My Follow-up Letter Today to Attorney General of Texas In Regard to Travis County Government's Defiance of TX OAG Order That They Release to Me Numerous Documents Written By Persons Other Than Me That Refer to My Being A Victim of a Felony Crime.

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Sent: Wed, May 8, 2024 at 5:44 PM

Subject: Travis County Defies Order from TX OAG re: me

May 8, 2024

Dear Open Records Assistance Officials of the Attorney General of Texas,

I still have not received any reply letter from the Travis County Attorney's Office or the Travis County DA's Office  in Austin, Texas, in regard to the continuing failure by the  Travis County Attorney's Office or the Travis County District Attorney's Office to ever provide me with any and all of the documents responsive to my November 30, 2023, Open Records Request to the Travis County DA's  Office that the Attorney General has officially ruled must be publicly released to me.

That November 30 request from me had sought  "'a copy of any and all documents on file with each applicable division or unit of your DA's Office (in Austin) that were each authored by someone other than me at any time since 9 a.m. January 1, 2021, and  which each  stated that I myself was or am victimized by  a felony crime."

Texas Assistant Attorney General James Graham in April of  2024 issued a  legal ruling  letter I received a carbon copy of which stated that  the  Travis County District Attorney's Office in Austin  is legally required to release to me, John Kevin McMillan of Salt Lake City, Utah,  several or numerous  legal documents that are directly  responsive to my November 30, 2023, Open Records Request to that DA's Office in Austin.

As of today, May 8, 2024, neither the Travis County District Attorney's Office nor the Travis County Attorney's Office in Austin has sent or mailed to me any legal document directly and specifically responsive to my November 30, 2023, Open Records Request to the Travis County DA.

I hope to hear from you soon about any additional legal actions that your state agency in Austin  plans to pursue in order to obtain for me the responsive  legal documents that your state agency has ruled to be responsive to my November 30, 2023, Open Records Request.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

Open Records Requestor  John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

My Date of Birth: 4-27-1957. I was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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To: "mcmillanj@att.net" <mcmillanj@att.net>

Sent: Thu, May 2, 2024 at 5:13 AM

Subject: Office of the Attorney General, Open Records Division ID# OR-24-017492-IC

Dear Mr. Entsminger:

The Office of the Attorney General (the “OAG”) has received a complaint from John Kevin McMillan alleging the Travis County District Attorney’s Office (the “district attorney’s office”) has failed to release information in accordance with Open Records Letter No. 2023-043598 (2023). The complaint was assigned ID# OR-24-017492-IC. Please see the attached documents regarding the complaint.

A response may be submitted by fax to the Education and Enforcement Section of the Open Records Division at (512) 481-1992 or mail to P.O. Box 12548, Austin, Texas 78711.

To submit a response through the online form (https://oag.my.site.com/OpenRecords/s/), you must include the full complaint ID number provided above in order to submit your documentation.

Sincerely,

Education and Enforcement Section

Open Records Division

 

PLEASE NOTE:  ORD does not respond to questions sent to this e-mail address.  If you need further assistance, please contact the Open Government Hotline at 1-877-673-6839.

'Does Rep. Maloy Seek Nationwide Ban on Prostitution?', My Letter Today to Maloy's Utah-based Rep Cody Schlottmann Asks

 I am a big believer in posing candidly respectful public policy questions to officials  who represent me in the Utah State Legislature:

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Cc: "chad.atkinson" <chad.atkinson@slcgov.com>, "leo.abila" <leo.abila@slcgov.com>

Sent: Sat, May 4, 2024

Subject: Fw: Does Rep Maloy seek nationwide ban on prostitution?

Dear Constituent Representative Cody,

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Thank you again for indicating to me during a recent telephone call I made to you that Congresswoman Maloy does support safe and unharassed and un-raped housing conditions for me inside my current always-locked solo-occupancy studio apartment unit at a HUD-subsidized senior citizens apartment building in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

One follow-up question for you:  In view of a recent story in the "Deseret News" about proposals to increase  the number of U.S. states (proposed legalization in California and New York) or counties of Nevada where sexual prostitution is legally permitted, does Congresswoman Maloy seek to author a proposed revision to the U.S. Constitution that specifically prohibits sexual trafficking of any and all American citizens during their sleeping hours as well as during their waking or conscious hours?

Best Wishes,

Gainfully employed alcohol-free, tobacco-free, single adult white male Constituent John Kevin McMillan, 535 S. 200 E , Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 

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My Gratitude Today to the Attorney General of Texas:

 I am very grateful to the Attorney General of Texas for having very helpfully confirmed for me today that their state agency has directly contacted Travis County Assistant County Attorney Entsminger in Austin and informed him in writing that Travis County Government is legally required  to release to me recent legal documents authored by a source other than me that refer to me as being a victim of a felony crime.

