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May I suggest that individuals needing clarification in an official sense go the City of San Diego's website, sannet.gov, and scroll to the section for Park and Recreation. You will find contact information for staff. You should direct your questions about various meetings to the Park and Recreation staff who attended the meetings.— April 15, 2010 9:05 a.m.
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Community Parks 1 was not at this meeting and did not participate in the discussion. You are confusing the participants.— April 15, 2010 9 a.m.
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Community Parks 1 Committee did not agree on a year. Kindly review the article by Ms. Matteo.— April 15, 2010 8:40 a.m.
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"There is no longer drinking in the park" is not the truth. The 24 drinking ban has not passed in terms of adding Kate Sessions park to the ones listed in the Municipal Code which prohibit consumption of alcohol. No one has "won" in terms of a final outcome. Other than following both the Brown Act and Robert's Rules of Order which allowed a staff report, public comment, having a motion and subsequent discussion and vote by the committee members, there is nothing else which could or should have been done at the Community Parks 1 meeting. Have you interviewed City staff and members of the committee to arrive at your mistaken notion that "the committee was not interested in getting public opinion ?" Since committee spent a considerable amount of time listening to staff, the public, and each other and arrived at a decision, what more could the committee have done ? I suppose you could travel north across the big metal fence and appeal the decision in some formal manner ?— April 15, 2010 8:11 a.m.
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What is wrong with being civil ? Using words like "moron," "butt kisser," and "subversive" has nothing to do with the topic at hand - a proposal to ban alcohol at Kate Sessions Park. Maybe the SD Reader doesn't care but I do. The proponents of the ban have followed the City process. Votes have been taken in publicly noticed meetings which follows both the spirit and intent of the Brown Act. It is too bad that this discussion has gotten out of control. Without pointing fingers it seems that anyone who feels they are on a losing side in this particular public process will insult, stretch the truth, and indulge themselves without simply sticking to the facts. The biggest non truth in the discussion was the accusation that the outcome of the Community Parks 1 one was arrived at ahead of time by the members of this committee. If you can prove this, then you need to file a formal complaint to "cure and correct" the action.— April 15, 2010 6:52 a.m.
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USER PROFILE: REFRIEDGRINGO Joined: Sept. 24, 2008 Blog: Beyond The Big Metal Fence Comments posted: 2085 (view all) CONTACT REFRIEDGRINGO (log-in required)— April 14, 2010 4:34 p.m.
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If Freedom will post contact information, I would be happy to deal with this person directly.— April 14, 2010 4:22 p.m.
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Defamation per se All states except Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee recognize that some categories of statements are considered to be defamatory per se, such that people making a defamation claim for these statements do not need to prove that the statement was untrue. In the common law tradition, damages for such statements are presumed and do not have to be proven. Traditionally, these per se defamatory statements include: Allegations or imputations "injurious to another in their trade, business, or profession" Allegations or imputations "of loathsome disease" (historically leprosy and sexually transmitted disease, now also including mental illness) Allegations or imputations of "unchastity" (usually only in unmarried people and sometimes only in women) Allegations or imputations of criminal activity (sometimes only crimes of moral turpitude) [5][6]— April 14, 2010 4:20 p.m.
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Defamation—also called calumny, vilification, slander (for transitory statements), and libel (for written, broadcast, or otherwise published words)—is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government, or nation a negative image. It is usually, but not always,[1] a requirement that this claim be false and that the publication is communicated to someone other than the person defamed (the claimant).— April 14, 2010 4:18 p.m.
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The truth is an absolute defense.— April 14, 2010 4:15 p.m.