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Agenda Item # 11.1 - Ron Kirkish | Received 10/18/2022Kirkish News Network (KNN) Conservative Voice Unmuzzled Who will always says what's on my mind "The Canard Faction" "Zack Hilton, Rebeca Armendariz, Bill James" October 07, 2022 do"' PIE SY MR Dear All, Unless otherwise occupied, I attend the large majority of Gilroy's City Council meetings and I often speak to the dais on issues that I feel are of importance. What I find extremely bothersome is at many of the meetings, both Councilwoman Rebeca Armendariz and Councilman Zach Hilton are often disrespectful and interrupt when their cohorts, on the council, are trying to speak to each other and to the members of the community in the audience. Their target is often Gilroy Mayor Marie Blankley; and who gets visibly frustrated with their rude antics. Witnessing many of these incidents over the past two years, I told myself that if they should ever try to interfere when I'm speaking then I would not put up with it and would strongly confront and rebuke the person who was rudely interrupting me. That moment came during the city council meeting held on October 03, 2022. Below is the "Rest of the Story'`, For your consideration and B/r, Ronald L. Kirkish [KNN) Bill James, Chairman of the Santa Clara County Democratic Party visits Gilroy City Council Meeting On Monday, October 3, 2022, Bill James, Chairman of the SCCDP, was kind enough to drive all the way to Gilroy to attend our (Gilroy) City Council Meeting and he spoke twice before our city council; once during public speaking and the 2nd time during the agenda item 11.1 to decide if the city council would vote to respectfully ask Councilwoman Rebeca Armendariz to resign her seat if the Rebeca Recall Committee was able to obtain enough signatures to place the effort to recall her on the ballot and save the city 1.2 to 2 million dollars; according to Gilroy's City Clerk. During the public speaking portion of the agenda, James endeavored to speak about my behavior during the previous city council meeting when I strongly reacted to, and rebuked, Council Woman Armendariz's repeated attempts to interrupt me during "my" three minutes when the clock belonged to me and she had no right to interrupt me, and yes her multiple interruptions angered me and I left no doubt that I strongly objected to her poor behavior; as she kept on harassing me, even after I was walking away from the podium to go back to my seat. I then learned that Councilman Zach Hilton took exception to one of my comments and told the Gilroy Dispatch that he had complained to the police department and the city administrator that I had threatened violence against him. Bill James decided to bring this up and said that my comments were inappropriate and that I should have been ruled out of order; even though my comment falls under the rule of "Protected Speech": The Supreme Court has recognized that the First Amendment's protections extend to individual and collective speech "in pursuit of a wide variety of political, social, economic, educational, religious, and cultural ends." Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609, 622 (1984).Jan 16, 2019 Jame's then complained that the issue I brought up did not meet the rule that only issues pertaining to the city council can be brought up during public speaking. Again, a bogus charge. The issue at hand included an article in the Gilroy Dispatch with quotes from Councilman Hilton criticizing Councilman Fred Tovar for not marching in lockstep with Hilton's own agenda. That "is" an issue that pertains to our city council and the residents of Gilroy; especially those who supported and voted for Tovar...once again Jame's attempt completely miss -lead the council and Gilroy citizens. Jame's went on to opine, complaining that I had used the term "communist" when referring to the content of the Gilroy Dispatch article including the disparaging and "bullying" comments that Hilton made towards Councilman Tovar. Just as Hilton and Jame's objected and unendorsed Councilman Tovar over his political choices and freedom of thought, they now want to object to my 1 st Amendment right to Freedom of Speech in their "bullying" attempt to control our cities political discourse and especially to attempt to silence my ability to speak freely to the dais and especially to residents of Gilroy. Jame's then tried to justify his and Hilton's decision to unendorse Councilman Tovar and saying he and Fred were able to have a nice Kum-Ba-Yah conversation to calmly discuss the issue. Frankly, everyone could see that Councilman Tovar was "not" at all in a "Kum-Ba-Yah" mood to see and