People love to turn public-records requests into morality plays. Who’s guilty. Who crossed a line. Who should be embarrassed. That’s not what this is. This PRR exists for one reason only: to test whether the City governs by process, or by vibes. Not people. Not personalities. Process. What We Know (and What We Don’t) From the records already produced, we …
“The City considers ‘established presence in the local community of Pompano Beach’ as an individual or religious organization that has a physical or active presence in Pompano Beach… …including participation in local city events, i.e. memorial ceremonies.” That language is not mine. It comes straight out of the City’s records. And it doesn’t appear anywhere in the City’s published Invocation …
Jersey City’s Flagpole Is a Trap Door: Satan or Silence Jersey City has a flag program that’s basically a public microphone bolted to City Hall. It works great until someone says something the City doesn’t “love.” Now the City is stalling a Christian flag request while historically allowing all kinds of secular and cause-based flags. That’s not “caution.” That’s viewpoint …
