The Form of the Iowa Class Battleship and the Sea of Tyranny Manifested By Iowa’s Alleged Information Concealment Board

M E M O R A N D U M

Michael J. Merritt, USN
Retired/Writer
PO BOX 187
Newton, IA 50208
cipher.hunter@phoenixharbor.ai

To:  Des Moines, IA Police Department
25 E 1st St
Des Moines, IA 50309
(Electronic Service Only)

Grinnell, IA Police Department
1020 Spring St
Grinnell, IA 50112
(Electronic Service Only)

Info:  U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
(USPS Certified Mail)

Office of the Governor
1007 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50319
(USPS Certified Mail)

State of Iowa Senate – General Assembly: 90
(01/09/2023 – 01/12/2025)
(Electronic Service Only) 

Iowa House of Representatives – General Asssembly: 90
(01/09/2023 – 01/12/2025)
(Electronic Service Only) 

Iowa Supreme Court Disciplinary Review Board
Judicial Branch Building
1111 East Court Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa  50319
(USPS Certified Mail)

Office of the Attorney General of Iowa
Hoover State Office Building
1305 E. Walnut Street
Des Moines IA 50319
(Electronic Service Only)

Iowa Department of Public Safety
Oran Pape State Office Building
215 E. 7th St
Des Moines IA 50319
(Electronic Service)

Office of the Chief Information Officer
200 E. Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309
(Electronic Service)

Iowa Civil Rights Commission
400 E. 14th St.
1st Floor, Grimes Building
Des Moines, IA 50319
(Electronic Service Only)

Poweshiek County, IA Attorney’s Office
4802 Barnes City Rd
Montezuma, IA 50171
(Electronic Service Only)

Polk County Attorney’s Office
Polk County Justice Center
222 Fifth Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
(Electronic Service Only)

Poweshiek County, IA Sheriff’s Office
4802 Barnes City Road
Montezuma, IA 50171(Electronic Service Only)

Subj:  THE FORM OF THE IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIP AND THE SEA OF TYRANNY MANIFESTED BY IOWA’S ALLEGED INFORMATION CONCEALMENT BOARD

Ref: 1.  U.S. Const. Amend. 1st
2.  U.S. Const. Amend. 4th
3.  U.S. Const. Amend. 5th
4.  U.S. Const. Amend. 6th
5.  U.S. Const. Amend. 14th
6.  Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as Amended | Title 42 – The Public Health and Welfare – Subchapter 2 – Public Services (Title II) Part A – Prohibition Against Discrimination and other Generally Applicable Provisions – Sec. 12131. Definitions
7.  Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as Amended | Title 42 – The Public Health and Welfare – Subchapter 2 – Public Services (Title II) Part A – Prohibition Against Discrimination and other Generally Applicable Provisions – Sec. 12132. Definitions
8.  Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as Amended | Title 42 – The Public Health and Welfare – Subchapter 2 – Public Services (Title II) Part A – Prohibition Against Discrimination and other Generally Applicable Provisions – Sec. 12133. Definitions
9.  Iowa Const. Sec. 1 of Art. 1
10.  Iowa Const. Sec. 2 of Art. 1
11.  Iowa Const. Sec. 6 of Art. 1
12.  Iowa Const. Sec. 7 of Art. 1
13.  Iowa Const. Sec. 8 of Art. 1
14.  Iowa Const. Sec. 9 of Art. 1
15.  Iowa Const. Sec. 10 of Art. 1
16.  Iowa Const. Sec. 20 of Art. 1
17.  Iowa Const. Sec. 21 of Art. 1
18. Iowa Code Title VI – HUMAN SERVICES – Iowa Code Chapter 216 – Iowa Code Section 216.2(5.) Definitions
19.  Iowa Code Title VI – HUMAN SERVICES – Iowa Code Chapter 216 – Iowa Code Section 216.2(13.)(b.) Definitions
20.  Iowa Code Title VI – HUMAN SERVICES – Iowa Code Chapter 216 – Iowa Code Section 216.2(15.) Definitions
21.  Iowa Code Title VI – HUMAN SERVICES – Iowa Code Chapter 216 – Iowa Code Section 216.7 Unfair practices — accommodations or services.
22. Title XV – JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES – Iowa Code Chapter 659 – Libel and Slander
23.   Title XVI – CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Iowa Code Chapter 708 – ASSAULT – Iowa Code Section 708.7 – Harassment
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33.  Braunschweig, Christopher. “Republicans Pop off a Few Rounds for Trap Shoot Fundraiser.” Newton Daily News, Newton Daily News, 18 Sept. 2022, www.newtondailynews.com/news/local/2022/09/18/republicans-pop-off-a-few-rounds-for-trap-shoot-fundraiser/.
34.  Braunschweig, Christopher. “Presidential Candidates Shoot Their Shot at Jasper County Trap Shoot.” Newton Daily News, Newton Daily News, 23 Sept. 2023, https://www.newtondailynews.com/news/local/2023/09/23/presidential-candidates-shoot-their-shot-at-jasper-county-trap-shoot/.
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37.  Braunschweig, Christopher. “Jasper County Becomes Iowa’s First Gun Sanctuary despite Objections.” Newton Daily News, Newton Daily News, 15 July 2021, https://www.newtondailynews.com/news/local/2021/07/15/jasper-county-becomes-iowas-first-gun-sanctuary-despite-objections/.
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42.  “Complaint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complaint. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
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48.  “Doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doubt. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
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50.  “Quarrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarrel. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
51.  “Rebellion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebellion. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
52.  “Argument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/argument. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
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55.  “Mistrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mistrust. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
56.  “Conflict.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conflict. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
57.  “Unwilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwilling. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
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67.  Iowa Rules of the Court Chapter 32 – Rules of Professional Conduct 32.1:4(4.) Communications
68.  Iowa Rules of The Court Chapter 32 – Rule 32:3.1 Meritorious Claims and Contentions
69.  Iowa Rules of the Court Chapter 32 – Rule 32:3.3(a.)(1.) Candor toward the Tribunal
70.  Iowa Rules of the Court Chapter 32 – Rule 32:3.3(a.)(3.) Candor toward the Tribunal
71.  Iowa Rules of the Court Chapter 32 – Rule 32:3.5(a.) Impartiality and Decorum of the Tribunal
72.  Iowa Rules of the Court Chapter 32 – Rule 32:4.4(a.) Respect for Rights of Third Persons
73.  Iowa Rules of the Court Chapter 32 – Rule 32:8.4(a.) Misconduct
74.  Iowa Rules of the Court Chapter 32 – Rule 32:8.4(c.) Misconduct
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77.  Iowa Rules of the Court Chapter 32 – Rule 32:8.4(g.) Misconduct
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83. Memorandum – Iowa Public Information Board – Erica Eckley – 22 AUG 2023

