Clackamas County Chair Tootie Smith throws down gauntlet, 125 Citizens answer back- Citizens who participate in government are not ‘Insurrectionists’!
Issue: January 13th Commission Meeting Proceedings and Demand of Open In-Person Regularly Scheduled Clackamas County Commission Meetings
On January 13th, at the County Commission Meeting, with nearly a capacity audience ready to participate in the People’s government, Commission Chair Tootie Smith cancelled the meeting on a whim, out of spite for the people who were there to provide voice to their representatives.
On January 14th Pamplin Media published an article in the Portland Tribune, with the headline and lead;
“UNMASKED CROWD OCCUPIES CLACKAMAS COUNTY MEETING ROOM” -Chair Tootie Smith moves to virtual format after group refuses to comply with state administrative rules. “Clackamas County commissioners’ Jan. 13 meeting was abruptly halted and moved online after a large crowd refused to follow state and county COVID-19 safety requirements…
”We the People reject this as an outright lie, as we did as Ms. Smith unequivocally demanded. The entire audience was masked and compliant for the full nineteen minutes until Ms. Smith halted the meeting.
On January 18th Chairperson Smith upped the accusations with a personal Op-Ed which contained these charges;
“While chairing the Board of Clackamas County Commissioners meeting on January 14, I was met with a group of individuals whose goal was to disrupt normal business proceedings.
They removed masks, called names, and wielded accusations at me and my fellow commissioners……
While I disagree with Governor Brown’s management of the pandemic and I have told her so, I am not willing to jeopardize my county’s budget to fulfill the desires of disrupters who yelled,screamed and threatened violence upon your local governing body and staff.”
We the People reject all of these statements as outright lies. NO ONE screamed or threatened violence towards Ms. Smith,or her fellow commissioners.It’s all on record and available to anyone who wishes to view the events of the evening. NONE OF THIS EVER HAPPENED!
On January 18th the accusations grew with more lies in an article from Pamplin Media Group with the headline…
‘TAKE THE DAIS’ THREAT REPORTED DURING TENSE CLACKAMAS MEETING
“Clackamas County Chair Tootie Smith on Tuesday addressed her decision to halt a Jan. 13 in-person meeting after the “boisterous” crowd’s refusal to follow county and state requirements, claiming to have later received a security report of crowd members’ intentions to “take the dais and oust the sitting commissioners.
“We the People not only reject this as an outright lie, but a complete fabrication as Ms. Smith moved further in developing a narrative that did not exist in order to justify her actions.
And then on Friday, January 21st, the pièce de resistance in multiple publications, this from KOIN 6…
CLACKAMAS COUNTY COMMISSION GOES ONLINE AFTER UNMASKED ‘INSURRECTION’
And this from all the way up in Spokane, the “Spokesman-Review” …
‘ATTEMPTED INSURRECTION’ CAUSES CLACKAMAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO MOVE TO VIRTUAL MEETINGS
WE THE PEOPLE REJECT ALL OF THESE STORIES AS FABRICATED ASSESSMENTS OF THE JANUARY 13TH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING IN ITS ENTIRETY!
WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND THE COUNTY COMMISSION REOPEN THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS AS A PUBLIC FORUM FOR WHICH IT WAS DESIGNED.
WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND THE COMMISSIONERS RECOGNIZE THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS BELONG TO US, THE CITIZENS OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY, WHO HAVE WORKED TO PAY FOR THE BUILDING AND ALL THAT’S WITHIN, IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE AFFECTS OF WE THE PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT.
WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER RECOGNIZE THAT THEY REPRESENT US, THAT OUR VOICES BE HEARD IN THE LIGHT OF A PUBLIC FORUM AND NOT BE SHUT OUT BECAUSE OF ONE OR ALL OF THE COMMISSIONER’S CONTRARY OPINION OR AGENDA.
WE THE PEOPLE UNEQUIVOCALLY STATE THESE DEMANDS WILL BE MET IMMEDIATELY OR WE THE PEOPLE WILL INITIATE RECALL EFFORTS AGAINST CHAIRPERSON SMITH AND EXPLORE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF MS. SMITH FALSELY AND PUBLICLY DECLARING THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING AS ‘INSURRECTIONISTS’. YOU HAVE OUR NAMES BECAUSE WE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE HAVE A PROFOUND INTEREST IN REMOVING THIS PERSONAL DEFAMATION.
WE THE PEOPLE MAKE THIS PERFECTLY CLEAR;WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS BEHAVIOR FROM OUR REPRESENTATIVES, WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS TYRANNICAL, INACCESSIBLE, CLANDESTINE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO CHOOSE TO IGNORE THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS IN THE DARK OF SEQUESTRATION.
WE THE PEOPLE ARE PUTTING YOU THE COMMISSIONERS, MOST NOTABLY COMMISSIONER TOOTIE SMITH, ON NOTICE. YOU WILL DO THE JOB THE HIERARCHY OF WE THE PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT DICTATES YOU DO BY CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,OR SUFFER THE REPERCUSSIONS. TRUST US, WE WILL BE SILENT NO MORE. WE WILL FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE ACTIONS DESCRIBED.
“WHEN GOVERNMENT FEARS THE PEOPLE, THERE IS LIBERTY. WHEN THE PEOPLE FEAR THE GOVERNMENT, THERE IS TYRANNY.” WE WILL NOT FEAR OUR GOVERNMENT!
Signed,
WE THE PEOPLE OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY
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