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continued from page A-1 tive measure we can do," he said. taining items which are of real of a "free store," such as the night would be "an undue bur-
But Toby Kevin of the city's use to them, and which theyone operated in Olympia. den for them," McCutcheon said.
Shelton's new police chief,Human Services Committee could nototherwiseafford." But Mayor Gary Cronce Downtown business owners are
Darrin Moody, told the cam-presented a letter to the cam- Kevin asked the city to de-pointed out that everyone at very generous in their giving
missioners the proposed newmission urging the city to wait lay action on the amendmentMonday's meeting was speak-and would donate items to a free
law is "just a tool. The reality on its decision. The committee for 90 days while it discourag- ing in favor of the code amend- store, she said.
is we're not going to stop this." agrees that the code changees business owners and other ment. The code amendment would
But the new law would give "would provide an effectivelegitimate users from deposit- "Why wait 90 days to pass come in the city's health sani-
Shelton police officers proba- tool for the Shelton Police to ing "items of value" in dump- an ordinance we all agree tation ordinances. The solid-
ble cause to question dumpster assist in curbing this unsani- sters; urges business owners to with?" Cronce asked, waste collection code already
divers and perhaps find out if tary and litter prone practice." chain and lock dumpsters; pro- Cronce added, "The free prohibits people from placing
they have a warrant for their The letter continued, "How-motes gleaning items of value store is like a free market"garbage, rubbish, refuse or re-
arrest or if they are involved in ever, the Committee also be- and making them available to thing. Anyone can do it." cycling materials" in any city-
burglaries, Moody said. lieves that people in need are people in need at a sanitary Requiring business owners owned container other than
"It's an educational, preventa- accessing dumpsters and ob-site; and considers the creation to lock up their dumpsters each the one assigned to them.
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continued from page A- 1 really frustrated because
I wanted to hear (the pre-
School Board member sentation)," she said. =It
Dinah Griffey also said she wasn't coming from the
found the situation dis- camera; it was all around
tracting, but said it wasn't the camera."
because of the recording. Video and audio record-
"There was some loud ing of public meetings is
whispering. I was getting allowed under state law.
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"We are required to al-
low taping, but not when
it's disruptive," Rosen-
bach said. "Coming in af-
ter the meeting has start-
ed... is disruptive."
Carey, who filed nine
public records requests
earlier that day and sued
the district over public re-
cords earlier this year, said
in a phone interview that
Rosenbach asked him to
step out into the hall as he
set up his camera and said
he was a few minutes late
to the meeting. He said he
entered the room through
the back door to avoid
making a disturbance.
"She was ... kind of
confrontational and com-
bative," Carey said. "They
sought me out; they called
me out. They were trying
to intimidate me."
According to the state
Attorney General's Office,
people have a right to re-
cord public meetings of
governmental bodies pro-
vided they do not disrupt
the meeting.
An emergency medical
crew from Central Mason
Fire & EMS also responded
to the meeting. Griffey said
she had difficulty breath-
ing not long after the
sheriffs deputies arrived.
EMTs later treated her.
In a phone interview
with the Journal, Griffey
said she did not know
whether the disturbance
contributed to her diffi-
culty breathing but said
she was "appalled" by the
events of the meeting.
"My personal opinion
is I have absolutely zero
problem with there being
a camera there," she said.
Photo courtesy of
Mary Swoboda
Joel Emery, director of
operations and finance
at North Mason School
District, stands in front
of a camera at a Nov. 18
School Board meeting
after administrators
asked its owner to turn
it off.
Griffey said it might
have been helpful if the
district knew in advance
that Carey was planning
to record the meeting.
Members of the pub-
lic are not required to
request permission to re-
cord meetings, according
to state law.
"I think we could have
handled it better," Griffey
said.
Carey said the district
should apologize.
"My goal is to con-
vince the District to issue
a formal public apology
for their conduct and to
remove Joel (Emery) for
his antagonistic conduct
and a possible false police
report," Carey said in an firs Office. The deputies re-
email to the Journal. ported that they left when
• • • the incident was resolved
Carey's video of the and did not file a report.
meeting, also obtained by "So there was even
the Journal, caught some more of a distraction at
audio recording of the in- that point," Boad said.
teraction between Carey Fourteen minutes into
and Rosenbach in the hall- Carey's recording, moments
way, including a moment after the deputies arrived,
when Carey insisted the Griffey said her heart was
recording was legal, racing and she started hav-
The interaction did not ing difficulty breathing.
seem to involve raisedBoth deputies entered
voices and was only occa- the meeting and called
sionally audible. EMTs.
Carey said in an inter- Boad recessed the
view that administrators meeting until al r EMTs
threatened to call 911. arrived.
His response appears on • • •
his camera's recording. Carey filed nine public
"You can call the sher- records requests with the
iff if you want," Carey School District earlier in
said as he came back in the day Nov. 18, primarily
the room, returning to his involving the district's rela-
seat. "Ill call the sheriff tionship with the Mary E.
for you if you want." Theler Community Center.
Carey set up his cam- "He's busy trying to
era on a tripod against the find us doing something
wall closest to the hallway wrong," said Boad. "Hell
in the boardroom, nearprobably not find any-
the back entrance to the thing, which will be disap-
room. Rosenbach said the pointing for him."
camera's placement was a Carey sued the district
distraction, over public records earlier
School Board Presidentthis year.
Laura Boad also said she The School District
found Carey setting up the settled the lawsuit, and
camera distracting, another from Belfair resi-
Ai r Carey set the dent Ken VanBuskirk, in
camera up, Emery got up October. The settlement
and stood in front of Car- agreements required the
ey's camera. School Board to rescind
"In the future, there a June vote to place the
will be no staff standing in Theler Center on the dis-
front of people's cameras," trict's surplus list. The
Rosenbach said, although board voted unanimously
she declined to comment to do so Oct. 16.
further on Emery's actions. In an email sent to
Two sheriffs deputies Carey, Rosenbach asked
responded after Emery's him to show up early if
911 call, said Detective he wanted to record meet-
William Adam of the Sher- ings in the future.
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