Enc 1.  Electronic Mail – Michael J. Merritt – 13 JUL 2023 – 1609
2.  Electronic Mail – Michael J. Merritt – 13 JUL 2023 – 1713
3.  The Complete List of Trump’s Twitter Insults (2015-2021),  See: Reference (81.)
4.  Analytical Assessment of Former President Donald Trump’s Insult Word Count in Comparison with Former President Trump’s Presidential Topic Word Count 2015 – 2021.
5. Chest Cam Footage – Jasper County, IA Sheriff’s Office – (Citizen Produced) – 13 APR 2023
6. City of Newton, IA – City Council Meeting – 17 APR 2023
7. Jasper County, IA Board of Supervisor’s Meeting – 02 MAY 2023
8. Reference (26.) Analysis
9. Reference (27.) Analysis
10. Reference (28.) Analysis
11. Reference (29.) Analysis
12. Reference (30.) Analysis
13. Reference (31.) Analysis
14. ICRC Complaint Form Michael J Merritt/Iowa Public Information Board

1. Introduction

The originator of this correspondence is communicating this public declaration to the State of Iowa regarding the recently publicly published evidence supporting the malicious allegation of criminal conduct (harassing harassment See: References (26.), (27.), (28.) supported by zero evidence the appointed leaders within the Iowa Public Information Board appear to have directed toward the originator of this correspondence while producing evidence of discrimination against his service-connected mental health disabilities documented by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs after twenty years of documented honorable service. Evidence of these events occurred while the Iowa Court possessed zero court records indicating that the originator of this correspondence has been investigated, charged, or convicted of violating the section of the Iowa Code the Iowa Public Information Board has referenced (Reference 23.) while disseminating this alleged criminal allegation throughout the Iowa Press as supported by the evidence. These events occurred after Iowa Public Information Board Executive Director Eckley was notified on 13 July 2023 regarding the originator of this correspondence’s intention to file a complaint against the Iowa Public Information Board’s Executive Director with the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Review Board regarding the evidence of the Executive Director’s historical statements backed by zero evidence and alleged misrepresentation of public records published on recent Iowa Public Information Board dismissals.

The originator of this correspondence is assembling an investigative work product for the Iowa Legislature and the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Review Board regarding these alleged historical events and the Iowa Public Information Board’s Executive Director’s alleged abuse of power and evidence supporting the Executive Director’s lack of comprehension regarding citizen rights protected by Article 1, Sections 6, 7, 9, and 10 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.

Recent press releases published by the Iowa Press provide evidence that the Iowa Public Information Board, under current leadership, has not only produced evidence of discarding complaints it has received but also attempting to discard, dismantle, restrict, and abridge the rights, liberties, and access to public accommodations of the citizens it allegedly protects and serves. At the same time, the Iowa Public Information Board produces evidence of fueling this agenda with alleged acts of criminal conduct supported by zero evidence against a private citizen that was never provided due process in the Iowa Court regarding these criminal allegations the Iowa Public Information Board has produced evidence of recklessly and irresponsibly communicating to the Iowa Press to fuel its pursuit of additional political power. As shown in the Iowa Press, the evidence supports a reasonable conclusion that the Iowa Public Information Board’s current leadership has targeted a private citizen with public communications of false criminal allegations backed by zero evidence that the damaged party has never been provided due process regarding in the Iowa Court. At the same time, the Iowa Public Information Board produces evidence of mental health disability-based discrimination against an honorably retired military service member while the Iowa Public Information Board prepares to submit a bill to the Iowa Legislature granting and providing the Iowa Public Information Board with elevated authority that will allow the Iowa Public Information Board to ignore and override citizens’ rights protected by Sections 9 and 10 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa. At the same time, the Iowa Public Information Board produces evidence of desiring to be judge and jury regarding whether a citizen has executed behavior consistent with what appears to be a strategically placed synonym of a word already defined by the Iowa Legislature in Iowa Code Section 708.7 while halting and restricting that citizen’s access to public accommodations protected by Iowa Code Chapter 22. As this recent draft of legislation does not seem to impact Iowa Code Section 22.10, the evidence indicates this draft of legislation produced by the Iowa Public Information Board will only produce prejudice and unequal access to equal justice, rights, liberties, and access to public accommodations from the least among us that may not have the resources to combat the evidence of this blatant disregard by the Iowa Public Information Board of citizen constitutional rights and the evidence supporting its abuse of power and unethical acts against the citizens it allegedly serves.

This draft legislation provided by the Iowa Public Information Board could be perverted and misused as a possible future tool utilized by the State of Iowa to damage and restrict or significantly delay a citizen’s ability to access requested public records. At the same time, it may harm future citizens of the State of Iowa’s ability to access public records (evidence) that could assist a citizen and their legal counsel in determining the root and cause of alleged damages during a redress of grievances within the Iowa Court.

2. The Defender of the People and the Vexation of Tyranny

The evidence indicates that those within the government of the State of Iowa who deploy the word vexatious against the citizens they allegedly represent (while possibly producing evidence of discrimination against a protected class) only provide evidence of their lack of ethics, competence, and understanding of constitutional law and related code definitions within the State of Iowa. At the same time, our state government produces evidence of seeking elevated authority not supported by our founding documents, providing the state authority to deny citizens’ rights, liberties, and access to public accommodations. At the same time, the state produces evidence of desiring and attempting to circumnavigate its responsibilities to the citizens of Iowa regarding their right to due process as protected by Section 9 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa before denying a citizen access to public accommodations related to the Iowa record request (Iowa Code Chapter 22) and the related complaint process (Iowa Code Chapter 23).

Elected leaders, appointed leaders, and licensed lawyers who put forth this form of tyranny provide further evidence of their proper form and lack of fitness regarding whether they should be allowed to continue in their positions. At the same time, these alleged leaders produce evidence of using a synonym of a word already defined by the Iowa State Legislature in the Iowa Code (See: Iowa Code Section 708.7). In contrast, the Iowa Public Information Board produces evidence of a future desire to petition that same legislature to receive authority to deny access to rights, liberties, and access to public accommodations, possibly against citizens, demographics, or protected classes they have chosen to target whose actions supported by the evidence has not violated the laws of this state.

In a state that protects a citizen’s right to due process of law as articulated in Section 9 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa and the 5th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, any Elected leader, appointed leader, or licensed lawyer that puts forth a bill compromising or disregarding this judicial process. At the same time, they produce evidence of seeking more political power, and authority has only produced evidence of their ethics, fitness, or lack of comprehension regarding the laws they allegedly represent or are licensed to practice.

