1 00:00:00,719 --> 00:00:08,160 um in the front we support and we encourage public comment public comment 2 00:00:05,940 --> 00:00:11,280 is a privilege not a right um so I'm covering bodies are not 3 00:00:09,540 --> 00:00:16,199 required to have public comment on the agenda but under our town ordinance it's 4 00:00:14,099 --> 00:00:21,060 allowed subject to very reasonable rules adopted by Council and I'm going to read 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:24,840 just a few of these that are pertinent um 6 00:00:21,660 --> 00:00:29,460 to the entire segment so you speak three minutes regardless of whether the person 7 00:00:27,119 --> 00:00:34,380 is speaking on their behalf or as an agent for others meeting attendees may 8 00:00:32,099 --> 00:00:38,640 not donate transfer yield or if all or any portion of their speaking time to 9 00:00:36,059 --> 00:00:43,200 another person all public comments are be conducted from the podium and 10 00:00:40,379 --> 00:00:47,700 directed to this Council as a whole and not to any member thereof all speaker 11 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:52,260 shall be mindful and respectful of those participating in or present at the 12 00:00:50,579 --> 00:00:56,160 meeting they shall be expected to be civil in their language and child 13 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:59,879 refrain from comments or behavior that involves disorderly speech reaction and 14 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:04,500 calling personal attacks threats abstain or indecent remarks or disrupted actions 15 00:01:02,340 --> 00:01:09,720 you shall confine your comments to the jurisdiction of this 16 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:13,740 um Council and this is not a period where you promote advertise Awards 17 00:01:11,700 --> 00:01:18,180 businesses Services Goods or candidates for public office anyone that violates 18 00:01:16,500 --> 00:01:24,920 these rules will be ruled out of order and this is pursuant to our section 2.49 19 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,920 of the town code 20 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:03,360 let me just finish the very first thing as you may not donate transfer yield or 21 00:02:01,259 --> 00:02:07,860 giving any time you were present and we would honor we would love to hear your 22 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:12,000 public comment but you have to get it if Mr hogling is that he's up here one time 23 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:17,420 and you're not going to be able to give yourself the way it works no I'm sorry 24 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,420 it's not the way it works 25 00:02:22,459 --> 00:02:29,180 you serve the public we don't serve you so let me let me have my comment a POA 26 00:02:52,650 --> 00:02:55,719 [Music] 27 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:08,280 we have reasonable rules of protocol if you do not like our rules you can go out 28 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:13,140 and call your attorney and file another lawsuit against us 29 00:03:10,580 --> 00:03:17,659 but I am sorry okay go ahead I'll finish go ahead thank you and then I will let 30 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,659 you talk okay 31 00:03:19,340 --> 00:03:26,760 and we would love for her to come up but what I've seen is really when she speaks 32 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:32,400 it's very respectful and she puts out the issues of the day she is here she 33 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:36,840 cannot yield or transfer her time to you if she does then you're speaking for her 34 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:44,420 and you're not going to be able to speak your public comment those are our rules 35 00:03:39,239 --> 00:03:49,019 okay so okay ready all right so um read yours first sir um 36 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:54,180 the power of attorney that has been presented by Miss Greely is not in 37 00:03:51,780 --> 00:03:59,220 accordance with the southbound uniform um Power attorney act it's not properly 38 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:05,519 witnessed notarized neither does it have the language that is required on Section 39 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:12,239 62-8-120 so we do not have to um acknowledge this but even if we did 40 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:15,900 Mr Hogan you personally whether it is donated by somebody else whatever you 41 00:04:14,099 --> 00:04:19,260 are limited to three minutes now when you want your three minutes to start 42 00:04:17,220 --> 00:04:23,100 we'll start it but you will not get six you'll get three I I'm I'm gonna you're 43 00:04:21,660 --> 00:04:26,759 not gonna be allowed to violate her power returning you're not going to be 44 00:04:25,259 --> 00:04:31,020 allowed to do that and I'm going to make my three-minute comment and if you don't 45 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:34,800 want to hear my comment or my comment from us really you could certainly leave 46 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:39,780 the room yourself I'm not going to leave the room this this is not your house 47 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:43,740 it's our house you serve us you serve the citizens we don't serve you I think 48 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:48,780 you all are confused about who serves who you see a notary on this yeah you 49 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:52,440 know what that we're claiming that's a legal document you want to argue that 50 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:58,919 and if you want us to get that all notarized and all that other stuff 51 00:04:55,340 --> 00:05:03,360 this is a business meeting which where we allow public comment I would suggest 52 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:06,720 you reading your public comment if you think it's more important because you're 53 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,120 going to read three minutes I'm going to get up I'm going to get up I'm going to 54 00:05:07,979 --> 00:05:13,139 read this one and I'm gonna get up read mine and then you're gonna yes 55 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:17,580 I'm sorry that's the way it's going to work I had one question yes sir 56 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:21,960 um are you a citizen of London because you indicated that just a second ago you 57 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:27,360 talked about all this is the citizens house but are you a citizen of Bluffton 58 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:32,820 uh it's it's citizens it doesn't make any difference 59 00:05:29,479 --> 00:05:37,699 okay I just wanted yeah it doesn't make any difference there's a lot of lawyers 60 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,699 and developers and buildings 61 00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:04,500 yes sir okay