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

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19 1 there is a coordinated effort between the school board, Orange County government, and now 2 the County Commission and that it is very manipulative and unconstitutional. She said this is 3 blatantly against the First Amendment and that it is the Sheriff's duty to uphold the peoples' 4 constitutional rights. She said that if this is passed it is a message that they do not care about 5 the Constitution. She said if the Sheriff then chooses to enforce the regulation, then he is saying 6 to the citizens that he is denying the oath of his office to defend the constitution of North 7 Carolina and the US Constitution. She said that if Sheriff Blackwood enforces this it will be a lie 8 to the people and to God. She said there will be legal ramifications against each of them if they 9 pass this. 10 David Ogden said to please excuse him if he is a little emotional. He said that his 12- 11 year-old daughter lost her two last baby teeth this week and while it is the cutest smile ever, it is 12 a reminder that it is the end of a phase for her. He said that he should be with her tonight, 13 listening to her read and laugh, and talk about her day but instead, he has to be at the meeting 14 to defend her future against would-be tyrants. He said that the fact that this regulation is even 15 coming up for a vote reveals that most of the commissioners have a complete disregard for the 16 Bill of Rights. He said that this ordinance would strip residents of right to peaceably assemble. 17 He said that it depends on fear and submission to suppress. He said that like the school board, 18 this Board has a palpable fear of citizens in the community exposing bad actions by elected 19 officials. He said that the efforts that they are afraid of are tantamount to rebel. He said imagine 20 what those that seek to shed light could do with more time and more motivation. He asked if 21 they think this ordinance will weaken those that stand for liberty. He said that their actions only 22 serve to expose those who vote for these as Machiavellian usurpers of Constitutional rights. He 23 said that the days of no accountability are over. He said that he will be watching and will be 24 disseminating the results of each of their votes to the community. 25 Kathy Arab said this ordinance is unconstitutional. She said it violates the rights of any 26 person that shares a difference world view than that of Orange County's social justice goals. 27 She said that it diminishes individuality. She said that the people elected the commissioners, so 28 the people should carry as much as or more weight than any non-governmental office or from 29 those that provide grant monies with strings attached. She said that America's founders were 30 thinking of them when they wrote the constitution. She said that measuring the social justice 31 impact of the ordinance is interesting to her because the dictionary definition of social justice is 32 state redistribution — which is politics and power — about groups and not individual. She said 33 that critical social justice is inherently incompatible with the world view prevalence in the 34 Constitution. She said that the difference is that social justice defines equity as the same 35 outcomes and the Constitution defines justice as equality, the same opportunities. She said that 36 social justice missions to redress grievances is defined by critical theories. She said that means 37 that any time the numbers aren't equal, you know there isn't equity, but this doesn't align with 38 the natural world. She said that critical social justice is narrow and authoritarian. She said that 39 the people are not intent on gaining political power to force people to do justice. She said that 40 their greatest desire is the freedom to express their convictions. She said that critical social 41 justice does not tolerate a variety of ideas because critical social justice is a source and means 42 of oppression. She quoted Milton Freeman — "A society that puts equality, in the sense of 43 equality of outcomes, ahead of freedom, will end up with neither equality nor freedom...use of 44 force to achieve equality will destroy freedom and the force introduced for good purposes will 45 end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests...One of the great 46 mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions, rather than their results." 47 Karen Raines said 1,000 feet is restrictive of freedom of speech and assembly. She said 48 both are outlined and protected in the Constitution. She said that in another discussion in this 49 topic, someone mentioned other counties joining the voices from Orange County and that those 50 outside voices should not be heard. She said that those voices that are here are here to oppose 51 an injustice that if permitted, would then spread to other counties. She said that freedom of