Our laws dictate that the state is not allowed to have hurt feelings, emotions, frustrations, or personal opinions in response to the lawful behavior executed by those that evidence may show the state is currently victimizing. At the same time, the state produces evidence of attempting to criminalize or persecute that citizen, demographic, or protected class, possibly to silence their redress of grievances. This form of government leadership only produces evidence that the survivability of the state and the careers of those who manifest a lust for political power are a higher priority than the rights, liberties, and equal access to public accommodations of those they allegedly serve.

Constitution of the State of Iowa

All men and women are, by nature, free and equal, and have certain inalienable rights — among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. Amended by Amendment 45 (1998)

Article 1, Sec 1. Rights of persons.

“All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for the protection, security, and benefit of the people, and they have the right, at all times, to alter or reform the same, whenever the public good may require it.”

Article 1, Sec. 2. Political power.

“All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation; the general assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms shall not equally belong to all citizens.”

Article 1, Sec. 6. Laws uniform.

“Every person may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right. No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it appears* to the jury that the matter charged as libellous was true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. *In the original text, the word is “”appear””, see original Constitution, Art. I, §7″

Article 1, Sec. 7. Liberty of speech and press.

“The people have the right freely to assemble together to counsel for the common good; to make known their opinions to their representatives and to petition for a redress of grievances.”

Article 1, Sec. 20. Right of assemblage — petition.

This form of government and those who administer it should either build a case supporting a violation of our laws that will lead to a criminal prosecution authorizing the state to restrict or halt rights, liberties, and access to public accommodations or possibly seek employment with a capitalistic employer that allows its workforce to take its hurt feelings, emotions, frustrations, and personal opinions out on its customers. Walmart perhaps.  

The evidence indicates that those within the government who deploy the word vexatious against another private citizen are only accomplishing the quiet and covert acknowledgment they possess zero evidence supporting the citizen they desire to persecute or oppress has violated the law in a state whose legislature has already defined harassment (See: Iowa Code Section 708.7). At the same time, the Iowa Public Information Board produces evidence of attempting to manifest an unethical and strategic tool meant to provide it with elevated authority over a citizen’s access to rights, liberties, and public accommodations. In contrast, the Iowa Public Information Board produces evidence of a desire to insert itself into a position in our state’s judicial process; our constitution and any ethical and competent licensed lawyer would articulate it has no place. At the same time, those involved in the evidence of this form of tyranny produce evidence of seeking to elevate themselves to a level of authority not supported by our constitutions, possibly to fuel further the already available evidence of their abuse of power or to persecute and discredit a private citizen who has already communicated an intention to file a complaint against the documented drafter of this abortion of public records access that is being put before the Iowa Legislature.

The Art of Critical Thinking requires one to question the actual motives of a state attempting to persuade its citizens that the state’s legislature takes public records access seriously. At the same time, it has already repealed Iowa Code Section 22.6 while protecting the state from criminal penalties based on the evidence of its acts against those it serves. At the same time, the Iowa Public Information Board is proposing an abortion of legislation that attacks the people submitting record requests that the culminating chapter of that state’s code is meant to protect. At the same time, the government bodies supporting this bill may produce evidence of actions violating Iowa Code Chapter 22 that manifest the paradigm the government body is attempting to persecute and criminalize while withholding requested public records.

The Iowa Public Information Board is likely nothing more than a lie, as the evidence indicates. At the same time, the Iowa Legislature has deployed this government agency as a distraction that attempts to redirect the focus of its people from the fact the state no longer takes ownership or is accountable (See: Iowa Code Section 22.6) for the evidence of its failure to provide requested public records and the available evidence of unconstitutional exploitations of the people regarding public records access. At the same time, our state’s Republican leadership only produces evidence of competence toward aiming at books and clay pigeons during their political fundraisers.


Des Moines, IA Police Department/Grinnell, IA Police Department, the originator of this correspondence desires to turn himself in regarding the criminal allegations (See: Iowa Code Section 708.7 specifically Sub-Section (4.)(a.) and (4.)(b.) as the originator of this correspondence believes is being referenced by the Iowa Public Information Board in its public communications that evidence indicates is directed toward the originator of this correspondence) so Iowa Law Enforcement and the Iowa Court may determine the Truth in this case. At the same time, the originator of this correspondence is provided access to the evidence in accordance with our laws that are being utilized to support what evidence indicates are malicious and heinous allegations against the originator of this correspondence that, at face value, appear to be backed by zero evidence and evidence of retaliation manifested by the Iowa Public Information Board’s Executive Director while it lacks merit or any evidence supporting its provocative public communications. At the same time, the evidence indicates the Iowa Public Information Board is persecuting and attacking the lawful acts and conduct of Merritt.

The originator of this correspondence respectfully requests that a full investigation and evidence of this investigation be released to the people of Iowa in the form of records your departments produce identified as public records per Iowa Code Section 22.7(5.). At the same time, the originator of this correspondence intends to provide a copy of his Voluntary Sworn Statement to the Iowa Press so that the Truth may be available to those who seek it. The originator respectfully submits he is willing to stand by and play this game of Criminal Code Synonym Scrabble with the State of Iowa. At the same time, it produces evidence of dissecting the dictionary on its desk. At the same time, the originator of this correspondence believes it would be more productive to focus on the alleged meat and potatoes that the State of Iowa is attempting to bury in synonyms of words the Iowa Legislature has already provided a criminal definition for within Iowa Code Section 708.7. At the same time, evidence indicates that the Iowa Public Information Board Executive Director has indirectly alleged that the originator of this correspondence communication is “abusive and harassing.” 

The evidence indicates that many within the State of Iowa that evidence suggests are within Des Moines, IA Police Department’s jurisdiction is utilizing language across the State of Iowa that indicates the originator of this correspondence has violated Iowa Code Section 708.7 in his pursuit of public records that the evidence suggests the City of Newton, IA, and Jasper County, IA have produced evidence of concealing while executing possibly unethical and unlawful acts against the originator of this correspondence. At the same time, a preliminary analysis of recent published news reports within the Iowa Press indicates that some government body officials are communicating a narrative that suggests that the originator of this correspondence has executed actions that have or may manifest a cyber security threat to the State of Iowa. At the same time, the originator of this correspondence has built a database of publicly available information maintained by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers and other global public domain name system (DNS) databases. The evidence indicates that the originator of this correspondence communicated in electronic mail a desire to volunteer to work with the Iowa Public Information Board to assist with protecting Iowans from being exploited by excessive fees (+$1000s), as shown by the evidence collected by the originator of this correspondence. The evidence, as reported in the Iowa Press, indicates that the Iowa Public Information Board, specifically the Executive Director (without making any additional query with the originator of this correspondence regarding collecting extra information or addressing concerns as evidence indicates existed), took it upon herself to commence a campaign of hysteria not supported by evidence or logic that communicated that a twenty-year veteran of the United States Department of Defense trusted with a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartment Information (SCI) Clearance allegedly and suddenly is a threat to national security a few odd weeks after the originator of this correspondence communicated an intention to file a complaint against the Iowa Public Information Board’s Executive Director Eckley regarding the evidence of her misrepresentation of public records, facts, and other data leading to alleged improper IPIB case dismissals. 