hear James speak at the podium, directly in front of him. THE HYPOCRISY: Agenda Item 11.1 - Jame's refused to speak to the fact that Armendariz violated Gilroy's Social Host Ordinance [receiving a total of 10 citations] encouraging —100 underage teens to drink alcohol and abuse marijuana that lead to shooting of four teens and the death of two of them, Michael Daniel Zuniga-Macias, (18) and Jesse Sanchez, {19). Did Jame's suggest that Armendariz should be unendorsed? NO!! Instead he insisted that the recall should not go forward and the voters should make their decision in 2024 if she should continue on as a person on our city council do you all see the hypocrisy??? Hilton and James will not allow Fred to think and make his own choices freely to represent Gilroy and his constituents but Armendariz's horrible and deadly judgement cannot be punished by being unendorsed! ! ! Absolutely corrupt! ! ! Hand delivered to the City of Gilroy, Thai Pham - City Clerk, on October 10, 2022. CC: Mayor Marie Blankley Jimmy Forbis, City Administrator Andy Faber, City Attorney Brown Act Violation Letter for Rebeca Armendariz During the Gilroy City Council Meeting held on September 19, 2022 Presiding Officer: Mayor Marie Blankley, City of Gilroy, CA Members: Council members -Dion Bracco. Rebeca Armendariz, Carol Marques, Zach Hilton, Fred Tovar, Peter Leroe Munoz Name of Legislative Body: Gilroy City Council Name of Local Agency: City of Gilroy Dear Mayor Marie Blankley This letter is to call your attention to what I believe was a substantial violation of a central provision of the Ralph M. Brown Act, one which may jeopardize the finality of the action taken by (Gilroy City Council, City of Gilroy). The nature of the violation is as follows: 1. In its meeting of (September 19, 2022), the (Gilroy City Council Woman Rebeca Armendariz) took action to violate my Constitutional Right to Freedom of Speech and Protected Speech as defined and recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court as, "The First Amendment's protections extend to individual and collective speech "in pursuit of a wide variety of political, social, economic, educational, religious, and cultural ends." Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609, 622 (1984). Jan 16, 2019. 2. I believe Gilroy City Council Woman Rebeca Armendariz also violated "The Brown Act" rule, 54954.3 (c) for the follow stipulation: "The legislative body cannot prohibit public criticism of policies, procedures, programs, or services of the agency or the acts or ommissions of the legislative body itself. Expressions of opposition to actions of the district (provided they are not overly disruptive) constitute protected speech." The Violation: As I was speaking during the "Public Speaking" portion of the agenda, Gilroy City Council Woman proceeded to interrupt me on several occasions which to my understanding "is" a sure violation of The Brown Act - 54954.3(C). Her interruptions were intentional and designed to interfere with the message that I had intended to share with the Mayor, members of the City Council, City Administrator Jimmy Forbis and members of his Administration in the audience, The City Clerk and members of the community of Gilroy in the audience and those watching the video of the meeting outside of the city council meeting room. The action taken was not in compliance with the Brown Act because it violated my "1st Amendment" Rights to Free Speech, my "Protected Speech Rights" and it violated The Brown Act Lyle, 54954.3 (3) The violation occurred during the "Public Speaking" portion of the agenda which is set aside for members of the community to speak to our elected leaders [and the community] on issues of importance and interest to the speaker and from my understanding, the speaker has 3 minutes or whatever time is allotted by the mayor to speak their piece without interference from anyone, which includes our elected's who sit on the dais. In the event it appears to you that the conduct of the (Gilroy City Council - Rebeca Armendariz) specified herein did not amount to the taking of action, I call your attention to Section 54952.6, which defines "action taken " for the purposes of the Act expansively, i.e. as "a collective decision made by a majority of the members of a legislative body, a collective commitment or promise by a majority of the members of a legislative body to make a positive or negative decision, or an actual vote by a majority of the members of a legislative body when sitting as a body or entity, upon a motion, proposal, resolution, order or ordinance." Pursuant too that provision (Government Code Section 54960.1), I demand that the (City