Not
again. Say it ain’t
so! Have current village finances sunk to the point to where everything forward
will be on a pay to attend set up? Let’s hope not. This is not a good way to run event sponsorships or encourage participation. Apparently no one or business can supply free food at the upcoming village celebration. This is bad policy. Someone needs to issue an appropriate clarification regarding this developing situation.
The situation is contained in
the following e-mail that I was copied on. This is not the first time that there has been an active
dispute regarding sponsorship and participation in village events. Now it appears that certain government
officials want to pick and choose, or worse, control who participates in
village events. How do I sign up to get
on this “approved list.”
Here is
the apparent dispute summarized in the e-mail (note that I have also attached
the actual e-mail in the embedded .JPEGs, page one and two - click "Read more" below to view the actual e-mail in .JPEG format):
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Subject:
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Confirming our conversation
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From:
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dmsinger@bellsouth.net
(dmsinger@bellsouth.net)
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To:
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esilva@palmettobay-fl.gov;
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Cc:
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pfiore@palmettobay-fl.gov;
jdubois@palmettobay-fl.gov; sstanczyk@palmettobay-fl.gov;
tschaffer@palmettobay-fl.gov; jlindsay@palmettobay-fl.gov;
dmsinger@bellsouth.com; EVE9621@aol.com; eugeneflinn@bellsouth.net;
mark.auerbacher@bipc.com; malexander@palmettobay-fl.gov;
jim@eyeonpalmettobay.com; esilva@palmettobay-fl.gov; AUSBLA@aol.com;
ddelsalle@palmettobay-fl.gov;
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Bcc:
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Date:
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Friday, June 27, 2014 12:27 PM
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To
memorialize our conversations over that last couple of days, I would like to
confirm the following information with you. If no response is received I will
assume you are in agreement with my assessment and recollection of the events.
As an partner in a
restaurant I would like to give away free food at the Village’s 4th
of July celebration.
You have made it
perfectly clear that giving away food will be and is not acceptable to the
Village of Palmetto Bay.
You have refused
to give me access to public land to give way free food to the residents of
Palmetto Bay.
You have refused
to let me use third party land to set up a 10 by 10 foot tent and give out free
food to residents.
You have advised
another resident who is running for district one that it is not acceptable to
give out free bottled water during the 4th of July celebration.
You have required
that I fill out a special event permit to have access to 3rd party
land, which you could not confirm any other vendors are being required to fill
out for this event.
You have asked and
accepted free food from my restaurant for the Downtown Development Task Force
without me filling out a special event permit form.
You can not verify
if the Village of Palmetto Bay has filled out a special event permit form for
the 4th of July celebration.
You have
threatened to have me fined, removed or arrested if I attempt to give out free
food at the 4th of July celebration.
There will be no
other vendors or residents giving away any free items.
You have informed
me you have gone out of your way to contact a 3rd party landowner to
restrict my assess to his property.
As
such you have made it impossible for me to celebrate the 4th of July
by restricting my rights to free speech and assembly within the Village of
Palmetto Bay on the anniversary of the Independence of our County.
Congratulations.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
