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HomeMy Public PortalAboutPRR 14-0654654 From: Chris O'Hare [mailto:chrisoharegulfstream @gmail.com) Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 9:08 PM To: Bill Thrasher Subject: Request for Reconsideration of Morgan Complaint and Public Record Request Please forward to Supervisor of Elections, Town of Gulf Stream Dear Supervisor of Elections, I am writing you in response to your letter of February 14, 2014 (attached herein as morgan election complaint - town response.pdf) regarding your review of my complaint of February 12 about defects in the election qualifying documents submitted by Mr. Scott Morgan. I disagree with your "determination that the qualifying papers have been properly filed and that they are complete on their face." I respectfully request that you reconsider your determination and again review my complaint (copied below for your reference). In addition to the information contained in my original complaint I request you consider the additional information I have attached to this email. This information consists of two files. The first attached file is named Voter registration records - morgan petitions.pdf. This file contains public records from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections. These records show the voter's name as it appears on the voter's voter information card. These records clearly and unequivocally show that the six Candidate Petition forms submitted by Mr. Morgan were filled out incorrectly and are defective. Specifically, Mr. Morgan's Candidate Petition forms require the voter's name to be printed as it appears on their voter information card; that is, last name first, first name and then middle initial. The Candidate Petition forms submitted by Mr. Morgan do NOT comply with this requirement. The second attached file is named Morqan Financial.docx. This file contains a list of Mr. Morgan's business interests as found in various record archives. You will see that the Statement of Financial Interest signed Feb. 4, 2014 and submitted by Mr. Morgan is possibly even more incomplete than I had noted in my original complaint to you. I implore you to act quickly in this matter in order to spare Gulf Stream voters and the Town the trouble of possibly electing an unqualified candidate who may eventually be removed from office by any investigation by another authority higher than your office. In addition to the above requested action, please see my public record request, relative to this matter, made below. Sincerely, Chris O'Hare 2520 Avenue Au Soleil PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Pursuant to Article 1, Section 24 of the Florida Constitution and Chapter 119.07 of the Florida Statutes I wish to make a public records request of your agency for the following records: regarding the complaints made by Chris O'Hare about these submissions. Any and all records of notes, memos, phone logs, emails or any communication regarding said submissions or said complaints. Any and all records of similar submissions by other candidates determined by your office to be defective due to any defects similar to alleged defects that are the subject of said complaints made by O'Hare. If you contend that any of the records I am seeking, or any portion thereof, are exempt from inspection or disclosure please cite the specific exemption as required by §119.07(1)(e) of the Florida Statutes and state in writing and with particularity the basis for your conclusions as required by §119.07(1)(f) of the Florida Statutes. Please take note of §119.07(c) Florida Statues and your affirmative obligation to (1) promptly acknowledge receipt of this public records request and (2) make a good faith effort which "includes making reasonable efforts to determine from other officers or employees within the agency whether such a record exists and, if so, the location at which the record can be accessed." I am, therefore, requesting that you notify every individual in possession of records that may be responsive to this public records request to preserve all such records on an immediate basis. If the public records being sought are maintained by your agency in an electronic format please produce the records in the original electronic format in which they were created or received. See 4119.01(2)(f), Florida Statutes. If you anticipate the production of these public records to exceed $1.00 please notify me in advance of their production with a written estimate of the total cost. Please be sure to itemize any estimates so as to indicate the total number of pages and /or records, as well as to distinguish the cost of labor and materials. All responses to this public records request should be made in writing to the following email address: chrisoharegulfstream (cDgmail.com Original Complaint of Feb. 12, 2014: Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:07:14 -0500 Subject: Supervisor of Elections Town of Gulf Stream - complaint Please forward to Ms. Rita Taylor, Supervisor of Elections. Town of Gulf Stream Dear Rita, Thank you for responding, as Custodian of Records, to my recent request for public records in regard to the candidate qualifying submissions for the upcoming Town election. I have only just begun to review these records and have initially discovered that there are issues with some of the submissions. So far they include: Mr. Scott W. Morgan's Statement of Financial Interest signed Feb. 4, 2014 is incomplete because: • No information is provided in the area requiring NAME OF AGENCY to be identified • No information is provided regarding Mr.Morgan's interest in MORGAN REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC, FEI /EIN Number 46-4164633 • No information is provided regarding Mr.Morgan's interest or income from 1315 Neptune Dr. Boynton Beach FL Each of the six Candidate Petitions for Mr. Morgan appear defective. These Candidate Petition defects are as follows: George Mason Delafield: " Name printed above the instructions (print name as it appears on your voter information card) is incorrectly printed " both D.O.B AND VRN are written instead of one or the other " Date Signed is written over " Date