of Gilroy and the Gilroy City Council) cure and correct the illegally taken action and poor behavior displayed by Gilroy City Council woman Rebeca Armendariz. As provided by Section 54960.1, you have 30 days from the receipt of this demand to either cure or correct the challenged action or inform me of your decision not to do so. If you fail to cure or correct as demanded, such inaction may leave me no recourse but to seek a judicial invalidation of the challenged action pursuant to Section 54960.1, in which case I would also ask the court to order you to pay my court costs and reasonable attorney fees in this matter, pursuant to Section 54960.5. Respectfully yours, Ronald L.Kirkish Resident of the City of Gilroy cc (City Attorney Andy Faber of Berliner Cohen LLP) From: Ronald Kirkish hykirkish@charter.net Subject: Once again, from the mind of Joseph Robinson, a Hilton selected candidate for Gilroy City Council and a positive response from Rebecca Scheel of the SCDC. Date: October 17, 2022 at 11:20 AM To: dion.bracco@cityofgilroy.org, Cat Tucker cattatak@aol.com, Carol Marques Ekm@ix.netcom.com, Andrew L. Faber andy.faber@berliner.com, Jolie Houston Jolie.Houston@berliner.com, Mayor Marie Blankley marie.blankley@ci.gilroy.ca.us, Jimmy Forbis jimmy.forbis@ci.gilroy.ca.us, Fred Tovar fred.tovar@cityofgilroy.org, Peter Leroe-Munoz peter.leroe-munoz@ci.gilroy.ca.us, Pedro Espinoza Pedro.Espinoza@ci.gilroy.ca.us Cc: Don Gage dongage@verizon.net, jeanne Gage jeannegage@msn.com, Mark Turner mturner@gilroy.org, Eric Howard erichoward1776@gmail.com, Jane Howard ajhoward@garlic.com, Chris Vanni chris@vanniprop.com, JILL VANNI vanniclan@aol.com, Swanee swanee@garlic.com, Jeff MacPhail jeffmacphail@gmail.com, Cristina Covelli covellic@charter.net, luigi Covelli Ifcovelli@charter.net, Gary Walton gary@custom-1.com, John Taft john@maximarealtygroup.net, JOSE MONTES remingilroy@yahoo.com, Jeff Orth jeffmorth@gmail.com, Morris Michael morismichael@gmail.com, Tom Miller Tompzmiller@gmail.com, Jeff Martin jeff@frantoiogrove.com, Robert Weaver bob@weaverphotography.com, Marcia Queen MarciaQueen21 @gmail.com, Stefanie Elle stefanie.elle@cityofgilroy.org, Steven Hayes shayes227@hotmail.com, malcolm@nhccgilroy.org, Greg Quirke greg@svccchurch.com, tomcline@garlic.com, Tom Larkin tlarkin9725@yahoo.com, Renee Lee reneeleerealty@gmail.com, Kim Sullivan patkim@garlic.com, Jack Foley jackmfoley@gmail.com, Jack Fritch elfritcho8@gmail.com, Michael Smith mikesmith9076@yahoo.com, Mike Catena bigmikecatena@yahoo.com, Jay Baksa jvjbtmax@garlic.com, Stephanie Bernal lastepher@gmail.com, daniel harney djharn@yahoo.com, Dan Mitchell dannyrmitche111968@gmail.com, Kurt Michielssen kurt.michielssen@pinnacle.bank, Dennis.Castro@cityofgilroy.org, Mitch Madruga mitch.madruga@gmail.com, Susan Mister mrandmrsmr@earthlink.net, Georgine Scott gvscott57@yahoo.com, diane nuno dianesnuno@gmail.com Bcc: Becky and Owen uamo@yahoo.com, Bob Cooke sacbob.cooke@gmail.com, Christina Turner Lczulaica@gmail.com, Matt Wendt mattwendtsccr@gmail.com, Kelly Ramirez balancefitness@charter.net, Chris Borello chris@borellofamily.com, Martin Cheek marty@gilroylife.com, Erik Chalhoub echalhoub@weeklys.com, Dan Pulcrano Newsletter@MorganHillTimes.com, gino.borgioli@morganhill.ca.gov, Nick Hagen nkirkish@aol.com, John Kirkish johnkirkish@yahoo.com, Tiffany Kirkish tiffneco@gmail.com, judy martin judy.martin@usa.com, Ross Martin oshear@optusnet.com.au, jerry.kirkish@hotmail.com, DAVID LUETHY ward9339@aol.com, Erik Chalhoub echalhoub@weeklys.com, Dan Pulcrano Newsletter@MorganHillTimes.com Dear All, So folks, here is another reminder for ya'll Joseph Robinson is the kind of person that Zach Hilton, Rebeca Armendariz, the South County Democratic Club and the Santa Clara County Democrat Party [Bill James, Chairman of the SCCDP] have selected to lead our city as a member on our city council; along with Ronald Robinson and Jan Chargin. So, where are darkest nooks and crannies of our city that Hilton find guys like this?? I strongly urge you to share this extremely important information with your neighbors, friends and family who reside in the City of Gilroy. "The Truth and Nothing but the Truth" B/r, Ronald L. Kirkish Joseph Robinson for Gilroy City Council - 1 h. [October 17, 2022 @ 9:39AM] Shared with Public Here's what I would really say: Q: Given the non -partisan nature of the office you seek, is it really appropriate to for you to, as you've said, "heighten the distinctions", as a strategy of your campaign? A: What is "non -partisan", after all, when you have two parties that are in opposition? What I support another will oppose, I see that. So, what is the middle ground