get information. I was not there are a representative of VCDL, OCDO, or any other group. In fact, my purpose in going was to subject my son to a lesson in civics (or what turned out to be uncivility), plus he enjoys coming along with me. We usually have at length discussions following any such events and talk to each other about the events.
I see no reason why they couldn't have proceded with the remainder of the agenda without Bob Ricker speaking. Apparently, they had other material they intended to cover. It seemed to me that Bob Ricker was the only person that was against the filming of himself. By indicating he would not speak if the waivers remained unsigned. Does anyone else think that he may have been manipulating these women?
Hawkflyer wrote:Perhaps the MMM can get legal advice from the same lawyers that helped them put this page together on Virginia firearms laws. (bring your duct tape)
The misinformation on that page is not the result of innocent ignorance. They had a lawyer help them put it together. It is intentional propaganda. I particularly like the one concerning CHPs and that there is no training requirement.
As for violations of the open meeting requirements, technically they may have already violated the law when they advertised an open meeting, and then announced that the meeting was cancelled, if they subsequently went someplace and met even in a small group to discuss the evenings planned events.
The tape clearly shows that the reason for shutting down the meeting was because of the audience present. You might be able to shut down a public meeting for a lot of reasons, but not liking who is in the audience is not one of them. The whole purpose of an open meeting is so ANYONE can see what is going on, weather you agree with them or not.
You may very well be right about your assertion above that MMMers "technically" "violated the law" already by cancelling the meeting for the stated reason they did. I don't know. Do you have a citation of the law in this area, Hawk? Is there any recourse or cause of action?
I wonder, too, what is the penalty for cancelling one meeting--let's say for an unacceptable reason, as was clearly the case last night? What if they turn around and say, "Oops, we looked at the regs and we will start all over with public meetings--beginning with our next one. No harm, no foul? Do you have any cites, Hawk?
As a general comment, it seems to me that the MMMers are in full battle mentality with regard to gun/rights advocates and VCDL. Why? What got them so motivated to be reactive and retaliatory. Was it any justified reason?
Right after the first MMM meeting that OCDC/VCDL group went to, we were kicking around the situation. One guy seem to be defending the MMMers quite a bit. He said:
If you look at all this from their point of view, the VCDL presence at their meeting was excessive and it was frightening. From what I have read, if the armed citizens did not outnumber them, it was close. So how would they see such a presence of armed strangers that virtually took over their meeting, and certainly had an impact on the evenings agenda?
That was you who said it, Hawk. Apparently you changed your mind a bit, eh?
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Well, that's a plausible reason. But, of course,that means that you were assured of not getting to film any of the scheduled meeting. Just the way it worked out. The MMMers were being retaliatory for the first meeting and figured out a way to exert their insistence to control thesecond meeting. The MMMers outmaneuvered you at the first meetingtoo, although not with the waiver gambit. I don't recall what it was. I think they just asked you not to tape and you agreed, saying you were going to "insist" on taping the second one. They probably anticipated that you either wouldn't sign or that you would and that they would retain some measure of control over the video.I was not willing to sign any document they provided for many reasons. I'll detail two of them here:
1: I am not a lawyer. I don't sign documents of this nature w/o a lawyer present.
2: The release was handwritten, and there was a lot of space between the agreement language and where signatories would sign. This would allow the MMM group to add language to the agreement at a later time and date.
Next time Hank, you should come to help us poor Virginians figure this all out.
Naked you did just fine. You too Bohdi.
The Monday morning quarterback comments don't mean a thing if the guy was not even in the stadium.
Hawkflyer wrote:Next time Hank, you should come to help us poor Virginians figure this all out.
Naked you did just fine. You too Bohdi.
The Monday morning quarterback comments don't mean a thing if the guy was not even in the stadium.
That's odd. Hawk, you were not at the first meeting and you said this:
If you look at all this from their point of view, the VCDL presence at their meeting was excessive and it was frightening. From what I have read, if the armed citizens did not outnumber them, it was close. So how would they see such a presence of armed strangers that virtually took over their meeting, and certainly had an impact on the evenings agenda?
Different logic? Different ethics? DifferentMonday morning?