TOWN HALL: Lawsuit is frivolous

I read the ridiculous Press article today about the Post Falls Democrat agitator who filed a tort claim in Kootenai County for being removed from a “Town Hall” meeting in February. Reportedly removed after repeatedly disrupting the meeting by shouting and speaking out of turn, she trampled upon the freedom of speech rights of others whom she interrupted. Warned multiple times before Sheriff Norris informed her she had to leave, she refused, and the sheriff attempted unsuccessfully to physically remove her, prompting him to direct security personnel to act.

I saw and listened to the video in which one security person identified himself, although the audio was somewhat difficult to understand, with her ranting and liberal shouting of “F-bombs.” And the sheriff’s title was broadly displayed on the front of his ball cap. Had this woman observed simple rules of decorum and common decency, she wouldn’t have been asked to leave. Furthermore, once lawfully instructed to leave the meeting, absolutely NO PHYSICAL CONTACT would have been initiated by security personnel, had she obeyed the lawful command and departed. It appears she was there to “disrupt and resist,” the Democrats’ current mantra.

If you don’t support a position, reasonably state your opposition along with your own position on the subject, WHEN IT’S YOUR TURN! This woman had her turn, then took away the turns of others. Everyone knows the commonsense rules of town hall, city council, county administrator meetings; hecklers and agitators provide absolutely nothing of value and cannot be tolerated. This woman deserves NOTHING, and shame on the CDAPD and prosecutors for wasting precious taxpayer time and money on such a frivolous lawsuit and charges.

DAVE SHELDON

Hayden