so so um our new Republican Club will 62 00:06:02,820 --> 00:06:08,820 ask the top hard questions to current officials to fully answer example Perry 63 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:12,840 passing itself though well you can pull out a foia in the law or not we don't 64 00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:17,400 want lawyer and political answers or Wars no answer taxpayers elect officials 65 00:06:15,660 --> 00:06:21,300 based on a very simple reason and guiding principle they agree to comply 66 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:25,740 to their campaign promises and agree to approve spend and guard our tax money 67 00:06:23,039 --> 00:06:30,060 like their own family money not continue to vote for illegal tax use and water 68 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:34,139 violations with no transparency please pay attention to silica and show me 69 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:39,060 respect like I do you this is not funny money or a game of Monopoly our tax 70 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:43,500 money is hard earned real money I look forward to seeing more people 71 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:48,020 attend all our Council meetings to speak or clap for others who support and share 72 00:06:46,380 --> 00:06:51,020 the facts fcwatchdog.com 73 00:06:54,860 --> 00:07:02,840 also demanding retrials on many cases and we were ruled against the rule of 74 00:06:59,940 --> 00:07:08,699 law like soap is 53. will you please stop interrupting me 75 00:07:05,780 --> 00:07:13,860 start the clock all over that's it start the clock all over the established start 76 00:07:11,580 --> 00:07:18,300 to talk although how dare you you sit there and disrespect me and then because 77 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:23,880 you're not paying attention to me I'm going to address the the audience of the 78 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:29,580 citizens who you work for I do you need to really wake up you know and accept 79 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:34,259 reality that you you are a public servant this is not your town you're not 80 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:38,460 running the show you're just up there to do what we're asking him out of order 81 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:42,479 are you ending his public comments I'm gonna wait until you start the clock all 82 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:48,680 over again are you in his public comment time 83 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:48,680 like who's next to him start the clause 84 00:07:58,699 --> 00:08:05,099 those days are over myself and you're not going to get away and abusing and 85 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:09,479 treat people including your own town employees for someone who's insistent on 86 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:13,580 everyone following their Quorum and rules you certainly are not abiding my 87 00:08:11,340 --> 00:08:17,900 eyes I'm sorry you're not a lawyer Council and for the citizens 88 00:08:19,220 --> 00:08:24,139 a rule and a code is not Trump 89 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:32,660 public comment over how can you trust Terry finger he might be the most 90 00:08:29,819 --> 00:08:32,660 dishonest kids 91 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,779 my three minutes 92 00:08:42,020 --> 00:08:47,760 two minutes that's where you start back on the ground supposed to be back at two 93 00:08:45,959 --> 00:08:50,940 minutes you're wasting your time put me back at two minutes 94 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:57,899 well and I'm going to stay right here right here 17 seconds 95 00:08:54,660 --> 00:09:01,740 uh do you respect me or like I respected you did I interrupt you while you were 96 00:08:59,220 --> 00:09:06,420 speaking yes I interrupted you you sure did and you really we have been in two 97 00:09:04,380 --> 00:09:11,459 lawsuits sir and you have lost both of them so if you think the third one your 98 00:09:09,420 --> 00:09:16,019 lawsuits are going to be retried your lawsuits were frivolous and had no 99 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:20,279 standing wall you're the losses you're cooking you even hired a Murdoch lawyer 100 00:09:18,300 --> 00:09:24,959 did you ever heard of Murdock that's her lawyer she hired a lawyer to sue me for 101 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:29,399 a frivolous no law case and she knows it and she 102 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:33,180 knows she's in trouble you're a big trouble oh you're a victory trust me 103 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,120 when I tell you you're a big brother you're going to be able to meet 50 104 00:09:34,620 --> 00:09:38,760 million I'm not gonna owe you 50 million you don't really think you're going to 105 00:09:37,380 --> 00:09:42,120 collect 50 million for me do you you don't really believe that you cannot 106 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:45,360 believe that that be that out of touch of reality so I'm going to wait till my 107 00:09:44,279 --> 00:09:48,720 two minutes give me two minutes so I can finish this 108 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:54,140 beach actually give me three minutes I want my I want the clock started over 109 00:09:50,660 --> 00:09:54,140 give me three minutes 110 00:09:58,019 --> 00:10:01,019 11. 111 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:26,360 public comment is over Communications from your Council 112 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,360 um 113 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:33,660 no I'm sorry I'm not I'm not true you're gonna you're gonna respect me and let me 114 00:10:32,279 --> 00:10:39,720 finish my space the public comment period is over you can have a seat or we 115 00:10:35,519 --> 00:10:43,140 can have the chief please ask me there's going to be a big problem no I'm 116 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:47,640 not going to stop because everybody in this mayor has addressed you and told 117 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:51,120 you that public comment is over here at this point in time I'm sorry you're out 118 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:55,260 of order Chief will you please escort him to us 119 00:10:52,579 --> 00:11:00,060 no not leave no I'm not leaving no I'm not leaving 120 00:10:57,779 --> 00:11:03,560 you can just sit right over here I'm going to make my speech no I'm not gonna 121 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:03,560 do it 122 00:11:03,839 --> 00:11:06,500 okay 123 00:11:06,860 --> 00:11:15,620 no that's not happening yeah yeah 124 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:21,200 you don't have a choice should we move on to formal or concept 125 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,200 five minutes 126 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,240 thank you very much