{"id":45641,"date":"2020-01-04T21:39:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T02:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=45641"},"modified":"2020-01-04T21:39:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T02:39:37","slug":"first-amendment-rights-lehigh-acres-fire-district-lawsuit-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/01\/first-amendment-rights-lehigh-acres-fire-district-lawsuit-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"First Amendment Rights \u2013 Lehigh Acres Fire District Lawsuit coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pending-lawsuit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pending-lawsuit.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pending-lawsuit-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Randy Scott a citizen and taxpayer in Lehigh Acres has been viciously\nharmed be the new Lehigh Acres Fire District PIO Katie Heck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott has emailed and put the Fire Chief Robert Dilallo, Lehigh\nAcres Fire Board of Commissioners on notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/united_states_consitution-738x443-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/united_states_consitution-738x443-1.jpg 738w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/united_states_consitution-738x443-1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott states in his email to the Lehigh Acres Fire Board Commissioners that on \u201cJanuary 4, 2020, Lehigh Acres Fire and Control District blocked and deleted all my posts to its public forum on Facebook.\u201d<br> <br> Scott went on to say, \u201cIf this is not immediately corrected and posts retrieved a lawsuit will be filed against the Public Information officer on Monday at 8 am.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It states in the lawsuit what, \u201cAlmost every elected public\nofficial in the United States now maintains social media accounts, which are an\nimportant source of news and information about the government and important\nspaces for speech by, to, and about public officials. These digital spaces are\nthe \u201cmodern public square.\u201d Packingham v. North Carolina, 137 S. Ct. 1730, 1732\n(2017). As our democracy increasingly moves online, it is crucial that our First\nAmendment principals are equally applied to digital forums so that the internet\ndoes not become a haven for public officials to avoid free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also states that \u201cState Agency Representative Public Information Officer to suppress dissenting speech.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Middle-District-of-Florida-LAFD.pdf\">Copy\nof lawsuit waiting to be filed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/freedomfighter1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45644\" width=\"203\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/freedomfighter1.jpg 299w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/freedomfighter1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Heck knows something about lawsuits. During the death of Mary Knowlton in Punta Gorda. Then Charlotte County Public Information Officer Katie Heck supplied Officer Coel with live flat tip ammunition that resembles blanks but contains lead bullets. Which were used in Knowlton&#8217;s death! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/2019\/10\/16\/knowltons-family-lee-coel-negotiates-plea-deal-to-avoid-jail-time-trial\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s time for Heck to go before this lawsuit could cost the district 100\u2019s of thousand dollars in legal fees &#8230;. that&#8217;s right REAL taxpayer money !!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randy Scott a citizen and taxpayer in Lehigh Acres has been viciously harmed be the new Lehigh Acres Fire District PIO Katie Heck. 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