HomeMy Public PortalAboutPRR 16-2298From: Chris O'Hare [mailto:chrisoharegulfstream@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 10:22 AM
To: Bill Thrasher <bthrasher@gulf-stream.org>; Rita Taylor <RTaylor@gulf-stream.org>; Renee Basel
<RBasel @gulf-stream.org>
Subject: Public Record Request - "flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement
Dear Custodian of Records,
This email is being sent to multiple recipients in the hope that it reaches the Custodian
of Records for your agency. I request to inspect certain public records related to the
Town of Gulf Stream Florida.
While I am not obligated to explain why I want to inspect these records, I tell you it is for
the purpose of informing myself of the historic and current workings of the Town of Gulf
Stream and its associated entities, vendors, consultants, advisers, contractors and
agents. The records I wish to inspect may also be material to current, anticipated or
presently unforeseen legal action. In addition, inspection of these records may be
essential to my ability to make informed comments in an upcoming public hearing. The
production of any and all responsive records is therefore urgent and must be acted
upon in compliance with Florida Statutes and established case law as soon as possible.
Before making this public record request, I first searched online and in the public
records portion of your agency's website hoping I could locate the public records I seek
without having to write you directly. Unfortunately I cannot find the records I request to
inspect. Therefore I am writing you now and requesting you make every effort as
required by law to produce these public records without delay.
I make this request pursuant to Article 1, Section 24 of the Florida
Constitution and Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes. I hereby reserve all rights granted
to me under the Florida Constitution and Florida Statutes.
I ask that you take the following action:
• Read this entire request carefully and respond accordingly.
• If you are not the custodian of the public records described herein please determine who that person is
and notify me immediately in order that I may make this request to the appropriate person without
delay.
• Reference Florida Statutes and appropriate case law when responding to this record request.
• Do NOT produce any records other than records responsive to this request.
• Identify by name the person or persons responding to this request if that person is not the Custodian of
Records for your agency as required by 119.070)(b).
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you consider exempt. To be clear, if you consider an entire record to be exempt,
produce that record in its entirety with all portions redacted that you consider exempt. I
specifically ask you to do this in order that I may inspect fully redacted records for the
purpose of challenging a particular redaction or establishing a reference for a future
request of a record that is only temporarily exempt, as in the case of a public record that
was prepared by an agency attorney exclusively for litigation and is only exempt from
disclosure until the conclusion of the litigation.
If the public records being sought are maintained by your agency or contactors for your
agency, in an electronic format please produce the records in the original electronic
format in which they were created or received. See §119.01(2)(f), Florida Statutes.
Again I ask that you provide only those records for inspection that do not
require extensive use of information technologies or extensive staff time or both in
excess of 15 minutes. Take note of §119.07(4)(a)3.(d) Florida Statues and if you
anticipate that any records exist, the production for inspection of which will require
extensive use of information technologies or extensive staff time or both in excess of 15
minutes, then please provide those records that can be produced within the first 15
minutes and advise me of the cost you anticipate to be incurred by your agency for the
remaining records prior to incurring this cost. Please do not incur any costs on my
behalf without first obtaining my written authorization to proceed. If you produce only a
portion of all existing responsive records, please tell me that your response includes
only a portion of all existing records responsive to this request.
If you anticipate the need to incur any costs that I would be statutorily required to pay in
order to inspect these public records which would exceed $1.00 please notify me in
advance of your incurring that cost 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. Again, please do not
incur any costs on my behalf without first obtaining my written authorization to proceed.
The term public records, as used herein, has the same meaning and scope as the
definition of Public records adopted by the Florida Legislature as Statutes Chapter
119.
A record that does not exist because of its disposition requires the creation of a
disposition record. In all instances where you determine a record does not exist please
determine if the record once existed and in its replacement provide the disposition
record for my inspection.
If you do not understand any part of this request or if you need clarification about this request,
notify me as soon as possible so I may further describe or clarify this request.