supposed to be? What does non -partisan behavior look like? How responsive would non-partisanship be to facts on the ground? Right wing arguments lack coherence, because the right wing worldview is just a constellation of rhetorical oppositions. Theirs is a refusal to participate, finally. They want to cut the government. They don't want to argue, they just want there to be an argument. They move to oppose you, rhetorically and beyond. On any given issue, they believe the opposite of what you believe. This isn't "also and", it's "either or". One has to be true, the other an absurd fiction. The temptation for those clinging to absurd fiction is to try to change reality so it makes your point, even as you are hyperattenuating bs out of Earth's atmosphere. That's where a few muddle-headed billionaires and teaming masses of wild petty-bourgeouis individuals are in their thinking. They would like to have a turn with the surgical tools. In their minds, there's much to be done. Look, we have to serve "all of Gilroy", which includes those Gilroyans that value themselves the most. Over and over again, we'll include them, at their behest. And here, we've included them again, and look!! one more time for good luck. Wow! And now for the 58,000 other residents, including myself. This larger part of Gilroy, of which we're supposed to be afraid, has a set of needs and expectations, which is frightening in -and -of itself. "What could they possibly want?" our leaders ask. We must oppose it. We'II need 12 additional police officers to restore non-partisanship in Gilroy. And now, a non -partisan message from Don Gage: "I'm sickened by all the communism I'm seeing. That's not the Gilroy way. It gives me heartburn to see these DemonRats feminizing council chambers. The Confederacy was bad, but it got stuff done. Thank you, Mayor" "No, thank you, Mayor! Moving along, I need the city attorney's guidance on possibly ....1.....:...:..1....:...... ... L...1 1 111 ........11 1......... I I ........... L............1..1 K I ..') dU11111IIbLCIIl ly WI IdL I II L:d11 bIIIdll t,JUI II I [MCI . I'JU Carol?" "Aye" "Aye" "Is that you, Dion? Oh yes, that is you." "Aye" "Thank you, Peter." "1 do intend to vote for this, mayor, but I have a statement I would like to read first." "Go ahead, Councilman Tovar" "Thank you, mayor. To the police: It's everything you do. It's your smile... My heart has known great sadness and great, great gladness. The wind blows, the moon casts a film of Tight, but I know you're with me, and that just matters so much to me *inaudible*. It is a great act, and an honor of my heart's gladness, to dedicate my remaining years to you, police. Thank you, mayor." "Well, Fred, you made my eyes leak again, ok? Enough with the poetry for now, alright? So... small punishments are a go, are they? Fred? Thank you, Fred." "Next up we have...are there any speaker cards for this one?" "Yes, mayor, we have Ron Kirkish" "Ok, Ron, not so long this time. 10 minutes..." "Thank you, mayor. And I especially want to thank you for helping to lead us to a time where there will be no female mayors, which are an insult to men everywhere. After all, there is plenty of work to be done at home. I'll tell you what, though, madame mayor, I bet you are an absolute whiz in the kitchen! No, you're welcome. I mean it. Cook for me anytime." So, Gilroy....Ahhh. Breath it in folks. The homeless are gone, and so are their enablers. You can finally bring out your little toe -head grandchildren. They can now play without fear of contamination. Remember what it was like when you didn't have to show i.d when cashing a check? We're almost there again. Churn that butter, grandma, you of charmer! To the young lass holding apricots in her apron: You shall be my betrothed. In my years in Army Intelligence - I was two standard deviations below officer - we prosecuted a war against the creep of communism. The first task before us was to understand our enemy. The second was to commit little acts of atrocity. The third was to keep up a regular correspondence with my mother. Lastly, but in no way the least, I learned how to threaten city leaders until they did my bidding. In the late period of the Roman Republic..." "Thank you, Ron." "One more thing, your honor." "Oh, ok. Go ahead Ron." "There's going to be bloodshed..." "Keep going, Ron" "...a lot. A lot will be spilled. It didn't have to be this way. You had an out. It was called ass-im-il-ation, but noon..." "Continue, Ron." "And guts, as well. Too horrifying for words." "Thank you, Ron. Staff? Yes? We can do this? Maybe. Ok." <><><><><><><><><><> And, here's what Rebeca Sheel's had to say in reply: Rebecca Scheel Spot on!