The originator of this correspondence does not recall anyone within the State of Iowa falsely accusing him of criminal conduct or other forms of abuse while deployed in the Northern Arabian Sea during the moments immediately after September 11, 2001, or at any time during his twenty-year career. When looking at the historical evidence, the originator of this correspondence believes that this current state of publicly communicated false criminal allegations supported by zero evidence and alleged defamation and other forms of abuse speaks more of the quality of the ethics of the leadership of the State of Iowa over the citizen that evidence indicates they seek to destroy.

The originator of this request believes the evidence indicates this alleged Iowa Public Information Board has gone out of its way to assist Iowa State government bodies with accomplishing the withholding of public records that have previously been requested. The evidence of this current attack against the originator of this correspondence by the Iowa Public Information Board is possibly nothing more than a device meant to prevent the consolidation and pursuit of information that will provide evidence of the current alleged broken and corrupt state of the open records process within the State of Iowa. The originator of this correspondence was a qualified information warfare specialist during his service in the United States Navy. The strategic significance of information warfare is that whoever controls the world’s data controls the battlefield on which it is produced. This paradigm is possibly why the leadership of the State of Iowa produces a significant amount of evidence of acts and other conduct indicating a desire to conceal public records from the people that allegedly maintain the political power of this state, as articulated in Section 2 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.

The originator of this correspondence has evolved to place in the spirit of understanding that there is an extreme possibility that some within the State of Iowa produce evidence of recklessly and unethically manipulating and tampering with the rights of others. At the same time, they possibly have zero experience, comprehension, or understanding of what it requires to defend the rights and liberties of others. At the same time, the evidence may indicate they have lived comfortable lives without being tasked with defending their rights, liberties, and access to public accommodations that others have defended for them.

“She added that she has “become aware of an individual basically automating across all counties, all school boards, all cities, and such, seeking extensive records and then the communications after that can be quite abusive and harassing.”

Ref 1. Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 15. “Proposed Bill Would Block ‘vexatious’ Citizens from Accessing Public Records.” Iowa Capital Dispatch, 15 Sept. 2023, iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/09/15/proposed-bill-would-block-vexatious-citizens-from-accessing-public-records/.

“At one point he told me he was going to develop a database of information to make request to government entities easier – particularly how they store emails,” Eckley told the board members. “I am not sure his actions are meant to be a cybersecurity threat, but he could be creating information that others could use for attacks.”

Ref  2. Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 22. “How One Man’s Actions Led to Proposed New Limits on Public-Records Access.” Iowa Capital Dispatch, 23 Sept. 2023, iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/09/22/how-one-mans-actions-led-to-proposed-new-limits-on-public-records-access/

My pledge to the State of Iowa Legislature: I will continue to work in accordance with our laws until I have provided the State of Iowa sufficient evidence that shows the importance of Iowa Code Section 22.6 in a state where evidence I have experienced indicates the State of Iowa is drowning in a pandemic of public record concealment that I believe the evidence suggests the Iowa Public Information Board misrepresents in its Dismissals that evidence I have across multiple IPIB cases shows contain statements that misrepresent facts or are not supported by the evidence. Suppose the State of Iowa is not drowning in a pandemic of public records concealment. In that case, it only produces the question regarding why those parties I have requested public records from have produced evidence of the conduct they have executed against me.


If this is a problem or if there is a desire to stop me from serving and helping to make Iowa a better place in accordance with the US and Iowa Codes, please come and arrest me now and stop teasing me. This suspense and delay regarding having the same 3″ thick mattress and powdered eggs I have grown to love during twenty years of service in the United States Navy is overwhelming. I feel like a child on 22 DEC waiting for Christmas.
What fuels my passion is that I have nothing left in my life, and I only want to help and serve others. I have always wanted to be a Guardian Angel, and this work is where I am supposed to be.

We are a nation of laws and constitutional rights that articulate that no citizen of this state or republic may be denied rights, liberties, and access to public accommodations without proper due process as provided by the Iowa or US Courts. Only the US and IowaCourts have the authority to abridge, restrict, or halt access to rights, liberties, or access to public accommodations while providing proper due process of law. These constitutional values have been in place for centuries, as shown in Section 9 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa and the 5th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Tyranny is born in a cesspool of entitlement that believes it can manipulate others with a strategic use of the English Language or while misrepresenting facts to achieve what evidence indicates is personal or professional gain that is not supported by our laws. At the same time, those who manifest this paradigm produce evidence of victimizing and damaging the rights and liberties of others.

“Sec. 7. Liberty of speech and press. Every person may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right. No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or

indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it appears* to the jury that the matter charged as libellous was true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted.

*In the original text, the word is “appear”, see original Constitution, Art. I, §7″

Article 1, Sec. 7. Liberty of speech and press.

3.  The State of Iowa and the Great Game of Scrabble

“vexatious
adjective
vex·​a·​tious vek-ˈsā-shəs
Synonyms of vexatious
1a: causing vexation : DISTRESSING
vexatious delays
b: intended to harass
a vexatious lawsuit
2: full of disorder or stress : TROUBLED
a vexatious period in her life”

“vexation
noun
vex·​a·​tion vek-ˈsā-shən How to pronounce vexation (audio)
Synonyms of vexationnext
1: the quality or state of being vexed : IRRITATION
2: a cause of trouble : AFFLICTION
3: the act of harassing or vexing : TROUBLING”