*The phrase Town of Gulf Stream when used herein refers to the Town in its entirety
including all employees, appointees, officials, assignees, counsel and consultants
including Town Manager, Town Clerk, Town Police Chief, Town Commissioners, Town
Mayor, Town Departments, Town Police Officers, Town Employees, Town Engineer, the
law firm (Jones Foster Johnston & Stubbs P.A.) that claims to be the Town Attorney
including all attorney, partner and employee members of that firm; the Town Counsel of
Sweetapple, Broeker & Varkus including all attorney, partner and employee members of
that firm, the Town Counsel of Richman Greer, P.A. including all attorney, partner and
employee members of that firm and any other entity associated with the Town and
subject to public records law.
All responses to this public records request should be made in writing to the following
email address:
chrisoharegulfstream@gmail.com
TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Delivered via e-mail
August 23, 2016
Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisohareeulfstreamnaemail.coml
Re: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
As background to this request I want to explain to you that I believe I recall an official occasion
held in Town Hall during which the Town of Gulf Stream * used the phrase FLIPPING THE
BIRD or GIVING THE MIDDLE FINGER or some similar phrase whose meaning is not to be
confused with the act of rotating an avian creature more than 90 degrees or offering one's
middle digit to another but the more commonly understood meaning ofshowing anger at another
person by reference of an intimate sexual act. I know the utterance of such a phrase seems rude,
unprofessional, preposterous and perhaps in violation of the Town's Decorum Policy (at least it
does to me, if not the Town) but I do think such a record exists. I request to inspect the most
recent public record that records the utterance of the phrase FLIPPING THE BIRD or GIVING
THE MIDDLE FINGER or some similar phrase used by the Town of Gulf Stream * when
addressing a resident of the Town of Gulf Stream.
Dear Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisohareeulfstream(d,)gmail.coml,
The Town of Gulf Stream has received your public records request dated August 20, 2016. The
original public record request can be found at the following link:
http://www2.oulf-stream.org/weblink/0`/"doc/99708/Pagel.aspx
Please be advised that the Town of Gulf Stream is currently working on a large number of
incoming public records requests. The Town will use its very best efforts to respond to you in a
reasonable amount of time with the appropriate response or an estimated cost to respond.
Sincerely,
Renee Rowan Basel
As requested by Rita Taylor
Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records
Renee Basel
From: Chris O'Hare <chrisoharegulfstream@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 1:32 PM
To: Renee Basel
Subject: Re: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
Dear Ms. Rowan Basel,
I asked to inspect:
the most recent public record that records the utterance of the phrase FLIPPING THE BIRD or
GIVING THE MIDDLE FINGER or some similar phrase used by the Town of GulfStream * when
addressing a resident of the Town of Gulf Stream.
You responded by asking me to clarify my request with more specificity and the approximate dates when the
record may have occurred.
I apologize for the apparent insufficiency of my request. I have thought about it some more and remember more
details. I now supplement that request with the following information to the best of my recollection:
I believe the phrase was uttered by the Town Attorney, Mr. Randolph.
I believe Mr. Randolph said it in Town Hall.
I believe Mr. Randolph said it during an official hearing.
I believe the hearing was held in mid May 2013.
I hope this request is now sufficiently clear.
May I hear from you soon?
Sincerely,
Chris O'Hare
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Renee Basel <RBaselna gulf-stream.org> wrote:
Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended
recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all
copies of the original message. Florida has a very broad public records law. Written communications regarding
Town of Gulf Stream business are public records available to the public upon request. Your e-mail
communications are therefore subject to public disclosure. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public
records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send
electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
Renee Basel
From: Chris O'Hare <chrisoharegulfstream@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3A3 PM
To: Bill Thrasher, Rita Taylor, Renee Basel
Subject: Fwd: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
Attachments: GS #2298 (flipping the bird or giving the middle finger statement)_estimate.pdf
Ms. Rowan Basel,
As you requested by you, I clarified my request to inspect the record of:
Tire public record that records the utterance of the phrase FLIPPING THE BIRD or GIVING THE MIDDLE FINGER or some siurilar
phrase used by the Town of Gulf Stream * when addressing a resident of the Torvn of Guif Stream. Which was uttered by the Town
Attorney, during an official hearing, in Torvn hal( around mid May, 2013.
