Good Morning, Everybody!

Let's start with stating that it's so much fun defending myself against a whole County. But, you know me: BRING IT!

Next let me say that I find it interesting that:

1) The D1 Commissioner's office takes it upon itself to provide a free service to the rupester that is not available to everyone else in the District: forwarding e-mails that mention her by name.

2) The mid-level IT employee calls me a liar and is joined in the effort by his supervisor. Sweet! All's fair in County business.

3) That it is one thing to conduct an investigation from outside of a department, but the fox asking the hens questions inside the hen house is just as fun. What kind of response was to be expected except that the immediate supervisor was right? He did nothing wrong! Their jobs depend upon it. Get real.

4) Considering the fact that I have lived in Brevard County for thirty-one years and have yet to see ANY wrongdoing from a County employee be punished why in the world would I have to lie about something that I assumed nothing would come of, anyways? Putting in a drop of bleach is not going to purify the whole sewer. I'm not deaf, dumb and blind: I know what we've been living with as far as the County employees are concerned. I've been active in the political arena for the last ten years and have myself dealt with:

a) The PSJ Advisory Board of 2001 conducting business in support of PSJ4T's incorporation push, meeting without cause, failure to keep Sunshine Laws, etc. They faced potential criminal prosecution http://www.spacecoastconservative.com/images/cfemai1.jpg and I exposed that. The Board should have been disbanded, but they were allowed to stand. No surprise.

b) D1's office refusing to obey the Sunshine Law previously regarding a rupester list that she hand delivered twenty-one hours prior to my FL SS 119 request for any lists or names of people who had expressed an interest in being considered for appointment to the PSJ Advisory Board received in the D1 office on Feb. 24, 2005 and I asked for a copy of that list Feb. 25, 2005 but did not receive it until after informing the Brechner Institute and then-State Attorney General, Charlie Crist, of the breach. I was still doing e-mail battle with Scott Knox on March 10, 2005. Even a member of that Board at that time, Martin McClellan, was having difficulties getting the same list of names -- even after a FL SS 119 request to D1 -- as of March 11, 2005. The employees of D1 were never punished for such blatant disregard for Citizen Requests and the Sunshine Law and apparently the same atittude is currently being fostered and approved. No surprise. It's Brevard County.

c) I have dealt with other things going on within the County in the last ten years, and even more in the sporadic activities of the past thirty-one years (homeschooling will make political activity sporadic). I have been active in fighting the one cent sales tax, the PSJ incorporation effort, the Mims incorporation effort (on invitation of some Mims residents) and against a few local candidates. I have yet to be proven a liar in any of the battles I have fought and most of my efforts are still available on my website. Check it out and see if you can find a lie on my website. Look for one.

d) I do not -- now or ever -- have to lie to win the battle. If I lie I lose credibility, I lose support, I lose readers, I lose friends and website followers and I lose my self-respect. I do not lie because it is a sin and it is a black hole on my soul.

Now, if you'll do me the kindness of looking at Mr. Sellers' e-mail and finding my response (in red) to each of his points (I'll call them points), I will proceed to respond to the specifics.

Linda McKinney

_____________________________________

www.spacecoastconservative.com
www.flickr.com/photos/lindymck
http://spacecoastconservative.blogspot.com

Remember: If the City/County/State/Nation can do it to your fellow citizen, they can do it to you, too. Stand up for your neighbor, because if you don't, the City/County/State/Nation will come for you next.

Remember: Anyone who does not give you a wake-up call when they see you being stupid, self-destructive, or both, just plain doesn't care about you. It's those of us who do wake you up who care.

----- Original Message -----

From: Sellers, Jon

To: Tipton, Howard ; Commissioner, D1 ; Commissioner, D2 ; Commissioner, D3 ; Commissioner, D4 ; Commissioner, D5

Cc: Meshberger, Rick L ; mckinney6025@bellsouth.net ; Whitten, Stockton E

Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 6:59 PM

Subject: Mr. Rick Meshberger - Response

Mr. Tipton, Commissioners,

This morning, you should have received an email from Ms. Linda McKinney stating (quoting from her email):

“Please note that an employee of yours -- who is actually an employee of mine since my taxes pay him -- called me a liar today in front of at least three of his coworkers. This is truly not appreciated. You may read all about it here: http://www.spacecoastconservative.com/meshberger1.html . I ask that you take immediate disciplinary action against Mr. Rick Meshberger.”

