Agenda - 09-06-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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15 1 Chair Price said that it is in the public domain and that the amendment being discussed 2 by the attorney is a common practice. She said that the Board has the option to vote on the item 3 tonight. 4 Dale Hodson said that he does not have it in front of him. 5 Chair Price said that it would be in his packet if he accessed it online. 6 Dale Hodson said this is a bait and switch. 7 Chair Price said it was not. 8 Dale Hodson said that the ordinance is mean spirited and unconstitutional. He said that 9 it is mean spirited because it has been created to keep Orange County parents from free 10 speech activities regarding their schools. He said that it is unconstitutional because it prevents 11 speech, assembly, and redress, all guaranteed in the First Amendment. He said that it is also 12 unconstitutional because of the equal protection provided by the Fourteenth Amendment. He 13 said that students are not bound by the ordinance but everyone else is. He said that allows 14 students to picket, but he can't. He said this is a clear Fourteenth Amendment violation. He said 15 that if 1,000 students line the sidewalks leading to a school with their BLM signs that he can't 16 also join them with his BLM sign. He said that is a clear Fourteenth Amendment violation. He 17 said this ordinance is criminalizing these protected activities on private property as well. He said 18 that the Sheriff will be sent to cite them in their own backyards and that this ordinance is 19 madness. He said that the Board has said that the whole reason is to protect the emotional 20 health of kids, but where was that when they locked down, remote learned, and masked their 21 kids. He said that is what has damaged the kids' emotional health. He said that the Board says 22 that they want free speech but only in a way that does not hurt children. He asked what that 23 even means. He said that it means they do not want free speech. He said they want zero free 24 speech within 1,000 feet of a school other than for students. He said that they only want speech 25 that is regulated and controlled by the state. He said that this is exactly what the authors of the 26 First Amendment were aiming to prevent—an authoritarian government limiting speech. He said 27 that they say that their children must be protected, but that is a parent's job not the 28 government's. He said that if a child saw something that was offensive near a school today then 29 it is the parent's job to counsel, console, and discuss with the child. He said that they say they 30 can protest farther from schools, so their restrictions are okay. He said that the restrictions are 31 so drastic in the times and locations that it is as much a violation of the First Amendment as 32 restricting the content of their speech. He said that they say that all rights have limits. He said 33 that the courts have ruled that any restrictions must be limited and that this is not. He said this 34 ordinance should be removed from the agenda and that the Board should never bring it back. 35 He said they should stop meddling in their free speech. 36 Larry Tippens, retired Army and Department of the Army Civil Service. He said that he is 37 81 years old and if they do not want to get a lot of illness, pain, and misery then they should not 38 get old. He also said they should listen to a cardiologist that is somewhat controversial from 39 Florida State University. He said that you can hear his lectures to his lectures to med students 40 on fasting for survival. He said that he goes with Isaiah 65 and that is if you die at 100, you die a 41 young man. He said that people studying genetics say that we should have 125 years. He said 42 that having sworn to protect the constitution, things like this concern him because he has talked 43 to people who have escaped fascist governments. He said the things they see that chip away at 44 our freedoms terrorize those political refugees. He said they tremble when they speak, and they 45 are so afraid that we are only a year or two away from the same situation as Venezuela. He said 46 that you hear a lot of promises from people that are far left because they don't intend on 47 keeping those. He said if there is going to be a loss of free speech and assembly then he invites 48 how would they celebrate people like Martin Luther King, Jr. who is one of his heroes. He said 49 on picketing, where is the police report, and who has been hurt. He said that if someone was 50 carrying a sign and beating kids up then surely there is a police report. He said that losses of