You replied that the Town has spent at least 15 minutes on your request and the Town estimates that to filly respond to your request will
require an additional two hours of administrative support at $28.91 per hour.. (2 hours @ 28.91= 57.84) =Deposit Due: $57.84 in cash or
check.
May I remind you that you have not yet produced or apparently searched for any records responsive records and the 15 minutes you refer to
is the time recognized by the courts as the reasonable amount of time required of an agency to be spent producing a public record before
charging for the cost of administrative support.Your email of August 30th does not mention that you looked and couldn't find any records.
Instead it merely asks for clarification in order for you to expedite the search. Then in your email of August 31 you claim to have already
used up 15 minutes on this request.
I note that the link you provided to me leads to the record you created on your website on 8/22/2016 3:22:58 PM and modified
on 8/31/2016 12:14:26 PM in response to my record request. Apparently instead of responding immediately to my request
by looking for responsive records, you instead spent time creating a record of the request with subsequent modifications. I
do not consider time spent by you creating a record of my request to be the same as responding to my request.
Considering that I have clarified for you the location, date and circumstance of the incident the record memorializes are
you certain that it will require two hours to find? Please confirm whether you still believe you need this much time to
produce the responsive record and that you have indeed already consumed 15 minutes searching.
May I hear from you soon?
Sincerely,
Chris O'Hare
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Renee Basel <RBasel(oDgulf-stream.ore>
Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:14 PM
Subject: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
To:"chrisoharesulfstream(a»email.com"<chrisoharegulfstream(a),,email.com>
Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended
recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all
copies of the original message. Florida has a very broad public records law. Written communications regarding
Town of Gulf Stream business are public records available to the public upon request. Your e-mail
communications are therefore subject to public disclosure. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public
records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send
electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
Renee Basel
From: Chris O'Hare <chrisoharegulfstream@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2016 6:47 PM
To: Renee Basel; Bill Thrasher, Rita Taylor
Subject: Re: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
Dear Ms. Rowan Basel,
I am in receipt of your email response and I must say I am amazed you can deduce so much from so little. I am
at a loss to understand how you reached the conclusions you've come to since I don't find any basis in my text
that would lead me to reach those same conclusions. I respectfully request you allow me to explain.
The phrase "may I remind you" is an expression I sometimes use when I want to make a polite request to
inform someone of something they may already know but have not verbally acknowledged. I use this instead of
"let me tell you a thing or two" which I often heard growing up but find too impolite to use myself.
When I use the word "apparently" I mean that something that may or may not be true seems true to me. But
rather than omitting it from the statement I wish to make, which would then sound more emphatic and perhaps
belligerent, I prefer to inform the reader through the use of the word "apparently" that the statement is my
understanding of the matter and I expect it may be subject to correction when and if more information is
forthcoming.
When I used the phrase "you claim" in my email, I was qualifying my understanding of your statement by
suggesting your statement was not accompanied by any additional information to support it.
I can't see how these common words and phrases were sufficient for you to feel belittled, insulted and your
work ethic and intelligence challenged. Hence my amazement at the conclusions put forth in your email. I have
no idea what your work ethic is, nor do I care, but as a tax paying resident I appreciate your assurance that it is
something you take pride in.
