occupy delaware and brian selander's damage control

Not long after I posted the Dana Garrett video on my site, I received the following email sent to my State email address at DSU from Brian Selander.  I should make clear that my State email address has never been linked to this blog by any means, which means that Brian had to go seek it out.

Here is the email in its entirety (not really any point in blanking out my DSU email since the Governor's office is now using it, is there?):

FW: Brandywine Park Selander Brian (Governor) [brian.selander@state.de.us] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:52 PM To: Steven Newton Steve – saw that you posted Dana’s video, and thought you should see this as well. From: Barlow Michael (Governor) To: 'rmorse@aclu-de.org' <rmorse@aclu-de.org> Sent: Mon Nov 07 11:12:09 2011 Subject: Brandywine Park Rich – I am following up on our conversations Saturday afternoon about the permits for H. Fletcher Brown Park and Brandywine Park.  I understand that Occupy DE rejected the offer made by DNREC to allow camping in an area of Brandywine Park.  I also understand that the language of DNREC’s Brandywine Park permit may have raised concerns, specifically the language that says that Occupy “may not congregate, solicit the public, display signs, or distribute materials outside of” the area designated in the permit for overnight use.  To be clear, DNREC’s concern was camping, and its permit was not intended to limit lawful speech in areas outside the designated area of the park.  To the extent the permit conditions suggested that, the language used was overbroad and a mistake.    DNREC issued that permit quickly in hopes of getting it into your hands even though a permit had never been sought.  To be clear, if we had discussed the specifics over the weekend, I am sure it was something we could have clarified or corrected.  In any event, I appreciate your cooperation throughout this process.    Regards, Mike Michael A. Barlow Legal Counsel                                                  Office of Governor Jack A. Markell Dover:  302.744.4101 / Wilmington:  302.577.3210 Michael.Barlow@state.de.us http://governor.delaware.gov

Other than that I should feel important because Brian is apparently one of the  ten people who visit this blog (or else he tracked me down from leaving a  reply at Kilroy's), I will leave it as an exercise for the student to determine  exactly what this response means.