Because we always take any disrespect shown to citizens of Brevard County very seriously, Rick asked me to launch an investigation of the incident since I am his immediate supervisor. Fox / hen house. For the investigation, I read the initial email exchange between Mr. Meshberger and Ms. McKinney, I read the web page Ms. McKinney noted above, and I interviewed Rick and the three co-workers Ms. McKinney mentions. I did not attempt to contact Ms. McKinney as she has documented the discussion as she recalls it at the website in her email above. Convenient. Do not ask the only dissenting voice, the only prosecution witness. The only one who has no reason to lie. How else can the deck be stacked?

Briefly, for background, Ms. McKinney made a public records request of the County for emails from the Commissioner’s Offices to Maureen Rupe. Mr. Sellers is INCORRECT. I made a request for ONE e-mail from the Commissioners' offices to rupester because I knew that one of them forwarded it to her and suspected D1's England or Lackovitch but had no proof without the e-mail. Read the e-mails and you will see that I directed Meshberger to D1's office e-mails from my second e-mail on. Rick supervises the group that performs the email system searches, so he received the public records request. In responding to public records requests, Rick is responsible for following Administrative Order 47 “Public Records Management” which states in section IV.B.4:

In attempting to meet this requirement, Rick initially estimated the effort would take up to 3 hours and informed Ms. McKinney, via email, of the projected amount. Ms. McKinney strongly objected to the estimate. The entire email exchange is attached below my signature line. Rick told me that Ms. McKinney had initially documented this exchange on her website, but left out some of his responses to her As I said, I have no reason to lie. I face no disciplinary action. I have no job to guard. I have no paycheck to keep. In fact, if I lie I have much more to lose than to gain. I understand that lying to effect someone's job is considered libel/slander. I do not wish to have that on my head, nor do I wish to open myself up to a court battle. Why would I lie considering all of that? Get a grip. , which he felt portrayed him poorly. He needed no assistance in that. I cannot find that particular exchange on Ms. McKinney’s website. You cannot find what did not happen. Search my site. I have removed nothing since this whole thing began. The ONLY place Mr. Rick Meshberger was mentioned on my website PRIOR to his requestiing it was in a blurb dated September 16, 2011:

QUOTE:

"September 16, 2011 I had to do it. The County is giving me the run around and trying to NOT give me a public records request and it's gotten so bad that I did something that I thought was pretty funny:

"Mr. Meshberger,

"I do not ask that you search ALL mailboxes. I ask that you search three: FISHER first. This way if you find it in the first search, you don't have to do the other two. Then I ask that you search BOLIN and NELSON in that order. I have reduced the request to the hours between 7 PM Sep. 7th and NOON Sep. 8th. I ask that you first search the hours between 8 AM and NOON Sep. 8th because that's when I suspect FISHER sent my e-mail to Rupe. Given these parameters, I see no way for you to estimate a "time certain" as to how long it will take to do a search for my GUARANTEED UNDER FL SS 119 information. IF after the search done under my direction you can prove that an employee actually took even half an hour to complete the task -- actually working on it, and not just having it run in the background while they are doing something else -- then you may figure a bill for me at that time. Please send the bill to Maureen Rupe at 7185 Bright Ave. Port St. John, FL 32927. She received $595.50 worth of PRINTED RECORDS FREE OF CHARGE Sep. 29, 2009 and I'm sure she'd be happy to pay her fair share for someone who wants one little bitty e-mail forwarded. If she is unwilling to pay, then I am sure that the County would like to treat us all fairly and I request that this bill be applied to the same $595.50 worth of FREE RECORDS I should receive that Rupe received in 2009. Just to be clear, I do NOT request a PRINTED version, I can print it myself. Just FORWARD THE E-MAIL sent from the Commissioner TO Rupe during that time frame. I'm sure that would be a cheap thing for her to pay."