Synonyms and Similar words to vexation

harassment – See: Title XVI – CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Iowa Code Chapter 708 – ASSAULT – Iowa Code Section 708.7 – Harassment
disturbance
annoyance – See: Title XVI – CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Iowa Code Chapter 708 – ASSAULT – Iowa Code Section 708.7 – Harassment
bothering
bugging
teasing
aggravation
offence
bedevilment
importunity
torture
botheration
persecution
pestering
torment
harrying
molestation
provocation
offense
mischief – See: Title XVI – CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Iowa Code Chapter 716 – DAMAGE AND TRESPASS TO PROPERTY
devilment
aggro
devilry

protest
1 of 2
noun
pro·​test ˈprō-ˌtest
Synonyms of protest
1: a solemn declaration of opinion and usually of dissent: such as
a: a sworn declaration that payment of a note or bill has been refused and that all responsible signers or debtors are liable for resulting loss or damage
b: a declaration made especially before or while paying that a tax is illegal and that payment is not voluntary
2: the act of objecting or a gesture of disapproval
resigned in protest
especially : a usually organized public demonstration of disapproval
3: a complaint, objection, or display of unwillingness usually to an idea or a course of action
went under protest
4: an objection made to an official or a governing body of a sport
protest
2 of 2
verb
pro·​test prə-ˈtest  ˈprō-ˌtest, prō-ˈtest
protested; protesting; protests
transitive verb
1: to make solemn declaration or affirmation of
protest my innocence
2: to execute or have executed a formal protest against (something, such as a bill or note)
3: to make a statement or gesture in objection to
protested the abuses of human rights
intransitive verb
1: to make a protestation
2: to make or enter a protest
protester noun
 or protestor
prə-ˈte-stər
ˈprō-ˌte-
,prō-ˈte-

Synonyms and Similar words to protest

objection – 1: an act of objecting, 2a: a reason or argument presented in opposition, b: a feeling or expression of disapproval, c: a statement of opposition to an aspect of a judicial or other legal proceedingfile an objection to a proposed bankruptcy plan
complaint – 1: expression of grief, pain, or dissatisfaction She did her chores without complaint.  2a: something that is the cause or subject of protest or outcry, Inefficiency was the main complaint against the local government.  b: a bodily ailment or disease, The patient’s complaint was frequent headaches.  3: a formal allegation against a party, The complaint alleges sexual harassment.
exception
question

criticism – 1a: the act of criticizing usually unfavorably, seeking encouragement rather than criticism, b: a critical observation or remark, an unfair criticism, had a minor criticism of the design, c: CRITIQUE, 2: the art of evaluating, or analyzing works of art or literature, also : writings expressing such evaluation or analysis, an anthology of literary criticism, 3: the scientific investigation of literary documents (such as the Bible) in regard to such matters as origin, text, composition, or history
challenge – 1: to dispute especially as being unjust, invalid, or outmoded : IMPUGN, new data that challenges old assumptions, 2a: to confront or defy boldly : DARE, he challenged his critics to prove his guilt, b: to call out to duel or combat, challenged his rival to a duel, c: to invite into competition, he challenged his brother to a tennis match, 3: to question formally the legality or legal qualifications of, challenge a juror, 4: to arouse or stimulate especially by presenting with difficulties, she wants a job that will challenge her, 5: to order to halt and prove identity, the sentry challenged the stranger, 6: to demand as due or deserved : REQUIRE, an event that challenges explanation, 7: to administer a physiological (see PHYSIOLOGICAL sense 2) and especially an immunologic challenge to (an organism or cell), remonstrance
fuss
demur
expostulation

stink – 1: to emit a strong offensive odor stank of urine, 2: to be offensive, the election stank of corruption, also : to be in bad repute, 3: to possess something to an offensive degree, stinking with wealth, 4: to be extremely bad or unpleasant, the performance stank, that news really stinks, 1: a strong offensive odor : STENCH, 2: a public outcry against something : FUSS (See: Electronic Mail – Erika Sheeder – 15 OCT 2019/Jasper County, IA showing Jasper County, IA’s alleged Victim Witness Coordinator describing as evidence shows was a victim of a domestic violence restraining order violation that Jasper County, IA took zero action on, “This guy just came to our office and was raising a big stink…”
difficulty – 1: the quality or state of being hard to do, deal with, or understand : the quality or state of being difficult, underestimated the difficulty of the task, has difficulty reading, climbs stairs with difficulty, 2: CONTROVERSY, DISAGREEMENT, unable to resolve their difficulties, 3: OBJECTION, made no difficulty in granting the request, 4: something difficult : IMPEDIMENT, encountering difficulties along the way, 5: EMBARRASSMENT, TROUBLE  usually used in plural, financial difficulties 
demurrer
demurral

dissent – difference of opinion, heard voices of dissent at the meeting, : such as, a: religious nonconformity, permitted no dissent from church teachings, b law : a justice’s nonconcurrence with a decision of the majority, cited an earlier case in her dissent, called also dissenting opinion, c: political opposition to a government or its policies, attempts to suppress domestic dissent, suspicion
dispute – intransitive verb, : to engage in argument : DEBATE, especially : to argue irritably or with irritating persistence, transitive verb, 1a: to make the subject of verbal controversy or disputation, Legislators hotly disputed the bill. b: to call into question or cast doubt upon, Her honesty was never disputed. The witness disputed the defendant’s claim. 2a: to struggle against : OPPOSE, disputed the advance of the invaders, b: to contend over, disputing ownership of the land
doubt – 1a: a lack of confidence : DISTRUST, has doubts about his abilities, b: an inclination not to believe or accept, a claim met with doubt, 2a: uncertainty of belief or opinion that often interferes with decision-making, b: a deliberate suspension of judgment, 3: a state of affairs giving rise to uncertainty, hesitation, or suspense, The outcome is still in doubt.
disobedience – : refusal or neglect to obey
compunction – 1a: anxiety arising from awareness of guilt, compunctions of conscience, b: distress of mind over an anticipated action or result… showed no compunction in planning devilish engines of … destruction.—Havelock Ellis, 2: a twinge of misgiving : SCRUPLE, cheated without compunction… he had no compunction about brushing aside legal technicalities—Robert Penn Warren
quarrel – 1: a ground of dispute or complaint, have no quarrel with a different approach, 2: a usually verbal conflict between antagonists : ALTERCATION, quarrel, 3 of 3, verb, quarreled or quarrelled; quarreling or quarrelling, intransitive verb, 1: to find fault, many people quarrel with the idea, —Johns Hopkins Magazine, 2: to contend or dispute actively, quarreled frequently with his superiors, —London Calling, quarreler noun or quarreller, 
censure – 1: a judgment involving condemnation, unorthodox practices awaiting the censure of the city council, 2: the act of blaming or condemning sternly, The country faces international censure for its alleged involvement in the assassination.  3: an official reprimand,  The lawyer’s misconduct resulted in a letter of censure from the judge.  4 archaic : OPINION, JUDGMENT
debate – :a contention by words or arguments, Our polite chat about politics became a heated debate. The case sparked a raging public debate on property rights. : such as, a: a regulated discussion of a proposition (see PROPOSITION entry 1 sense 1b) between two matched sides, the last presidential debate before the election, the debate’s moderator, b law and government : the formal discussion of a motion (see MOTION entry 1 sense 3a) before a deliberative body according to the rules of parliamentary procedure
rebellion – 1: opposition to one in authority or dominance, 2a: open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance of or resistance to an established government, b: an instance of such defiance or resistance,
skepticism
squabble – : a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters
misunderstanding
qualm

