Letter to ABATE of Florida Board of Directors

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date Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:52 AM
subject Refused admittance to public meeting
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May 5, 2008

To: ABATE of Florida Board of Directors,

I wanted to wait until the legislative session was over before addressing the situation that occurred at your State meeting held in Montecello, Florida on April 13, 2008.

The situation referred to is my being refused entrance to your April state meeting which on your website and in your "flyers" advertised, "all" and "everyone" were welcome to attend. Apparently this wasn't true.

When I arrived at your meeting place, before I could get off my motorcycle I was flanked on on my left by your Sgt. of Arms, "Frenchie" and on my right by his assistant "mudder". I was told by "Frenchie" that their was no need to get off my "bike" as I would not be admitted to the meeting. When I asked why I was given no reason. When I reminded him that I was not refused entrance to the Pensacola State meeting and where you had Representative Evers present and caused no commotion, I was told none the less I would not be admitted to this one. Was the reason I was allowed into the Pensacola meeting because you were afraid of how it might look legislators with whom you wished to curry favor to ban taxpayers from the meeting of an organization that receives taxpayer dollars.

As the publisher of the most widely distributed motorcycle rights newsletter in the area ("Let Freedom Reign") which I began publishing at my own expense when the local ABATE chapter failed to publish as per your by-laws and an area "bikers rights" internet site I felt it important to cover the meeting prior to your annual Freedom Rights run. And as other non-members were allowed to attend the meeting and no others that I am aware of were denied entrance I feel an explanation is called for.

I will fully admit, as it is known, that I do not always agree with certain policies of the Board of Directors of ABATE of Florida. However I have not seen any policies or procedures that state that a person must be in total agreement with ABATE of Florida in order to gain entrance to was is advertised as a meeting open to the public.

One can only wonder if it is that ABATE of Florida wears one face when the politicians a looking and another when they are not.

I await your response.
rc

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