Chairman Tom M. White Threatens Prior Restraint, Suppresses Response
Channel: Apache County Individual and Property Rights Association
Date: 2014-05-19

During a public hearing in St. Johns, Arizona on May 19, 2014, Apache County Board of Supervisors Chairman Tom M. White limited the number of people who could speak in opposition, and then intimated the use of prior restraint upon those wishing to offer testimony. In response to the flawed conduct of this public hearing, certain issues were raised regarding the Battershell Procedures, and the unlawful nature of any threat of prior restraint against those seeking to provide testimony. Ultimately, this information resulted in an executive denial of the three minutes originally guaranteed to each participant by Mr. White himself.