argument – 1a: the act or process of arguing, reasoning, or discussing : ARGUMENTATION, b: a coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view, a defense attorney’s closing argument, c: an angry quarrel or disagreement, having an argument over/about money, trying to settle an argument, 2a: a reason given for or against a matter under discussion, They presented their arguments in favor of the proposal. b: a form of rhetorical expression intended to convince or persuade, 3: an abstract (see ABSTRACT entry 2 sense 1) or summary especially of a literary work, 4: the subject matter especially of a literary work, 5a mathematics : one of the independent variables upon whose value that of a function depends, b grammar : a substantive (such as the direct object of a transitive verb) that is required by a predicate in grammar, c mathematics : AMPLITUDE sense 4, 6 obsolete : an outward sign : INDICATION,
defiance – 1: the act or an instance of defying : CHALLENGE, jailed for defiance of a court order, 2: disposition to resist : willingness to contend or fight, dealing with a child’s defiance,
reluctance
uncertainty
quibble
cavil
distrust
 – : the lack or absence of trust, distrust, 2 of 2, verb, distrusted; distrusting; distrusts, transitive verb, : to have no trust or confidence in,
unease – :mental or spiritual discomfort: such as, a: vague dissatisfaction : MISGIVING, b: ANXIETY, DISQUIET, c: lack of ease (as in social relations) : EMBARRASSMENT,
scruple
static

mistrust – : a lack of confidence : DISTRUST, 2 of 2, verb, mistrusted; mistrusting; mistrusts, transitive verb, 1: to have no trust or confidence in : SUSPECT, mistrusted his neighbors, 2: to doubt the truth, validity, or effectiveness of, mistrusted his own judgment, 3: SURMISE, your mind mistrusted there was something wrong, —Robert Frost
reservation
conflict – 1: FIGHT, BATTLE, WAR, an armed conflict, 2a: competitive or opposing action of incompatibles : antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons), a conflict of principles, b: mental struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands, His conscience was in conflict with his duty.  3: the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction, The conflict in the play is between the king and the archbishop.  intransitive verb, 1: to be different, opposed, or contradictory : to fail to be in agreement or accord, His statement conflicts with the facts. 2 archaic : to contend in warfare
reservation

unwillingness – : not willing: a: LOATH, RELUCTANT, was unwilling to learn, b: done or given reluctantly, unwilling approval, c: offering opposition : OBSTINATE, an unwilling student,
uneasiness – 1: causing physical or mental discomfort, uneasy news of captures and killings, —Marjory S. Douglas, 2: not easy : DIFFICULT, 3: marked by lack of ease : AWKWARD, EMBARRASSED, gave an uneasy laugh, 4: APPREHENSIVE, WORRIED, uneasy about the weather, 5: RESTLESS, UNQUIET, an uneasy night, 6: PRECARIOUS, UNSTABLE, an uneasy truce
distrustfulness – : having or showing distrust
mistrustfulness –  : a lack of confidence : DISTRUST, 2 of 2, verb, mistrusted; mistrusting; mistrusts, transitive verb, 1: to have no trust or confidence in : SUSPECT, mistrusted his neighbors, 2: to doubt the truth, validity, or effectiveness of, mistrusted his own judgment, 3: SURMISE, your mind mistrusted there was something wrong, —Robert Frost
dubitation
incertitude
indetermination
niggle
misdoubt

hassle – 1: a heated often protracted argument : WRANGLE, embroiling myself in a long, exasperating hassle with masons, —S. J. Perelman, 2: a violent skirmish : FIGHT, 3a: a state of confusion : TURMOIL, all hassle and hurly-burly, —Ellery Queen, b: an annoying or troublesome concern, avoid the hassle of filling out paperwork, flight delays and other hassles of holiday travel, too much of a hassle to bother with, hassle, 2 of 2, verb, hassled; hassling ˈha-s(ə-)liŋ, intransitive verb, : ARGUE, FIGHT, hassled with the umpire, transitive verb, : to annoy persistently or acutely: HARASS, gets hassled by the cops,
dubiety
qualmishness

Academic Disclaimer:  All definitions are basic non-legal definitions because it is the originator of this correspondence belief that a citizen should have a right to express themselves lawfully in accordance to the syntax of language that applies to the people.

Evidence Supporting Iowa’s Support for the Next Vexatious and Chief See: References (78.), (79.), (80.), and (81.) in conjunction with Enclosure (3.), (4.). The evidence indicates that in an alleged country of equal rights, if you have approximately $2 billion, you can say whatever you want regardless of its relation to the truth or whose lives it negatively impacts. At the same time, if you are sitting next to an empty can of soda and an empty box of Casey’s Pizza from last night, you better say please and thank you while reaching for public records and worshiping the Golden Hawkeye down on your knees.

4.  The Danger of Synonyms, Discrimination, and Possible False Reports to State Law Enforcement

“Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his mental health issues” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.

Ref  2. Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 22. “How One Man’s Actions Led to Proposed New Limits on Public-Records Access.” Iowa Capital Dispatch, 23 Sept. 2023, iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/09/22/how-one-mans-actions-led-to-proposed-new-limits-on-public-records-access/.

“(4) Reports or causes to be reported false information to a law enforcement authority implicating another in some criminal activity, knowing that the information is false, or reports the alleged occurrence of a criminal act, knowing the act did not occur.”

Title XVI – CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Back to Title Listing Chapter 708 – ASSAULT – Iowa Code Section 708.7(1.)(a.)(4.) – Harassment

“Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his mental health issues” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”

Ref  2. Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 22. “How One Man’s Actions Led to Proposed New Limits on Public-Records Access.” Iowa Capital Dispatch, 23 Sept. 2023, iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/09/22/how-one-mans-actions-led-to-proposed-new-limits-on-public-records-access/.

The below sentences are simulated examples of Pottorff’s statement recently publicly reported by the Iowa Press, including other individual protected classes protected by Iowa Code Chapter 216, to provide scope and context regarding the alleged discrimination perpetuated against the originator of this correspondence by the Iowa Public Information Board. At the same time, the Iowa Public Information Board has produced evidence of publicly attacking the evidence of manifested symptoms of severe depression, general anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as experienced daily by an honorably retired United States Navy Veteran with service-connected mental health disabilities that the State of Iowa failed to produce evidence of persecuting or attempting to criminalize while they served the State of Iowa in the Persian Gulf and other locations across this Earth including South Korea, Guam, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Eastern Pacific (EASTPAC), Western Pacific (WESTPAC), South China Sea, Indian Ocean (IO), Northern Arabian Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Panama Canal.