I also have no intention of reminding you how to do your work but I reserve the right to question your estimate
which, given the amount of clarification I provided, seems excessively high. Perhaps if you consulted with the
Custodian of Records, who I believe was in attendance when Mr. Randolph uttered the profanity that is the
subject of my request, she could direct you straight to the record. I understand you are only recently hired but
given the Town's poorly organized record retrieval system is seems unfair that you should be expected to find
records without her assistance. It also seems unfair that I should be charged excessively when a word from her
could potentially reduce your search time. I am informing the Custodian of this suggestion by copy of this
email.
You say (I would normally have used the word "claim" here instead of the word "say" but in deference to your
apparent interpretation of its meaning, I will not) that "knowing that I've already spent more than 15 minutes, I
know it will require approximately two hours of my time." I don't know how you jumped to that estimate but I
will send the money and we will see if your estimate is accurate.
It is also not obvious to me that by your asking for clarification it automatically means you have already
searched for the record. The Custodian of Records has asked me for clarification in the past without having
searched; I assumed you operate the same as she.
I appreciate you agreeing with me that you "do not consider time spent... creating a record is the same
as responding to a record request." In this instance you and I are at odds with the opinion's of Mr. Thrasher, Ms.
Taylor and some Commissioners, as expressed in the media, in Law Review, in testimony under oath and before
legislative committee that the creation of the online record archive is in their opinion a big part of the Town's
efforts to respond to public records. Perhaps you could share your contrary opinion with them.
I also appreciate that you do not play games or use a play on words. That will be a refreshing change from some
of my previous experiences.
Finally, I want you to understand that I take my right to inspect public records and your obligation to produce
them very seriously. If there was any misunderstanding of my communications because they were insufficiently
crafted as to cause your negative perception of their "tone" and negative interpretation of their phrases and
words, I apologize and I will make a special effort to carefully craft my future communications to you in order
to hopefully avoid such misunderstandings.
Sincerely,
Chris O'Hare
On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Renee Basel <RBasel(a»eulf-stream.ora> wrote:
Good morning ,Mr. O'Hare. First off, I would like to say that I do not appreciate the tone in your e-mails of
how you think I may or may not be doing things. You write:
May I remind you that you have not yet produced or apparently searched for any records responsive
records and the 15 minutes you refer to is the time recognized by the courts as the reasonable amount of time
required of an agency to be spent producing a public record before charging for the cost of administrative
support. Your email of August3oth does not mention that you looked and couldn'tfind any records. Instead
it merely asks for clarification in order for you to expedite the search. Then in your email of August 31 yb
�m to have already used up 15 minutes on this request.
I take pride in my work ethic and for you to seem to have to "remind" me that I "have not yet produced" or
even further belittle me by saying that I haven't "apparently searched for any records" is insulting. I do not
need to be reminded from you how to do my work. I also do not have to tell you if I "have looked and couldn't
find any records" before asking for clarification. If I'm asking for clarification, then I obviously have already
looked and couldn't find. I do not have time to play games, sir, so you will never see me using a play on words.
You also say:
Apparently instead of responding immediately to my request by looking for responsive records, you instead
spent time creating a record of the request with subsequent modifications. I do not consider time spent by
you creating a record of my request to be the same as responding to my request.
I will agree with you in the fact that I do not consider time spent by me creating a record is the same as
responding to a record request. So when you say I "apparently spent time creating a record instead of
responding" is again insulting to my intelligence and work ethic.
Not that I need or have to explain my work, I will, so that you will know in the future, my work ethic has a very
high standard.
When you sent your first request on August 22, 2016, I began searching in the "most recent" minutes of a
Town Commission meeting since that is what you requested. After I had spent 15 minutes doing that and saw
that it wasn't going to be as easy as opening up the "most recent" minutes, I sent the letter asking you to clarify
a date. You then answered and sent me a clarification on the date. Already having spent 15 minutes, I took
more time to look through the Town Minutes of the "mid-May, 2013 meeting. Not seeing anything in those
minutes pertaining to your request, the Town will now have to go to greater lengths to find what you are
requesting, and yes, knowing that I've already spent more than 15 minutes, I know it will require
approximately two hours of my time.
