Pohakuloa Training Area government Facebook page Censorship
Borce, Loreto V Jr LTC USARMY IMCOM PACIFIC (USA) <loreto.v.borce.mil@mail.mil>, Donnelly, Michael O’Malley CIV USARMY IMCOM PACIFIC (USA) <michael.o.donnelly.civ@mail.mil>, Gray, Harold W Jr CSM USARMY IMCOM PACIFIC (USA) <harold.w.gray.mil@mail.mil>, Mathers, Gregory S CIV USARMY 25 ID (USA) <gregory.s.mathers.civ@mail.mil>
To LTC Borce, Harold Gray, Forrest Blake Doll, Gregory Mathers, and Mike Donnelly,
Aloha kakou,
Below is the email I received from PTA PAO Mike Donnelly. Mr. Donnelly drove up to our 1025th Hilo Peace Vigil on Friday, May 21, 2021 at the downtown Hilo Post Office/Federal Bldg. as we were packing up our signs around 5:15PM
I told him that I viewed his email response (below) emailed to me on 5/17 as a “FRAUD.” The reason I say that is because I was not simply “having trouble commenting on the PTA Facebook posts,” as stated in Donnelly’s email, as if it was merely a technical problem. I was being censored (banned) for the 2nd in time in 2 years. (And I rarely submit a comment) The fact is the PTA Facebook page is a government sponsored forum on militarism. In such forums Donnelly needs to be told by his superiors in crystal clear terms that citizens have rights. It appears he has not been told clearly or he did not transmit that clear message to me. I guess Mr. Donnelly was not given the “Lava Tube Award” for darkness by the Big island Press Club for nothing.
Please Speak Up clearly! Show that you truly believe “in the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Protect the rights of the majority and the minority.
Mahalo.
Jim Albertini
bc: media, officials, ACLU, etc.
Jim Albertini Malu ‘Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown) Hawai’i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
May 17, 2021 email from Mike Donnelly below
Aloha Mr. Albertini: Mahalo for your correspondence. We are sorry if you are having trouble commenting on PTA Facebook posts. Please know that as this site represents Pohakuloa Training Area, a subunit of the U.S. Army, therefore it is not an open forum for others to post as they may wish. We have explored your specific case and you should be able to comment. Thank you for your patience, and please read and be familiar with the USER Agreement at https://www.facebook.com/PohakuloaTrainingArea/about/?ref=page_internal . See “Additional Information”. Mahalo and Warmest Aloha, Mike —————————- Michael O. Donnelly Public Affairs Officer US Army Garrison Hawaii at Pohakuloa Training Area Building 93, Room 1 MM 35 Highway 200 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Desk: (808)-969-2411 DSN: 469-2411 Cell: (808)-824-1474
On 5/12/21 5:40 PM, Borce, Loreto V Jr LTC USARMY IMCOM PACIFIC (USA) wrote:
Mr. Albertini,
I acknowledge your email and will discuss with the PTA team. Mike Donnelly will reply to you by the end of the week. For your situational awareness, Mr. Greg Fleming moved to USACE so Mr. Blake Doll (cc’d) is filling as the PTA DCO. Thanks.
v/r,
LORETO V. BORCE, JR
LTC, FA
Garrison Commander
USAG-Pohakuloa Training Area, HI
Office: (808) 969-2407
Work Cell: (808) 228-6598
NIPR: loreto.v.borce.mil@mail.mil
SIPR: loreto.v.borce.mil@mail.smil.mil
Pohakuloa Training Area Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/PohakuloaTrainingArea/
“GOD, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
From: Jim Albertini <ja@malu-aina.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:02 PM
To: Donnelly, Michael O’Malley CIV USARMY IMCOM PACIFIC (USA) <michael.o.donnelly.civ@mail.mil>
Cc: Borce, Loreto V Jr LTC USARMY IMCOM PACIFIC (USA) <loreto.v.borce.mil@mail.mil>; Fleming, Gregory R CIV USARMY IMCOM PACIFIC (USA) <gregory.r.fleming4.civ@mail.mil>
Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Pohakuloa Training Area government Facebook page Censorship?
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To Mike Donnelly, PTA Public Affairs Officer May 12, 2021
michael.o.donnelly.civ@mail.mil < Caution-mailto:michael.o.donnelly.civ@mail.mil >
Aloha Mike,
I noticed recently when I went to the official Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) GOVERNMENT Facebook page, that I am not allowed to comment on PTA Facebook posts. I know of at least one other friend who also is NOT provided a “Comment” option of the PTA Facebook page. Other people are allowed to comment.
This looks like government censorship to me and a violation of US First Amendment free speech rights.
Please immediately provide a “Comment” option for all people, myself included, on the PTA GOVERNMENT Facebook page.
Mahalo.
Jim Albertini
— Jim Albertini Malu ‘Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown) Hawai’i 96760
Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
cc: copies of this email are being sent to government elected officials, news media, and attorneys including the ACLU
— Jim Albertini Malu ‘Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown) Hawai’i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