1.”Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his race” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”
2. “Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his creed” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”
3. “Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his color” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”
4. “Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his sex” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”
5.”Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his sexual orientation” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”
6.”Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his gender identity” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”
7.”Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his national origin” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”
8. “Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his religion” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”
9. “Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his ancestry” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”
10. “Pottorff responded by indicating Merritt’s actions were “probably related to his physical disability” and suggested Eckley consult with the Iowa Department of Public Safety.”

Section 6 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, and Iowa Code Chapter 216 all protect a citizen’s right to equal protection under the law. At the same time, the establishment and confirmation of a criminal act are supported by the available evidence supporting a law violation. Not the existence or manifestation of a protected class within the identity or physical manifestations of a citizen, group, or demographic, the state produces evidence of desiring to oppress or persecute. Pottorff’s intentions or purpose is irrelevant; the fact that this Iowa Public Information Board member based the decision to contact law enforcement on a protected class produces evidence of a troubling paradigm.

“b. Public accommodation” includes each state and local government unit or tax-supported district of whatever kind, nature, or class that offers services, facilities, benefits, grants or goods to the public, gratuitously or otherwise. This paragraph shall not be construed by negative implication or otherwise to restrict any part or portion of the preexisting definition of the term “public accommodation”.”

Iowa Code Title VI – HUMAN SERVICES – Iowa Code Section 216.2(13.)(b.) Definitions

“5. “Disability” means the physical or mental condition of a person which constitutes a substantial disability, and the condition of a person with a positive human immunodeficiency virus test result, a diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, a diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related complex, or any other condition related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The inclusion of a condition related to a positive human immunodeficiency virus test result in the meaning of “disability” under the provisions of this chapter does not preclude the application of the provisions of this chapter to conditions resulting from other contagious or infectious diseases.”

Iowa Code Title VI – HUMAN SERVICES – Iowa Code Section 216.2(5.) Definitions

“15. Unfair practice” or “discriminatory practice” means those practices specified as unfair or discriminatory in sections 216.6, 216.6A, 216.7, 216.8, 216.8A, 216.8B, 216.9, 216.10, 216.11, and 216.11A.”

Iowa Code Title VI – HUMAN SERVICES – Iowa Code Section 216.2(15.) Definitions

“216.7 Unfair practices — accommodations or services. 1. It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any owner, lessee, sublessee, proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any public accommodation or any agent or employee thereof: a. To refuse or deny to any person because of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, or disability the accommodations, advantages, facilities, services, or privileges thereof, or otherwise to discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, or disability in the furnishing of such accommodations, advantages, facilities, services, or privileges. b. To directly or indirectly advertise or in any other manner indicate or publicize that the patronage of persons of any particular race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, or disability is unwelcome, objectionable, not acceptable, or not solicited. 2. This section shall not apply to: a. Any bona fide religious institution with respect to any qualifications the institution may impose based on religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity when such qualifications are related to a bona fide religious purpose. b. The rental or leasing to transient individuals of less than six rooms within a single housing accommodation by the occupant or owner of such housing accommodation if the occupant or owner or members of that person’s family reside therein. 3. This section shall not require any state or local government unit or tax-supported district to provide for sex reassignment surgery or any other cosmetic, reconstructive, or plastic surgery procedure related to transsexualism, hermaphroditism, gender identity disorder, or body dysmorphic disorder. [C97, §5008; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13251; C46, 50, 54, 58, §735.1; C66, 71, §105A.6; C73, §601A.6; C75, 77, 79, 81, §601A.7] C93, §216.7 2007 Acts, ch 191, §5, 6; 2019 Acts, ch 85, §93, 94 Referred to in §123.32, 216.2”

Iowa Code Title VI – HUMAN SERVICES – Iowa Code Section 216.7 Unfair practices — accommodations or services.

5.  Conclusion

During the life of the originator of this correspondence, he has served this country, our institution of law, and what he believes in. At the same time, executing acts in accordance with our laws. If the State of Iowa and these United States he has served his entire life desire to crucify him, the originator of this correspondence analysis of this situation concludes that the sum of his life has met the requirements of the biblical and spiritual form of that which he serves.

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.”

John 15:18-23

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41

The evidence supports that there is something very wrong within the State of Iowa and if executing acts in accordance with our laws. At the same time, attempting to provide our elected leaders with evidence supporting this conclusion destroys the life of the originator of this correspondence. He is prepared for that destiny. This is because he has no desire to live in a world that requires deceit and concealment of the Truth to maintain the paradigm it has chosen.

“She warned of a “potential immediate crisis” that would have a direct impact on her own office, which works to resolve disputes over public-records requests. “This has ballooned into something that could consume all of the IPIB resources … if we have to open a complaint for every allegation he makes in regards to his voluminous and indecipherable requests.”

Ref  1. Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 22. “How One Man’s Actions Led to Proposed New Limits on Public-Records Access.” Iowa Capital Dispatch, 23 Sept. 2023, iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/09/22/how-one-mans-actions-led-to-proposed-new-limits-on-public-records-access/

Suppose something has produced evidence of being broken, inadequate, or executing acts that the evidence suggests are unethical. Are we a state that criminalizes the whistleblower, or do we look at the evidence and identify what needs to be executed in accordance with our laws to correct it? At the same time, we all work together to manifest the very foundation of the words within our state and nation’s constitution within the lives of the people they protect.

It is the originator of this correspondence faith that reveals that these events and those that are to come, as supported by the evidence that shows the acts that are manifested in darkness within the State of Iowa, will reveal the proper form of the Iowa Public Information Board. At the same time, these events may provide evidence showing the Iowa Legislature’s true intention and motives for repealing Iowa Code Section 22.6.

Truth is a painting revealed by the Light, and those who serve it manifest the courage to carry our Lord’s brush.

Deceit is a form of organic cryptographic algorithm deployed by the wicked to conceal the Truth from those evil desires to oppress, victimize, or destroy.

The purpose of my electronic mail transmission to multiple parties throughout the State of Iowa is due to the evidence that deceit’s battlefield is a paradigm similar to the Game of Go. The evidence supporting this conclusion is based on the fact that deception no longer has tactical maneuverability on a battlefield conquered by Truth.

Evidence of tyranny within a democratic governing body may be shown with evidence of its receipt of the truth. At the same time, it simultaneously produces evidence of manifesting and following deceit into darkness, possibly to satisfy personal, professional, political, tactical, and strategic objectives and milestones.


