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Fred Sokol Editorial > 9-30-2006

 

ROCKY RIVER CITY COUNCIL DO YOU SUPPORT FREE SPEECH?

To: Rocky River City School District, Rocky River City Government, Rocky River Business Community and Fellow Residents,

“People of Rocky River want to prevent misconstruction and abuse of our civil rights by Rocky River’s municipal powers.” (Fred Sokol quote given: @ Rocky River City Council 10-28-2002)

 

Monday – September 25, 2006.  ‘Elected and Appointed Rocky River council members’ did not put my two (2) letters - I previously requested - onto the public record for the September 11, 2006 council meeting.

 

What I plan to do about it and why … please read on.

 

My said letters were sent earlier to Mr. Brian Hagan, Council President – on Monday September 5, 2006 - requesting public financial record from Rocky River City Government.

 

·         see letter one

·         see letter two

 

Why didn’t council put my two (2) letters - in their public record for the September 11, 2006 council meeting? 

 

Don’t we have Free Speech in Rocky River?

 

AS A ROCKY RIVER CITIZEN AND A NON-ATTORNEY I ASK.   “Rocky River City Council, don’t you support ‘free speech’, and understand that the Rocky River Charter, the U.S. Constitution and the State of Ohio Constitution support “Free Speech” for Rocky River citizens?

 

THE ROCKY RIVER CITY CHARTER:

 

ARTICLE I - MUNICIPAL POWERS “The City of Rocky River shall have all the powers of local self government which may now or hereafter lawfully be granted to a municipal corporation under the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio.”

 

DO YOU UNDERSTAND that last statement - elected and appointed Rocky River city government officials?  It says, “ … The City of Rocky River shall have all the powers of local self government which may now or hereafter lawfully be granted to a municipal corporation under the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio!”

 

WHAT ARE THOSE LAWS that the United States Constitution and the State of Ohio Constitution hold our ‘elected and appointed officials’ to?  When it comes to “The Freedom of Speech” for all Rocky River residents?

 

THE FIRST (BILL OF RIGHTS) AMENDMENT

TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:

 

Which Partially Reads … “Congress shall make no law

… abridging the freedom of speech,”

 

ALSO ...

 

ARTICLE 1 SECTION 11 OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS -

TO THE STATE OF OHIO CONSTITUTION:

 

§ 1.11 Freedom of speech; of the press; of libels (1851)

 

“Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects … and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press.”

 

NOW I ASK YOU, ‘ELECTED AND APPOINTED’ ROCKY RIVER CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. 

 

  • “Do you feel you followed to the letter, the Rocky River City Charter, U.S. Constitution and State of Ohio Constitution - when you did not put my two (2) letters onto the public record?

 

  • “Do you feel you did not take away my right as an American for Free Speech?”

IN MY OPINION ROCKY RIVER CITY COUNCIL HAS STEPPED IN ANOTHER ‘COW PIE’.  WHAT WILL I DO ABOUT IT?

  • I will make ‘council’s act’ of squelching my ‘free speech’ - an issue in Rocky River’s 2007 Municipal Election Campaign.  How?

 

  • I will propose a ‘charter addition’ listing what 'Rights' Rocky River citizens have as Americans.  There seems to be confusion on what those 'Rights' are in Rocky River.

 

  • I will propose a ‘charter addition’ establishing a ‘Rocky River Department of Citizen Rights’. It will be independently formed and operated by the local, legal and business community - to inform, defend and protect Rocky River citizen’s rights, under our U.S. Bill of Rights - through appropriate action.

 

  • I will also ‘legally fight’ for my right of ‘Free Speech’ guaranteed to all American Citizens!

 

  • Finally, the voters and those who will politically run next year, will define you and campaign against you for your elected positions - in next year’s 2007 Rocky River Municipal Election.  They will surely hold you accountable.  Why?

“SQUELCHING FREEDOM OF SPEECH” IS A VERY STRONG ISSUE FOR AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY … 

 

  • For people who had their ‘rights’ stepped on before.

 

  • For our Men and Women in the Military that are both active, retired and deceased who now and have defended our ‘American Freedoms’.

 

  • For people who 'interpret our laws'.

 

  • For people who 'enforce our laws'.

 

I still can’t believe what Rocky River city council did on Monday, September 25, 2006. 

 

Bad political move! 

   

Fred I. Sokol, Resident – Rocky River, Ohio www.rockyriverfred.com + scrdhrt2@cox.net + 440-521-5452

 

CC: Rocky River City School District, Rocky River City Council, Rocky River Chamber of Commerce, WestLife Newspaper, Sun Herald Newspaper, Plain Dealer Newspaper. Westlaker Times, Fred Sokol’s Weekly E-Mail Recipients + www.rockyriverfred.com