Have a GRAND day!
Executive Administrative Assistant
Town of Gulf Stream
loo Sea Road
Gulf Stream FL 33483
561.276.Sii6
,s61. 7.7.ot88-fax
www.gulf-stream.org
From: Chris O'Hare[mailto:chrisohareaulfstream@email.coml
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:43 PM
To: Bill Thrasher <bthrasher@¢ulf-stream.ore>; Rita Taylor<RTavlor@gulf-stream.ore>; Renee Basel <RBasel@aulf-
stream.ora>
Subject: Fwd: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
Ms. Rowan Basel,
As you requested by you, I clarified my request to inspect the record of:
The public record that records the utterance of the phrase FLIPPING THE BIRD or GIVING THE MIDDLE FINGER or sante similar
phrase used by the Toivn of Gulf Stremn * when addressing a resident of the Town of GulfSiream. Which was uttered by the Town
Attorney, during an official hearing, in Town hall around mid May, 2013.
You replied that the Town has spent at least 15 minutes on your request and the Town estimates that to fully respond to your request will
require an additional nvo hours of administrative support at $28.91 per hour... (2 hours @ 28.92 = 57.84) = Deposit Due: $57.84 in cash
or check.
May I remind you that you have not yet produced or apparently searched for any records responsive records and the 15 minutes you refer to
is the time recognized by the courts as the reasonable amount of time required of an agency to be spent producing a public record before
charging for the cost of administrative support.Your email of August 30th does not mention that you looked and couldn't find any records.
Instead it merely asks for clarification in order for you to expedite the search. Then in your email of August 31 you claim to have already
used up 15 minutes on this request.
I note that the link you provided to me leads to the record you created on your website on 8/22/2016 3:22:58 PM and modified
on 8/31/2016 12:14:26 PM in response to my record request. Apparently instead of responding immediately to my
request by looking for responsive records, you instead spent time creating a record of the request with subsequent
modifications. I do not consider time spent by you creating a record of my request to be the same as responding to my
request.
Considering that I have clarified for you the location, date and circumstance of the incident the record memorializes are
you certain that it will require two hours to find? Please confirm whether you still believe you need this much time to
produce the responsive record and that you have indeed already consumed 15 minutes searching.
May I hear from you soon?
Sincerely,
Chris O'Hare
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Renee Basel <RBasel(@,,gulf-stream.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:14 PM
Subject: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
To: "chrisoharegulfstream( ,gmail.com" <chrisoharegulfstream(a gmail.com>
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TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Delivered via e-mail
August 30, 2016
Chris O'Hare [Mail to: chrisohareeulfstreamaa gmail.coml
Re: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
As background to this request I want to explain to you that 1 believe 1 recall an official occasion held
in Town Hall during which the Town of Gulf Stream * used the phrase FLIPPING THE BIRD or
GIVING THE MIDDLE FINGER or some similarphrase whose meaning is not to be confused with
the act of rotating an avian creature more than 90 degrees or offering one's middle digit to another
but the more commonly understood meaning ofshowing anger at another person by reference of an
intimate sexual act. l know the utterance ofsuch a phrase seems rude, unprofessional, preposterous
and perhaps in violation of the Town's Decorum Policy (at least it does to me, if not the Town) but I
do think such a record exists. I request to inspect the most recent public record that records the
utterance of the phrase FLIPPING THE BIRD or GIVING THE MIDDLE FINGER or some similar
phrase used by the Town of Gulf Stream * when addressing a resident of the Town of Gulf Stream.
Dear Chris O'Hare [Mail to: chrisoharegulfstream(iilgmail.coml,
The Town of Gulf Stream received your public record request on August 22, 2016. Your request can
be found at the following link:
hW://www2.gulf-stream.org/weblink/O/doc/99708/Pa eg 1_aspxx
In future correspondence, please refer to this public records request by the above referenced number.
