The posts by Janis Sartucci shown below in the first image have now been deleted from Senator Zirkin's Facebook page.
Senator Zirkin posted that he would be Tweeting updates during the last week of the Session. On Monday, Senator Zirkin will be going into a Conference Committee to decide the fate of SB 460/HB 781 the legislation that could close loopholes in current Maryland law regarding sexual contact between teachers, coaches, volunteers and recreational program staff, and children. Senate Zirkin is the Chair of the Senate representatives on this 6 person committee.
This is what the Facebook page looked like yesterday.
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Here's what the same Facebook posting looks like now.
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Not to worry. . . http://www.bobbyzirkinlaw.com/
ReplyDeleteDoesn't this website administrator censor comments as well? I wonder if this even gets posted...?
ReplyDeleteLooks like it did.
DeleteWhat's to the problem with asking a legislator about legislation? Is that forbidden in Maryland? Maybe we aren't in Maryland. Are we in some other land where public questions of legislators are illegal?
DeleteThere's no problem with that at all. The irony is the hypocrisy of this site calling out someone for censorship when the administrator here does it quite often. I have proof of many comments that were submitted and never posted.
DeleteProve it. Each comment box on this blog states that if your comment isn't posted in 24 hours that you are to send us an e-mail and we will post the comment that way. When did you e-mail us?
DeleteThere are over 950 comments in our spam folder because blogger has a strong filter for the many, many comments that are simply ads for other pages such as website development.
By taking a screen shot of the Senator's Facebook we were able to show exactly what happened.
For clarification, the comments on Senator Bobby Zirkin's Facebook page were made by a real person, using their real name. The questions related to pending legislation at a time when Senator Zirkin told readers to follow him for legislative updates as the session ended. The point of the questions was to get updates during the fast moving time of the end of the Maryland legislative session. At the end of the Maryland legislative session there is no time for public hearings and no transparency in what is going on behind closed doors.
The legislation that was the topic of this exchange had been languishing in the Annapolis for a decade. This year, a small part of that proposed legislation made it into law.
Transparency is analogous to an iceberg, only ten percent is public hearings the rest is behind closed doors.
ReplyDeleteIn the Maryland legislature it is probably 100% is behind closed doors. Public hearings are often just for show.
DeleteThat could be due to the hot air causing a meltdown.
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