Agree?" --- END QUOTE

With the above in mind, Ms. McKinney chose to come to the I.T. Department It wasn't my choice: D1 forced the issue by not responding to numerous requests. Blame England and Lackovitch and Fisher. and present her request, yesterday on October 4. Rick met Ms. McKinney in the hall and escorted her to the work area where she could be helped. From Ms. McKinney’s website, the following exchange happened:

We went into the IT department and into an area with three people -- two men and a woman (Glenda; very nice) -- working on computers. Rick told Glenda that I wanted to look at some e-mails. She started bringing the e-mail program up and asked which ones I wanted. I said I'd start with D1 and wanted September 7th and 8th, between 7 p.m. on the 7th, and noon on the 8th. I said to the man who brought me in, "You must be Rick Meshberger." He said that he was and asked, "And you are...?" I said, "Me." He said, "Me? Just me? You're not going to tell me who you are?" I said, "No." You could see the wheels turning and he said, "Oh, I know who you are." I said, "You're a smart man, I knew you'd figure it out."

Imagine my surprise when his next words were, "You're a liar." Yes, Mr. Rick Meshberger called me a liar after my telling him he was a smart man. Not the best timing in the world, agree?

I said, "I'm a liar?"

He said, "Yes. You are."

I said, "Nice. You call me a liar in front of your employees. About what did I lie?"

Mr. Rick Meshberger then said, "Because you didn't put my e-mails on your website." Not posting something is lying, in Mr. Rick Meshberger's book? Hmmm... Okay.

Rick Meshberger stated the exchange went as follows:

Rick: “You only spoke a half-truth on your web site.” Meshberger never spoke these words.

Ms. McKinney: “Are you calling me a liar?”

Rick: “No, I’m saying you spoke a half truth on your website. Nor these. You didn’t include my responses to your email.” Nor these.

Ms. McKinney: “Well, look at the website tonight and they will be there.”

I interviewed the three co-workers in the room at the time. All three stated that they were busy and weren’t paying close attention to the exchange. As is common in these situations, each had a slightly different remembrance of the exchange. If they're not paying attention, they're not very accurate witnesses and those who were paying attention's record should be held as higher authority and with greater accuracy than those who admit they were not paying attention. Though none of the three remember the conversation going exactly as described by Mr. Meshberger or Ms. McKinney, they all said that Ms. McKinney is the only one who used the word “liar”, Can you imagine working in the IT Dept. and NOT agreeing with your immediate supervisor in this situation? and all three remember the exchange being closer to Mr. Meshberger’s version than Ms. McKinney’s. Again, they were not paying attention at their own admission. In a court of law they would not stand up under cross examination and I have not been given that privilege.

Ms. McKinney is asking for the County Manager to take disciplinary action against Mr. Meshberger. Disciplinary action falls under the Board’s Merit System Policy. Showing disrespect to a citizen is considered a major offense in the policy and, for a first offense, requires a written reprimand up to three (3) days suspension. I had no idea that it would consist of these actions, nor that it would even be considered, after the past I have had with the County and their inaction toward punishing any of their employees. This isn't my first time at the dance but it IS the first time I've even seen it talked about/e-mailed about. But if you wish to talk disciplinary action, consider also Kathie England for NOT affording me the same equal rights under the Florida State Constitution Preamble and Section 1:

"PREAMBLE
"We, the people of the State of Florida, being grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, in order to secure its benefits, perfect our government, insure domestic tranquility, maintain public order, and guarantee equal civil and political rights to all, do ordain and establish this constitution.

"SECTION 1. -- Political power.- All political power is inherent in the people. The enunciation herein of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or impair others retained by the people.

"SECTION 2. -- Basic rights.- All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right because of race, religion, national origin, or physical disability.

