July 26 Letter To George Farenthold

July 26, 2009 George: The minutes for the June 17, 2009 Village Board of Trustees meeting state that you prevented Trustee Chase from reading my June 7, 2009 letter and that: … Trustee Farenthold who felt to read this letter now would be inflammatory, as the issue had already been addressed by the Holland letter of 6/15/09. As you are a member of our village board, I request that you provide answers to me to the following questions:

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On what authority did you arbitrarily decide and declare that my letter would not be read?

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On what authority do you decide which letters will be read and which letters will be rejected?

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Why was my second letter, dated June 15, 2009, read first when it is an obvious follow-up to my June 7, 2009 letter? Was that your decision, too?

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How is it that the Village Board allowed John Place to unleash a 45 minute diatribe, which included lies about me and my family, and yet my brief letter in response – which would take less than one minute to read - is declared “inflammatory” and rejected by you?

According to the minutes, my letter of June 15, 2009 was inaccurately reduced to: … apologizing for her assumptions and misunderstandings regarding public speaking at village board meetings. That description does not accurately reflect the intent and content of my June 15, 2009 letter. How did you determine that the second letter was addressing the same issues as the first? George, “inflammatory” was your friend John Place’s diatribe about us. “Inflammatory” is you prohibiting me my right to respond. I should have the same open forum that you and the Village Board afforded to John Place. This campaign against me, my family, and our home must end. My letter of June 7, 2009, will be read at the August Village Board meeting, one way or the other. If you again attempt to deny me my right to respond, you haven’t begun to see inflammatory yet.

Laura Holland Aurora, New York