{"id":13717,"date":"2011-02-01T09:22:12","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T14:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/13717\/message-out-alieve-suffering-send-simular-letter-copy-paste-care\/"},"modified":"2011-02-01T09:22:12","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T14:22:12","slug":"message-out-alieve-suffering-send-simular-letter-copy-paste-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/13717\/message-out-alieve-suffering-send-simular-letter-copy-paste-care\/","title":{"rendered":"A message was sent out, want to help alieve suffering? Send out a simular letter, copy and paste for all I care"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122and all living creatures)<\/a><\/p>\n

Friendburst :
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<\/strong><\/strong>Animal Rights<\/a>
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<\/strong><\/strong>University of Florida<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n

<\/strong><\/strong>taxpayer-funded animal torture<\/strong><\/h2>\n

UF: The Ethics of Deception, Lies, and, quite posssibly, Criminal\u00a0Activity<\/h1>\n

Posted:<\/strong> January 18, 2011 | Author:<\/strong> nioflorida<\/a> | Filed under:<\/strong> Uncategorized<\/a> | 1<\/strong> Comment \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>You can’t hide from the light of day anymore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Subject:<\/strong><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nUniversity of Florida: The Ethics of Deception, Lies, and, quite possibly, Criminal Activity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From:<\/strong><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cCamille Marino\u201d <camille@negotiationisover.com<\/a>><\/td>\n(Add as Preferred Sender<\/a>)<\/td>\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nTue, Jan 18, 2011 12:16 am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
To:<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cJanine Sikes\u201d <jysikes@ufl.edu<\/a>><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Cc:<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cBernie Machen\u201d <president@ufl.edu<\/a>>, \u201cChris Machen\u201d <cmachen@ufl.edu<\/a>>, \u201cBoard of Governors of the State University System \u201d <Chancellor@flbog.edu<\/a>>, \u201cLisa Grossman\u201d <lgrossman621@gmail.com<\/a>>, info@wuft.org<\/a>, radio@wuft.org<\/a>, tv20news@wcjb.com<\/a>, editor@insitegainesville.com<\/a>, joe.adams@jacksonville.com<\/a>, steve.cotter@jacksonville.com<\/a>, roger.bull@jacksonville.com<\/a>, tracy.jones@jacksonville.com<\/a>, AMarques@MiamiHerald.com<\/a>, PAndrews@MiamiHerald.com<\/a>, JWooldridge@MiamiHerald.com<\/a>, sabrahams@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>, aacevedo@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>, insight@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>, bgabordi@tallahassee.com<\/a>, hschwarz@tallahassee.com<\/a>, ncfmrbob@earthlink.net<\/a>, scoop@huffingtonpost.com<\/a>, pc@pchouseproductions.com<\/a>, chip@pchouseproductions.com<\/a>, brose@entercom.com<\/a>, crash@windfm.com<\/a>, efuggetta@alligator.org<\/a>, jimmy@civicmediacenter.org<\/a>, outreach@wedu.org<\/a>, editor@alachuatoday.com<\/a>, news@sctnews.com<\/a>, newsdesk@gainesvillegazette.info<\/a>, record620@aol.com<\/a>, osteenj@gvillesun.com<\/a>, editor@alligator.org<\/a>, tsenter@mygtn.tv<\/a>, news@foxwofl.com<\/a>, tjhart@entercom.com<\/a>, fmnews@wuft.org<\/a>, mleeps@wuft.org<\/a>, rdupont@NorthFloridaHerald.com<\/a>, torres@fcir.org<\/a>, mschneider@ap.org<\/a>, newsdesk@cfnews13.com<\/a>, editor@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>, wesh2news@gmail.com<\/a>, news@wftv.com<\/a>, desk@wkmg.com<\/a>, eric.barton@browardpalmbeach.com<\/a>, info@inweekly.net<\/a>, executive.editor@heraldtribune.com<\/a>, bfarrington@ap.org<\/a>, local@sptimes.com<\/a>, cmarshalsea@4freepress.com<\/a>, matthew.fry@thevillagesmedia.com<\/a>, bskoloff@ap.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/strong><\/strong>Janine Sikes
\nDirector of Public Affairs University Relations
\nUniversity of Florida
\n101 Tigert Hall
\nOffice: 352-846-3903\/06
\nCell: 352-214-6807
\nemail: jysikes@UFL.EDU<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong>Dear Ms. Sikes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong>On October 22, 2010, in accordance with open records statutes in this state (Fla. Stat. Secs. 119.01 to 119.15) that regulate specific activites at the University of Florida, I requested public records<\/a> concerning 33 primates held captive in 2009. Despite many assurances last month from you, Ms. Sikes, that your colleagues were diligently working to compile the documentation, on December 18, 2010, I was handed an envelope in the university police station containing a refund check and an unsigned letter notifying me that UF had chosen not to comply with the open records laws that are specifically designed to protect public interests. Rather, the anonymous statement on UF letterhead stated that your university opted to invoke a \u201cveterinary-patient\u201d privilege (\u201cSection 474.2165, Fla. Stat\u201d) that was written to afford citizens and their veterinarians rights of privacy. Given the gravity of my concerns surrounding dubious ethics and the abuse (if not fraud) of public funds at UF<\/a> \u2014 questions for which the public anxiously awaits a response \u2014 I am unsurprised by the legal contortions being employed to evade public scrutiny. I am inferring that the university intends to argue that the \u201cveterinarian-patient\u201d technicality absolves it of its legal responsibilities. However, you may not simply dispatch and dismiss the public to whom you are accountable. The 5-page package I received, including a refund check and a letter documenting the University of Florida\u2019s refusal to comply with Florida state disclosure laws, may be viewed HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong>Once again, Ms. Sikes, your resistance, or perhaps inability, to engage in honest dialogue leaves me unclear about a number of issues. I hope that you will welcome this opportunity to explain to me and the greater community why UF vehemently resists transparency and public scrutiny. After all, in 2009 alone, over $338 million in our tax money filled UF\u2019s coffers and lined all of your pockets while most of us struggled to survive the recession. With all due respect, you have deceived the public for far too long and I am committed to making sure that this community remains transfixed on UF until we examine every animal experiment on which every single penny of public money is expended. Your inability to engage the public with any semblance of sincerity has not gone unnoticed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong>However, I respectfully request that you address each of my concerns with candor and depth:<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong>1- I am a little confused about our communications throughout December 2010, in which you assured Lisa Grossman and me on several occasions that the records requested were being gathered. Please note that, while I received a phone call on December 17 advising me that my \u201cdocuments\u201d were ready, the invoice from which my refund check was drawn is dated December 1. Were you unaware that UF had decided to withhold this information? Were you blatantly lying to us? Or do you find informed members of your community a nuisance to be dismissed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong>It troubles me to know first-hand that, beyond treating the public with deceit and disrespect, you exhibit a seeming disdain for those whose taxes make you rich.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong>2- As stated above, the letter I received (unsigned and anonymous) cites a veterinary-patient privilege. If I am understanding you correctly, you contend that this statute allegedly relieves UF of its fiduciary obligations to the public under open records laws.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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