The three witnesses to the incident corroborate Rick Meshberger’s version of the events. Hardly. They admit to being inattentive during the proceedings and they have a biased tendency to protect their working environment making them all hostile witnesses against myself and unbelievable at the very least. I believe that if Rick told Ms. McKinney that she was putting “half truths” about their earlier email exchange on her website, she could regard that as having been called a liar. There is a big difference between the words, "half-truths" and "liar"; not just in letter count, but also in phonetics, lip movement during the forming of those words and in connotation. He said "liar". He spoke plainly and clearly. He spoke unmistakably and distinctly. I did not mis-hear, mistake, misunderstand, misconstrue, nor misquote him. I also believe that Rick felt that Ms. McKinney was telling half truths in her blog post by leaving out his responses. Read my homepage regarding the e-mail that I did post. The blurb is:

Agree?" ------ END BLURB

Where does it say anything in there that could be considered a LIE? Where is a lie TO, ABOUT, AGAINST, FOR, PRAISING, CONDEMNING, OR ANYTHING OR OTHERWISE AFFECTING MR. RICK MESHBERGER? Why would he consider that a "half-truth" (in his alleged words)? Where is a lie? What made him take offense at that? Where is it that I did ANYTHING AGAINST THE MAN? Yet, he chose to take offense at the fact that he was mentioned as in he just happened to be the person I was dealing with at the IT Dept. If it had been Pinocchio, his name would have been at the top of the e-mail. As you can see, the reason I posted the e-mail is because I thought it was funny. It was NOT to be an afront against Mr. Rick Meshberger. HE CHOSE TO TAKE OFFENSE. He CHOSE to take offense to such an extent that he called me a liar in front of three of his employees. READ the rest of the blurbs of September. Is he mentioned anywhere? Why -- if he was oh, so innocent -- would Mr. Rick Meshberger choose to mention my website at all if he had not CHOSEN to be offended by it? Why would he even mention that I did not put his e-mails on there and that makes the Sep. 16 blurb a lie? WHERE IS THE LIE? The fact that I had to go to the IT Dept. to receive the e-mail nineteen days AFTER my initial request proves that I was having difficulties getting the e-mail. No one was willing to forward ONE STINKING LITTLE E-MAIL THAT -- IF THE INITIAL REQUEST HAD BEEN HONORED AS LEGALLY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN -- WOULD HAVE NEGATED ALL THIS FUSS IN THE FIRST PLACE. D1 screwed up on this one. They screwed up badly trying to protect themselves. All I did was mention the fact that I had not received the e-mail yet.

Based on the evidence "Evidence"? He uses the term loosely, I'm sure. gathered during the investigation He uses that term loosely, also, I'm sure., there is no corroboration that Rick Meshberger directly called Ms. McKinney a liar. Yes there is. There is my word. I am willing to take a polygraph test. Is Mr. Rick Meshberger. Are the other employees? I WILL. The use of that specific word would be inflammatory and could be considered disrespectful. It was and he was. Stating that Ms. McKinney put “half truths” on her website was Rick’s honest opinion So he's allowed an "opinion" and I'm not? I am the employer/customer here. Why is my employee's word given more credence than mine?, and avoided using overly inflammatory language. He called me a liar. I expected nothing to be done about it, but I had to tell the truth and report it anyways to prevent others from being abused by one of their employees. I am strong and I can take it, but others may not be so strong and blessed with the knowledge that Brevard County allows this kind of thing on a regular basis, as proven by (a) through (c), above. I also believe that it was inappropriate for Rick to bring up the subject of Ms. McKinney’s web site postings in front of his co-workers. I don't mind him bringing up the website postings, but he didn't have to say I lied about him when the evidence proves THERE WAS NO LIE. He CHOSE to take offense at my Conservatism and my ideals. That's what he attacked. He attacked the fact that his name was even associated with such a site.

Given the above, I do not believe the major offense of disrespecting a citizen was committed in this situation How convenient and of course you don't., and would strongly recommend against disciplinary action. Shock. Suprise. I'm fainting in astonishment. I will personally review the appropriateness of each of Rick’s actions in this situation with him and anticipate better outcomes in the future. Don't hold your breath. When it's condoned like this, it procreates and multiplies like rabbits. Brevard County has a horrible reputation and it brought the reputation upon itself via actions such as this.

