First Amendment Rights – Lehigh Acres Fire District Lawsuit coming soon
“As it appears Mr. Scott intends to file a lawsuit, I am unable to provide you a comment at this time outside of directing you to our Standard Operating Guideline for our District Social Media Platforms. It is posted on our website as well as on our Facebook page,” from Public Relations Officer Katie Heck Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District.
From the Fire District website: https://www.lehighfd.com/community/page/community-outreach
We are always happy to attend community events or meetings to provide safety education for both adults and children. Please contact Public Relations Officer Katie Heck with your event details.
In addition to attending local events and providing safety education to community groups, the Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District maintains several social media platforms for the purpose of engaging and interacting with the residents and visitors of Lehigh Acres. These platforms are maintained for the purpose of providing relevant and timely community news, distributing fire prevention and public safety tips, and for the purpose of providing urgent notifications of critical incidents. Links to our social media accounts are in the column to the right of this text.
If an individual wishes to use a social media platform of the District’s, the individual, by using the District’s social media platform, is agreeing to abide by the District’s Social Media Guidelines and Terms/Rules of Use, as an initial and ongoing condition of the use of the District’s social media platform. These guidelines are posted below in the document labeled SOG 100.09.00.
SOG 100.09.00 District Social Media Platform
EDITORIAL: Does Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District own Facebook and other social media platforms??? https://thelehighacresgazette.com/news/2020/01/editorial-does-lehigh-acres-fire-control-and-rescue-district-own-facebook-and-other-social-media-platforms/
4:28 pm UPDATE Fire Boards Attorney’s statement
From: Richard Pringle <richard@strayhornandstrayhornlaw.com>
Sent: January 6, 2020 4:13:10 PM EST
To: Randy Scott <everything@randyscott.us>
Cc: “Robert Dilallo (robertd@lehighfd.com)” <robertd@lehighfd.com>
Subject: Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District- Social Media Guidelines
Dear Mr. Scott,
The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District (“District”) has a District social media platform policy which is designated as Standard Operating Guideline 100.09.00 (“Social Media Guidelines”). A copy of the Social Media Guidelines is located on the District’s website. The District’s Social Media Guidelines contains guidelines related to the use of the District’s social media platforms and includes guidelines related to the content that can be placed on the District’s social media platforms.
On multiple occasions in the past, you have placed content on the District’s social media platforms in violation of the District’s Social Media Guidelines. Initially, the District removed content you placed on the District’s social media platforms that was in violation of the District’s Social Media Guidelines. Recently, because of additional violations of the District’s Social Media Guidelines by you, the District progressed to taking the corrective action of blocking you from the placement of new content on the District’s social media platforms.
In the hope that you now understand that you must use the District’s social media platforms in compliance with the District’s Social Media Guidelines, the District is unblocking your use of the District’s social media platforms so that you can place content on the District’s social media platforms in a manner that complies with the District’s Social Media Guidelines.
It is necessary for you to use the District’s social media platforms in the future in compliance with the District’s Social Media Guidelines so that the District will not be placed by you in the position of taking additional corrective action.
Sincerely,
Richard W. Pringle
Richard W. Pringle, P.A.
2125 First Street, Suite 200
P.O. Box 1545
Fort Myers, FL 33902-1545
Telephone: 239.332.4717
Facsimile: 239.332.4718