Your request for the public records mentioned above where in you "recall an official occasion held in
Town hall" fails to sufficiently specify the records that you seek. We invite you to clarify the public
records that you seek with more specificity. We suggest that you provide the approximate dates that
this may have occurred in order that we may expedite the search and reduce the cost of the search. If
we do not hear back from you within 30 days of this letter, we will consider this request closed.
Sincerely,
Renee Rowan Basel
As requested by Rita Taylor, Town Clerk
Custodian of the Records
TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Delivered via e-mail
August 31, 2016
Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstream(a)gmail.coml
Re: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
As background to this request I want to explain to you that I believe 1 recall an official occasion
held in Town Hall during which the Town of GulfStream * used the phrase FLIPPING THE BIRD
or GIVING THE MIDDLE FINGER or some similar phrase whose meaning is not to be confused
with the act of rotating an avian creature more than 90 degrees or offering one's middle digit to
another but the more commonly understood meaning of showing anger at another person by
reference of an intimate sexual act. I know the utterance of such a phrase seems rude,
unprofessional, preposterous and perhaps in violation of the Town's Decorum Policy (at least it
does to me, if not the Town) but I do think such a record exists. 1 request to inspect the most recent
public record that records the utterance of the phrase FLIPPING THE BIRD or GIVING THE
MIDDLE FINGER or some similar phrase used by the Town of Gulf Stream * when addressing a
resident of the Town of Gulf Stream.
Dear Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstream@email.coml,
The Town of Gulf Stream received your public records requests on August 22, 2016. You
should be able to view your request at the following link:
http://www2.gulf-stream.org/weblink/O/doe/99708/Pagel.aVx
In future correspondence, please refer to this public records request by the above referenced
numbers.
You have asked that the Town only provide those records that do not require extensive use of
information technologies or extensive staff time or both in excess of 15 minutes and that the
Town provide an estimate of the cost that would be required to fulfill the request as permitted by
the Public Records Act. To that end, the Town has spent at least 15 minutes on your request.
The Town estimates that to fully respond to your request will require an additional two hours of
administrative support at $28.92 per hour, the labor cost of the personnel providing the service,
per Fla. Stat. § 119.07(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 @ 28.92 = 57.84) = Deposit Due: $57.84 in cash or check.
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. If we do not hear back from you within
30 days of this letter, we will consider this closed.
Sincerely,
Renee Rowan Basel
As Requested by Rita Taylor
Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records
TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Delivered via e-mail
September 14, 2016
Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstream(&gmail.coml
Re: GS #2298 ("flipping the bird" or "giving the middle finger" statement)
As background to this request I want to explain to you that I believe I recall an ofcial occasion
held in Town Hall during which the Town of Gulf Stream * used the phrase FLIPPING THE
BIRD or GIVING THE MIDDLE FINGER or some similar phrase whose meaning is not to be
confused with the act of rotating an avian creature more than 90 degrees or offering one's
middle digit to another but the more commonly understood meaning of showing anger at another
person by reference of an intimate sexual act. I know the utterance of such a phrase seems rude,
unprofessional, preposterous and perhaps in violation of the Town's Decorum Policy (at least it
does to me, if not the Town) but I do think such a record exists. I request to inspect the most
recent public record that records the utterance of the phrase FLIPPING THE BIRD or GIVING
THE MIDDLE FINGER or some similar phrase used by the Town of Gulf Stream * when
addressing a resident of the Town of Gulf Stream.
Dear Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstreamna,gmail.coml,
Thank you for your deposit of $57.84, check #1173, for the public record request described
above, received by the Town on August 22, 2016. The original request can be found at the
following link: b!W://www2.gulf-stream.org/weblink/O/doc/99708/Pagel.asl)x.
Please be advised that there are no such records. We consider this request closed.
Sincerely,
Rene6 Rowan Basel
As requested by Rita Taylor
Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records