NOTE: I notice that neither Mr. Rick Meshberger nor Mr. Sellers denied the fact that a search engine was used and made the effort to find my e-mail a five minute effort on Glenda's part. Now, why was the first estimate so much larger than five minutes and why was the second estimate -- after I had narrowed the search parameters -- so much larger than five minutes and why was the third estimate still an additional twenty-five minutes? Are we being milked for money via "extensive use" of personnel and equipment laws? That search engine Glenda used made finding my request very fast. Why was my e-mail not delivered sooner considering the availability of that search engine? If I'm lying about how things happened at the department, I suppose I'm lying about the search engine and how quickly it found the requested e-mail as well?

BY THE WAY, This e-mail will be posted in its entirety on my website. All correspondence becomes the legal possession of the receiver. That's the law. Thanks for the proof, Mr. Sellers.

Jon Sellers Linda McKinney

Information Technology Director Not surprised.

Brevard County Board of County Commissioners Taxpayer and abused employer.

Telephone: (321) 617-7395

Fax: (321) 617-7396

From: Lindy [mailto:mckinney6025@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 4:41 PM
To: Meshberger, Rick L
Subject: Re: Brevard County Public records request

Mr. Meshberger,

Since you work for me and I pay your wages (the same for those under you), I see no need to pay extra for work that I am asking you to do for the fist time in months. As to forwarding my e-mail to the USELESS County Attorney's office, Hoorah for you! Feel better?

Now, at my direction, do NOT do the search. I shall find another way to get the information and I shall get it without your idiocy and assistance. Grow up.

Linda McKinney

_____________________________________

www.spacecoastconservative.com
www.flickr.com/photos/lindymck
http://spacecoastconservative.blogspot.com

Remember: Anyone who does not give you a wake-up call when they see you being stupid, self-destructive, or both, just plain doesn't care about you. It's those of us who do wake you up who care.

----- Original Message -----

From: Meshberger, Rick L

To: Lindy

Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 2:22 PM

Subject: RE: Brevard County Public records request

Ms. McKinney,

As I have stated the amount of time necessary to compile with your request could take as much as 1 hour to complete. Obviously if we do the search and find the email you’re looking for right away as you suggested then you will not be charged if the amount of work takes less than 30 minutes. But since you have not giving me authorization to proceed then I am forward your email below to the County Attorney’s office for their direction.

Rick Meshberger

Support Services Manager

Information Technology Dept

Brevard County BOCC

PH: 321-617-7395

From: Lindy [mailto:mckinney6025@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 1:58 PM
To: Meshberger, Rick L
Cc: Commissioner, D1; Commissioner, D2; Commissioner, D3; Commissioner, D4; Commissioner, D5
Subject: Re: Brevard County Public records request

Mr. Meshberger,

I do not ask that you search ALL mailboxes. I ask that you search three: FISHER first. This way if you find it in the first search, you don't have to do the other two. Then I ask that you search BOLIN and NELSON in that order. I have reduced the request to the hours between 7 PM Sep. 7th and NOON Sep. 8th. I ask that you first search the hours between 8 AM and NOON Sep. 8th because that's when I suspect FISHER sent my e-mail to Rupe. Given these parameters, I see no way for you to estimate a "time certain" as to how long it will take to do a search for my GUARANTEED UNDER FL SS 119 information. IF after the search done under my direction you can prove that an employee actually took even half an hour to complete the task -- actually working on it, and not just having it run in the background while they are doing something else -- then you may figure a bill for me at that time. Please send the bill to Maureen Rupe at 7185 Bright Ave. Port St. John, FL 32927. She received $595.50 worth of PRINTED RECORDS FREE OF CHARGE Sep. 29, 2009 and I'm sure she'd be happy to pay her fair share for someone who wants one little bitty e-mail forwarded. If she is unwilling to pay, then I am sure that the County would like to treat us all fairly and I request that this bill be applied to the same $595.50 worth of FREE RECORDS I should receive that Rupe received in 2009. Just to be clear, I do NOT request a PRINTED version, I can print it myself. Just FORWARD THE E-MAIL sent from the Commissioner TO Rupe during that time frame. I'm sure that would be a cheap thing for her to pay.

Linda McKinney

_____________________________________

www.spacecoastconservative.com
www.flickr.com/photos/lindymck
http://spacecoastconservative.blogspot.com

Remember: Anyone who does not give you a wake-up call when they see you being stupid, self-destructive, or both, just plain doesn't care about you. It's those of us who do wake you up who care.

