[Vision2020] And the evidence for this is...

[Kai Eiselein]

First of all, Tom, one does not have to obtain permission to 
film/photograph/tape public meetings. Period.
No public official has the right or power to deny the activities, UNLESS 
they are causing a disruption.
I never stood, I never left my seat, I merely lifted my camera to take 
photographs. By no standard could my actions have been construed as 
disruptive.
Courtrooms are a different story, permission must be granted by the 
presiding judge beforehand.
July 20, 2007 was a typo. It should have read July 20, 2009, this past 
Monday night.
I'm sorry you felt you needed "permission" from the mayor, who does not have 
to the power either grant nor deny it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "Kai Eiselein" <fotopro63 at hotmail.com>
Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And the evidence for this is...


That's strange, Mr. Eiselein.

Before I started submitting publc records requests for videos of various
city council and/or committee sessions, I personally video-taped portions
of sessions after personally obtaining permission from Mayor Chaney.  Her
only request was that I do not disrupt the session(s), which I did not.
In some cases did not videotape.  I merely shot a few photos and
audio-recorded portions of the session(s)

Now, the Latah County Board of Equalization, back in 2004/2005, that's a
different story.  I was all over that like Steven Sitler at a Cub Scout
camp.

One other thing, Kai:  The Moscow City Council DID NOT meet on July 20,
2007.  They met on July 16th.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

>
> May, 7, 2007
>
> Mayor Nancy Chaney ordered a journalist, namely me, to stop taking
> photographs during a city council meeting.
>
> In an email exchange later, after I sent her the AG's opinion, she stated
> that my photographing the speakers was "disruptive" and "intimidating".
>
> Nevermind the fact that I was sitting in a chair, using no flash, per the
> council's rules, and was not firing continuously. In fact I took a grand
> total of two photos.
>
> I voiced my displeasure with the mayor publicly in the August 16, 2007
> issue of the Latah Eagle.
>
>
>
> July 20, 2007
>
> While Greg Meyer from KLEW was setting up his equipment shortly before the
> council meeting, Mayor Nancy Chaney approached him and asked him not to
> film anyone who was speaking because it was "intimidating".
>
> Ironically, just minutes before, I had half-jokingly warned him that the
> mayor thought cameras were "intimidating". She stated that "We've been
> through this before", while looking at me, sitting a couple of feet away.
> He thought I off my rocker, then the mayor made her statement.
>
> Meyer said he had NEVER had an elected official try to tell him not to
> film.
>
> This mayor is unfit for office, she has no grasp of the Constitution and
> continues to act as though the First Amendment does not apply in her
> chambers.
>
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