Tag Archives: Jessica Bryan Hughes

Arrests for speaking in an Arizona town

Something seems familiar about this story of a couple of people being arrested
at small town council meetings for speaking up.

Ben Popken wrote for the Consumerist 15 July 2011,

Small Arizona Town In Furor After 2nd Citizen Arrested For Speaking At Town Meeting:



The town of Quartzsite, AZ, population 3,466, is in disarray after a
video showing police hauling away a citizen for speaking at the town
meeting podium went viral. The woman was saying that the town council
had been violating open meeting laws.

It was the second citizen arrested at a Quartzsite town meeting in two weeks.

What’s all this about?

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Timing confusion —John S. Quarterman

Sent to all four Commissioners and the County Clerk Sunday evening:

Dear Commissioners,

There seems to be confusion as to how long citizens get to be heard.
The policy says five minutes.

Yet in at least a couple of recent examples,
citizens were cut off at less than that,

4 and a half minutes for me on 28 June 2011


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJseMtJvJE8

4 minutes 39 seconds for Jessica Bryan Hughes on 24 May 2011


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZxieSV6Yz8

You can see the times on the YouTube videos.

This timing confusion may be because

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I think that addresses the issues —Joe Pritchard

In David Rodock’s
VDT story on the animal shelter tour
Joe Pritchard made the case for cameras:



“It’s no longer a case of an individual making a claim, as it will
be evident by the physical evidence provided by the security cameras,”
said Pritchard. “The standard operating procedures such as frequency
of inspection of the animals and how often an animal will be reviewed
or examined, along with the veterinarian care, have been revised to the
general procedures set by guidelines of the Department of Agriculture
and the animal control ordinance we adopted several years ago.”

“You take that policy, coupled with the updated standard operating
procedures, added to the technical verification and I think that addresses
the issues,” said Pritchard. “My purpose is to eliminate any problem
or potential problem.”



Sounds to me like he’s saying the issues are resolved.
Remember,

“resolved” is the word Chairman Paulk used a few hours before.

If anyone is interested in watching the watchers,
the
animal control ordinance
is online.

-jsq

VDT incorporates video into animal shelter tour report

Guess they thought a good time to start in-line YouTube video
was when they could show

kitties and puppies.
Hey, if that gets the VDT doing video, I’m for it!

David Rodock wrote 26 May 2011,

Tour of the Lowndes County Animal Shelter



As promised at Tuesday’s Lowndes County Board of Commissioners
meeting, the Lowndes County Animal Shelter (LCAS) allowed the public
the opportunity Wednesday afternoon to get a behind-the-scenes look at
the facility that has recently come under fire.

Employees, both past and present, have accused several shelter employees
of inhumane treatment of animals, the mishandling of tranquilizers and
illegal operating procedures.



At least two of the speakers at the commission earlier in the day
took the tour:

Jessica Bryan Hughes
and

Judy Havercamp.

One of the visitors summed it up:

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