The Stoning of the Innocent

“The Form of the Vacationing Iowa Records Requester”

A true Master of War waits patiently in prayer while witnessing the strengths, weaknesses, and capabilities of the adversary’s stones that are deployed to destroy the innocent.

As I hold the stones of my enemy that have been cast against me,

I can see the cracks in their integrity that are as deep as the sea.

The Light will reveal the cracks in the Adversary’s wall,

as the Truth manifests the Kingdom that will perpetuate evil’s fall.

The honorable that stand against me will become my allies because the Light of Truth reveals that only the darkness of night separates two days.

It disappoints me that a state that produces evidence of such a high regard for bearing arms would produce evidence of having such brittle ears while listening to the crucified. At the same time, the unethical read the truth manifested by the words spoken by those whose lives they destroyed and victimized.

It is possible the evidence of the existence of ears that are brittle,
is only a strategy to conceal the evidence of those whose souls are fickle.


I have attached the electronic mail I sent to the Iowa Public Information Board’s Executive Director on 13 JUL 2023, and many within the State of Iowa’s elected leadership showing my intention to file a complaint against Iowa Public Information Board Executive Director Eckley and several Iowa licensed lawyers involved in what evidence indicates are unethical acts. In this case, the evidence supports the conclusion that Executive Director Eckley and members of the Iowa Public Information Board that have provided evidence of being involved in this public rhetoric against me supported by zero evidence have done so against a citizen they were aware were filing a complaint against the Iowa Public Information Board’s Executive Director with the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Review Board.

My delay in filing this is because, for the last month and a half, my health has been at a point where I have spent approximately 70% of most days in bed. I will never give up defending what I believe in accordance with our laws. At the same time, every competent ship’s Captain knows when to deploy and when to enter dry dock and seek repairs.

It was my honor to serve everyone addressed in this correspondence. I am serving you now.


Retired Veteran Chillin with Off Duty Law Enforcement in Jasper County, IA

David E. Brick: “So you are not going back to law school…? What do you want to do then?”
Matthew S. Brick: “I want to dance.”
Merritt: “Alright… Let’s rock’n roll.”
NPD Chief of Police Burdess: “Hey… hop in man.”
Poweshiek County Sheriff Kriegel: “Hey, man whose car?”
NPD Chief of Police Burdess: “You know Merritt?”
Merritt: “How’s it goin man?”
Poweshiek County Sheriff Kriegel: “Hey…pretty, good hows it goin with you?”
Merritt: “Say man… you got any public records?”
Poweshiek County Sheriff Kriegel: “Uh…No not on me man.”
Merritt: “It’d be a lot cooler if you did.”

Legal Disclaimer: The above dialog is a fictional comedic caricature parading the screenplay of the 1993 movie “Dazed and Confused (Film).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Sept. 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazed_and_Confused_(film).

Public Records Hider

All my friends know a public records hider
(Yeah)
The public records hider is a tax-funded liar
(Yeah)

Public records hider, moves a little slower.
Public records hider, hates the whistle-blower.

Hey

Public records hider, conceals their breach, yeah
Public records hider, is the one you can’t reach, yeah

Public records hider don’t try to stop us now.
Public records hider charges high fees to fix their plow.

Submit record requests, Submit record requests,
Submit record requests with me.
Submit record requests, Submit record requests,
Submit record requests and see.


Shipmate: “Dude what are you gonig to do when this is over.”
Merritt: “I’m going to go to a custom guitar shop and I’m going to order a guitar with the State of Iowa as the body.”
Shipmate: “Why?”
Merritt: “So I can spend the rest of my life pulling its strings in accordance with the US and Iowa Codes.”

“Societies exist under three forms sufficiently distinguishable. 1. Without government, as among our Indians. 2. Under governments wherein the will of every one has a just influence, as is the case in England in a slight degree, and in our states in a great one. 3. Under governments of force: as is the case in all other monarchies and in most of the other republics. To have an idea of the curse of existence under these last, they must be seen. It is a government of wolves over sheep. It is a problem, not clear in my mind, that the 1st. condition is not the best. But I believe it to be inconsistent with any great degree of population. The second state has a great deal of good in it. The mass of mankind under that enjoys a precious degree of liberty and happiness. It has it’s evils too: the principal of which is the turbulence to which it is subject. But weigh this against the oppressions of monarchy, and it becomes nothing. Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem. Even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy of government, and nourishes a general attention to the public affairs. I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.[1] Unsuccesful rebellions indeed generally establish the incroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much. It is a medecine necessary for the sound health of government.”

Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, January 30, 1787

PHOENIXID: PHOENIXID-CIPHER.HUNTER@PHOENIXHARBOR.AI-CM-P2.2023-1-2023-09-29T04:43:09.000Z

Legal Disclaimer:  This electronic mail correspondence does not communicate a past, present, or future violation of the US or Iowa Codes. The reference points regarding the Iowa Code have been provided as reference points. Only the US and the Iowa Court have the authority to determine if a citizen of this nation or this state has violated our laws. Any use of explicit language, specifically words including the root word “fuck” in the attached electronic mail correspondence, has been confirmed as authorized for use while in the City of Newton, IA, within public buildings or public property during tax-funded law enforcement shifts as shown in released public records provided by the City of Newton, IA Police Department under the leadership of Chief of Police Robert Burdess.

Attention Iowa Civil Rights Commission: Due to the size restrictions of the submitted complaint from the originator of this correspondence was unable to fit the entire length of the response to paragraph “m” block 1, which should read: “IA Press reports leadership of the IPIB reached to to other IA government bodies while misrepresenting facts and disseminating a narrative not supported by evidence while using the Complainant’s service-conneted mental health disabiliteis as a trigger device to fuel this agency’s pursuit of elevated authority. The IPIB became aware of these mental health disabilitiies during previous filed complaints regarding the alleged unethical acts evidence indicates other government bodies have executed against he Complainant regarding his mental health disabilities. The Complainant in this case will be providing the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplnary Review Board testimony supported by evidence supporting the conclusion that Executive Director Eckley assisted the City of Newton, IA and Jasper County, IA with concealing records that Iowa Code Chapter 22 articulates are public records. At the same time, recent reports within the Iowa Press indicate the Iowa Public Information Board coordinated with one of these government bodies (Jasper County, IA) while planning and orchestrating this statewide malicious attack against the Complaintant in this case. At the same time, the evidence shows the Iowa Public Information Board is using this malicious attack against the Complainant that is not supported by evidence as a supporting argument to the Iowa Legislature regarding the IPIB having authority that our constitutions indicate is not consistent with the very spirit of our justice system.” All references in this correspondence update and supersede any references in Enclosure (14.).

2011 Iowa Code References

Iowa Code Title I – STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT – Chapter 22 – Examination of Public Records (Open Records)