Signed is not written in correct form Nancy D. Touhey: " Name printed above the instructions (print name as it appears on your voter information card) is incorrectly printed " Date of Birth is not written in correct form " Date Signed is not written in correct form Joan K. Orthwein: " Name printed above the instructions (print name as it appears on your voter information card) is incorrectly printed " Date Signed is written over " Date Signed is not written in correct form Amand A. Jones: " Name printed above the instructions (print name as it appears on your voter information card) is incorrectly printed " Date Signed is not written in correct form Bettina F. Smith: " Name printed above the instructions (print name as it appears on your voter information card) is incorrectly printed " Name printed above the instructions (print name as it appears on your voter information card) is double printed Thomas A. Smith: " Name printed above the instructions (print name as it appears on your voter information card) is incorrectly printed Please consider this email to be my FORMAL COMPLAINT on this matter and my request that you act accordingly. I am copying this FORMAL COMPLAINT with accompanying details to the Supervisor of Elections for Palm Beach County and to the other candidates who have an obvious interest in this matter. Your prompt reply to this Formal Complaint is most appreciated. 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H N N H rl) m q V H m z F H H HO to cn H q H H U) ❑ H H H ❑ am q < H£ q W H O O D z U)�a°Qxrn W >4 zpu)O W W z M a z < < O 0 D U E H UUC7 U)U)U) N U) 01 C Nv 07 mM q0 1 [Oxon U U U U) U) U) TOWN OF GULF STREAM PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA COMMISSIONERS JOAN IL OATH WON, MaTor THOMAS M. STANLEY, Vim Ma"r MHMELLANDERSON W. GAMETT OJAING RORERTW.GANGER February 14, 2014 Christopher O'Hare 2520 Avenue Au Soleil Gulf Stream, Florida 33483 Dear Mr. O'Hare: Telephone (561) 276-5116 Fax (561) 737 -01a6 Town Manager WILLIAM H. THRASHER Town Clark RITA L TAYLOR I have reviewed the allegations set forth in your complaint dated February 12, 2014 regarding the qualifying papers submitted by Scott Morgan as a candidate for Town Commissioner in the election to be held on March 11, 2014. I have made a determination that the qualifying papers have been properly filed and that they are complete on their face. Si�ncerely,�� Rita L. Taylor Town Clerk 100 SEA ROAD, GULF STREAM, FLORIDA 33483 Scott W. Morgan Possible Financial Interests HUMIDIFIRST CO. Name: Address: Status: State: Corporation Number: Descriptive Status: Title: Record Type: Record Date: Filing Date: MORGAN & WHITE, LTD., CO. Name: Address: Status: State: Corporation Number: Descriptive Status: Title: Record Type: Record Date: SCOTT, MORGAN 1315 NEPTUNE DR BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33426- 8403 ACTIVE FL P07000073919 ACTIVE DIRECTOR CURRENT 10/28/2013 10/4/2011 MORGAN, SCOTT W 1520 NEPTUNE DR STE A BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33426- 8422 ACTIVE FL F04000003962 ACTIVE PRESIDENT CURRENT 7/18/2008 MORGAN & WILKEN, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Name: MORGAN, SCOTT W Address: 10 S MARKET SO STE 500 HARRISBURG, PA 17101 Status: ACTIVE State: PA Descriptive Status: ACTIVE Title: PRESIDENT Record Type: HISTORICAL Record Date: 12/4/2013 Filing Date: 3/3/1992 MORGAN REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC Name: SCOTT, MORGAN Address: 1315 NEPTUNE DR BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33426- 8403 Status: ACTIVE State: FL Corporation Number: L13000162635 Descriptive Status: ACTIVE Title: MEMBER MANAGER Record Type: CURRENT Record Date: 11/21/2013 Filing Date: 11/19/2013 YELLOW WOOD, CO. Name: Address: Status: State: Descriptive Status: Title: Record Type: Record Date: Filing Date: MORGAN, SCOTT W 120 SOUTH ST HARRISBURG, PA 17101- 1210 ACTIVE PA ACTIVE PRESIDENT CURRENT 12/4/2013 4/13/2000 TOWN OF GULF STREAM PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Delivered via e-mail May 4, 2015 Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstream (2 ,wnail.coml, Re: GS #654 (Morgan complaint) (a) Any and all records used by the Supervisor of Elections for the Town of Gulf Stream either for reference, consideration, instruction, or law when making any determination regarding the submission of qualifying documents by Mr. Scott Morgan or when making any determination regarding the complaints made by Chris O'Hare about these submissions. (b) Any and all records of notes, memos, phone logs, emails or any communication regarding said submissions or said complaints. (c) Any and all records ofsimilar submissions by other candidates determined by your office to be defective due to any defects similar to alleged defects that are the subject of said complaints made by O'Hare. Dear Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisohareeulfstream (7a,atnail.coml, The Town of Gulf Stream received your public records requests on February 15, 2014. You should be able to view your original requests at the following link http://www2.eulf- stream. ore/ WebLink8 /0 /doc /19192/Pagel.aslx. In future correspondence, please refer to this public records request by the above referenced numbers. To find the responsive documents for the records requested, the Town estimates the need for 2 hours of administrative support at $36.39 per hour, the labor cost of the personnel providing the service, per Fla. Stat. § I I9.07(4)(d). If the costs of producing these documents will exceed your deposit, the Town will provide you with an initial production of responsive records and an estimate for the production of any additional responsive records. If the costs of production are less than the deposit, the Town will provide you with the responsive records and a refund. (2 hours @ 36.39 = 72.78) — (.5 hours @36.39 = 9.10) = Deposit Due: $63.68 in cash or check. The Town of Gulf Stream is currently working on a large number of incoming public records requests. Upon receipt of your deposit, the Town will use its very best efforts to further respond to your public records request in a reasonable amount of time. Sincerely, Town Clerk