----- Original Message -----

From: Meshberger, Rick L

To: Lindy

Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 9:56 AM

Subject: RE: Brevard County Public records request

Ms. McKinney,

Thank you for response. By narrowing down the time like you did should reduce our search down to approximately 1 hour. Doing a search of all mailboxes is not as simple as you described. My employee has to search each mailbox separately, compile any results, go on to the next until all mailboxes have been searched. He/she must then go through each and every email to make sure it is deemed public record and to redact any private information such as SSN and so on. I am just trying to do my job and do not have any motive whether you get this information or not. It does not matter to me. But according to the County’s Administrative Order (AO-47) any request requiring more than 30 minutes is chargeable.

Based on the 1 hour of estimated time that it will take to process this request I need your authorization to proceed. If so, what format of output is desired. We can print the results, create a PST (Outlook file) and write it to a CD or create an image of the email and write that to CD.

Rick Meshberger

Support Services Manager

Information Technology Dept

Brevard County BOCC

PH: 321-617-7395

From: Lindy [mailto:mckinney6025@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 12:36 AM
To: Meshberger, Rick L
Subject: Re: Brevard County Public records request

Mr. Meshbrger,

I'll further specify my time frame: BETWEEN Sept. 7th at 7:00 P.M. and Sept. 8th at 12:00 NOON, FROM FISHER, Bolin, Nelson, Anderson TO MAUREEN RUPE. That should really narrow it down for you.

I remind you that FL SS 119 states: "If the nature or volume of public records requested to be inspected or copied pursuant to this subsection is such as to require extensive use of information technology resources or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by personnel of the agency involved, or both, the agency may charge, in addition to the actual cost of duplication, a special service charge..." I doubt that this request is now considered "extensive" since I narrowed the search to four people and seventeen hours.Since Fisher's office was closed Wednesday (Sept. 7th) after 5:00 p.m. and unless he sent the e-mail to Rupe via his cell phone or other portable electronic device, I suggest you focus your search on Sept. 8th in the hours between open of business (about 8:00 a.m.?) to the time of her reply received by all five of the Commissioners at 11:52 a.m. Setting these search parameters on a computer and leaving for coffee is neither extensive use of IT, nor is it extensive clerical or supervisory assistance. I have been a fluent computer user since before Windows 3.1 -- DOS is my first language -- so I know what I am talking about. I know my rights, Sir. I shall not be bamboozled.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0100-0199/0119/0119.html

119.07 3.(d) If the nature or volume of public records requested to be inspected or copied pursuant to this subsection is such as to require extensive use of information technology resources or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by personnel of the agency involved, or both, the agency may charge, in addition to the actual cost of duplication, a special service charge, which shall be reasonable and shall be based on the cost incurred for such extensive use of information technology resources or the labor cost of the personnel providing the service that is actually incurred by the agency or attributable to the agency for the clerical and supervisory assistance required, or both.

Linda McKinney

_____________________________________

www.spacecoastconservative.com
www.flickr.com/photos/lindymck
http://spacecoastconservative.blogspot.com

Remember: Anyone who does not give you a wake-up call when they see you being stupid, self-destructive, or both, just plain doesn't care about you. It's those of us who do wake you up who care.

----- Original Message -----

From: Meshberger, Rick L

To: mckinney6025@bellsouth.net

Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:16 PM

Subject: Brevard County Public records request

Ms. Mckinney,

I just wanted to let you know that your public records request is on hold until I get authorization to proceed. See my email below.

Thank you,

Rick Meshberger

Support Services Manager

Information Technology Dept

Brevard County BOCC

PH: 321-617-7395

Ms. McKinney,

You submitted a public records request on 9/12/2011 and was forwarded to the IT department to fulfill. It is estimated that this search and compilation will take approximately 3 hours to perform. The charges for this work will be based on the lowest paid employee capable of doing the work which is $21.75 per hour. Again, 3 hours is only an estimate but I need your authorization to proceed.

Rick Meshberger

Support Services Manager

Information Technology Dept

Brevard County BOCC

PH: 321-617-7395

Under Florida Law, email addresses are Public Records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to public record requests, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.