{"id":59370,"date":"2025-11-23T19:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T00:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=59370"},"modified":"2025-11-23T20:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:17:25","slug":"letter-%f0%9d%97%99%f0%9d%97%9f-%f0%9d%97%a3%f0%9d%97%a2%f0%9d%97%9f%f0%9d%97%9e-%f0%9d%97%96%f0%9d%97%a2%f0%9d%97%a0%f0%9d%97%a0%f0%9d%97%9c%f0%9d%97%a6%f0%9d%97%a6%f0%9d%97%9c%f0%9d%97%a2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/11\/23\/letter-%f0%9d%97%99%f0%9d%97%9f-%f0%9d%97%a3%f0%9d%97%a2%f0%9d%97%9f%f0%9d%97%9e-%f0%9d%97%96%f0%9d%97%a2%f0%9d%97%a0%f0%9d%97%a0%f0%9d%97%9c%f0%9d%97%a6%f0%9d%97%a6%f0%9d%97%9c%f0%9d%97%a2\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter &#8211; \ud835\uddd9\ud835\udddf \ud835\udde3\ud835\udde2\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddde \ud835\uddd6\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde0\ud835\udde0\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde6\ud835\udde6\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5 Bill Braswell needs to resign NOW!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Vicky Quintanilla<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 30, 2025 (min 29:25), Commissioner \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9 \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude04\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9 publicly called animal advocates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=327&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1170908297916413%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"327\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8221; these people that like to come and frustrate our meetings and accomplish nothing. Waste everybody\u2019s time. We have to let them waste our time and waste their time. Especially with these animal people, I find them especially frustrating. They should be at the end (public hearing) and not wasting everybody else\u2019s time.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"706859\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Commissioners-Group-1024x538.webp?resize=1024%2C538\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57507 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #706859; width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Commissioners-Group.webp?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Commissioners-Group.webp?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Commissioners-Group.webp?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Commissioners-Group.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board pushed a procedural shift designed <a><\/a>to \ud835\ude02\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfd \ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff \ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf5\ud835\ude01 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc \ud835\ude00\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf8\u2014repealing a 12-year public-comment rule (2013-122) and shoving comments to the end through \ud835\udde5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf9\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udfee\ud835\udfec\ud835\udfee\ud835\udff1-\ud835\udfec\ud835\udff2\ud835\udff0,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polk-county.tv\/internetchannel\/show\/7675?site=1\">https:\/\/www.polk-county.tv\/internetchannel\/show\/7675?site=1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then came the July escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud835\udddd\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf9\ud835\ude06 \ud835\udfed, \ud835\udfee\ud835\udfec\ud835\udfee\ud835\udff1 \u2014 The Board forced citizens to start speaking \ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5, one of the \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb \ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddee \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude06 to chillspeech (min 10:57).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polk-county.tv\/internetchannel\/show\/7676?site=1\">https:\/\/www.polk-county.tv\/internetchannel\/show\/7676?site=1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not a coincidence. This is a pattern; silencing and procedurally stripping away the community\u2019s right to speak about the suffering inside Polk County Animal Control (run by Grady Judd).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t50\/1\/16\/1f525.png\"> \ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If they\u2019re this desperate to silence us, it means our voices are having an impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc3e\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tde\/1\/16\/1f43e.png\"> \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddf1\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00 \u2014 \ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude04 \ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfd \ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude05\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddd5\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddd6 \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4\ud835\ude00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stand together.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Refuse to be intimidated.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f30606\"><strong>Demand your constitutional rights to free speech \u2014 and remind them it is their constitutional duty to uphold the oath they swore to.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We speak for the voiceless.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Vicky Quintanilla On June 30, 2025 (min 29:25), Commissioner \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9 \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude04\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9 publicly called animal advocates: &#8221; 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