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Pondering what I will do in 2022. I know what I don't want to do!

"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that."

18 miles to go!

 For those keeping track - 18 miles to go for 2021.

Term of the day: Shoe horn or shoehorning

or

Shoehorn - verb per Merriam Webster dictionary

shoehorn

 verb

shoehorned; shoehorning; shoehorns

Definition of shoehorn (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1: to force to be included or admittedshoehorned irrelevant arguments into his essay

2: to force or compress into an insufficient space or period of time : SQUEEZEshoehorn the past, present, and future into about 500 pages— Otis Port

EDITOR'S NOTE: Where am I going with this? Wait and find out. Watch this blog.

the Personal Attack Fallacy - part of my "inside baseball" series.

From my "inside baseball" series:

personal attack fallacy

Ad hominem means “against the man,” and this type of fallacy is sometimes called name calling or the personal attack fallacy. This type of fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person instead of attacking his or her argument.

I will not dignify the attacker by name as it provides them with the attention they crave.

Sad, very sad. We should all agree that protection of our residents is of utmost importance.

Remember, most of these "attacks" are really proxy attacks - put out on behalf of those unable to properly articulate their arguments. 

Think readers! Perhaps the attackers don't understand (or refuse to acknowledge) the importance of the issue when they attack the messenger rather than resolving the issue. 

Stick to the issue at hand. Avoid ad hominem fallacies.

Dog Whistling in Palmetto Bay. Who is actually doing it and why? It is poor sportsmanship to play games with the law.

Who heard the Palmetto Bay dog whistle blown yesterday? More on that to come, this is just the Friday the 13th stimulator. 

Funny, so many e-mail lists have been distributed.  But what is sad is how the duty to respond to public records is handled, in my opinion, not based upon the law, but based upon who you are.

Only in Palmetto Bay are people 'shamed' for requesting public records.

Only in Palmetto Bay are some people forced to file lawsuits to obtain simple public record request.

Only in Palmetto Bay do many requestors have to wait for arbitrary waiting periods. Palmetto Bay has taken the position at times that they have a 'reasonable' period to respond; their determination of reasonable being an arbitrary 30 days.  This in not the case. The public records law is clear: The Public Records Law does not contain a specific time limit for compliance with public records request. "The only delay permitted . . . is the limited reasonable time allowed the custodian to retrieve the record and redact those portions of the record the custodian asserts are exempt." Florida Supreme Court in Tribune Company v. Cannella, 458 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 1984).

I actually created the Palmetto Bay email list back in late 2002, when we first incorporated. My list was requested several times by Gary and Shelley as well as in the name of their special interest group.

The fair question: Where did Steve Cody and Leanne Tellum obtain their e-mail lists? Did they ever disclose where? 

Who is giving out their lists for "free"? And why do Palmetto Bay officials continue to resist public records request, and by resisting, I can point to several types:

1. Undoing years of precedent in posting public records on the village web site, requiring people to ID themselves and ask for those items that should be open and available to all - without having to ask in the first place: See May 21, 2020, A total lack of transparency. Why you have to ask. It now takes a formal public records request to obtain information from Palmetto Bay. No resolutions posted since February 5, 2019. No updates to the index since July, 2019.

2. Actual refusal (which lead to the law suit - to view October 26, 2020, Public Records Enforcement Order rendered against Defendants Village of Palmetto Bay and Mayor Cunningham, but no harm to the Defendants, after all, it was all fought with Other People’s Money.

3. Unreasonable delay, providing the records only after persistent follow up or threat of lawsuit.

4. Attempting to charge for records that should be freely available - see April 25, 2019, Palmetto Bay - Transparency - on sale to those who can afford it

I doubt this is the "New Direction" that our residents envisioned in the 2018 elections.

Possible meanings to the term "Monitor" as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary

What is monitoring? Consulting Merriam-Webster Dictionary for its meaning and uses:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monitor

monitor

 noun

mon·​i·​tor | \ ˈmä-nə-tər  \

Definition of monitor

 (Entry 1 of 2)

1a: a student appointed to assist a teacher

b: one that warns or instructsmonitors and instructors for troops green in the art of war— New York Times

c: one that monitors or is used in monitoring: such as

(1): an electronic device with a screen used for display (as of television pictures or computer information)

(2): a device for observing a biological condition or functiona heart monitor

2: MONITOR LIZARD

3[ Monitor, first ship of the type ]

a: a heavily armored warship formerly used in coastal operations having a very low freeboard and one or more revolving gun turrets

b: a small modern warship with shallow draft (see DRAFT entry 1 sense 8) for coastal bombardment

4: a raised central portion of a roof having low windows or louvers for providing light and air

monitor

 verb

monitored; monitoring\ ˈmä-​nə-​t(ə-​)riŋ  \

Definition of monitor (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to watch, keep track of, or check usually for a special purposeNurses monitored the patient's heart rate.

Just for fun - pair of Collared Lories

Just for fun - a pair of Collared Lories - this post is for no particular reason.
OK, maybe it is for a reason.

Memories from the past - anyone remember this commercial?

Something jogged my memory - something about anticipation.  Memories from so long ago:

 

And yes, a little inside baseball as well.