My still-unanswered November 30, 2023, e-mail Open Records Request to the Travis County District Attorney's Office in Austin had sought "a copy of any and all documents on file with each applicable division or unit of your DA's Office that were each authored by someone other than me at any time since 9 a.m. January 1, 2021, and  which each  stated that I myself was or am victimized by  a felony crime."

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To: "mcmillanj@att.net" <mcmillanj@att.net>

Sent: Thu, May 2, 2024 at 5:13 AM

Subject: Office of the Attorney General, Open Records Division ID# OR-24-017492-IC

Dear Mr. Entsminger:

The Office of the Attorney General (the “OAG”) has received a complaint from John Kevin McMillan alleging the Travis County District Attorney’s Office (the “district attorney’s office”) has failed to release information in accordance with Open Records Letter No. 2023-043598 (2023). The complaint was assigned ID# OR-24-017492-IC. Please see the attached documents regarding the complaint.

A response may be submitted by fax to the Education and Enforcement Section of the Open Records Division at (512) 481-1992 or mail to P.O. Box 12548, Austin, Texas 78711.

To submit a response through the online form (https://oag.my.site.com/OpenRecords/s/), you must include the full complaint ID number provided above in order to submit your documentation.

Sincerely,

Education and Enforcement Section

Open Records Division

PLEASE NOTE:  ORD does not respond to questions sent to this e-mail address.  If you need further assistance, please contact the Open Government Hotline at 1-877-673-6839.

Rulings from Texas Attorney General; Still No Documents Sent to Me by Austin-based Travis County District Attorney That TXOAG Has Ordered TCDA to Send To Me About My Being a Victim of Felony Crime

 

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Sent: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 1:37 PM

Subject: TXOAG Rulings; still no docs to me from TCDA re: crime case

April 30, 2024

Dear Very Honorable Government Officials,  Law-Enforcement Officers, Criminologists, and Civic Leaders, 

I was informed in writing yesterday about yet another legal ruling from the Attorney General of Texas 

 that relates to my still-unanswered November 30, 2023,  public information request to the Austin-based Travis County District Attorney's Office. 

That November 30 request from me had sought  "'a copy of any and all documents on file with each applicable division or unit of your DA's Office that were each authored by someone other than me at any time since 9 a.m. January 1, 2021, and  which each  stated that I myself was or am victimized by  a felony crime."

Texas Assistant Attorney General James Graham also this month  issued a ruling legal letter I received which stated that  the  Travis County District Attorney's Office is legally required to release to me, John Kevin McMillan of Salt Lake City, Utah,  several or numerous  legal documents that are responsive to my November 30, 2023, Open Records Request to that DA's Office in Austin.

 

As of...April 29, 2024, neither the Travis County District Attorney's Office nor any official of the Travis County Attorney's Office in Austin has sent or mailed to me any legal document directly and specifically responsive to my November 30, 2023, Open Records Request to the Travis County DA.

The legal ruling letter from the Texas Attorney  General's Office that I received yesterday was sent to me as an attachment to the following cover  e-mail letter to me from Texas Assistant Attorney General June Harden:

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From: "TEXAS AG Public Information" <texasag@govqa.us>

To: "mcmillanj@att.net" <mcmillanj@att.net>

Sent: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:44 AM

Subject: [Records Center] Public Information Request :: R021160-020124

Attachments:

OR2024-013464.pdf

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Please be advised that the Office of the Attorney General will withhold the remaining information in accordance with the attached ruling.

 

Sincerely,

June B. Harden

Assistant Attorney General

Assistant Public Information Coordinator

Office of the Attorney General

 

To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the Public Records Center

GovQA logo

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(The exact verbatim text of the above-cited attached April 16, 2024,  legal ruling that I received this Monday, April 29,  from the Attorney General of Texas state agency in Austin:)

April 16, 2024

Ms. June B. Harden 

Assistant Attorney General 

Assistant Public Information Coordinator 

Office of the Attorney General

Post Office Box 12548 

Austin, Texas 78711-2548 

OR2024-013464

Dear Ms. Harden:

You ask whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under the Public Information Act, chapter 552 of the Government Code. Your request was originally received by the Open Records Division of this office and assigned ID# OR-24-009013-RR (OAG PIR No. R021160).

 Preparation of this ruling has been assigned to the General Counsel Division of this office. The Office of the Attorney General (the “OAG”) received a request for information relating to a complaint filed with the OAG’s Open Records Division. 

You state the OAG will release some of the requested information with redactions allowed by law. You claim the submitted information is excepted from disclosure under section 552.111 of the Government Code. We have considered the exception you claim and reviewed the submitted information. Section 552.111 of the Government Code excepts from disclosure “[a]n interagency or intra(-)agency memorandum or letter that would not be available by law to a party in litigation with the agency[.]” Gov’t Code § 552.111. This exception encompasses the deliberative process privilege. See Open Records Decision No. 615 at 2 (1993). The purpose of section 552.111 is to protect advice, opinion, and recommendation in the decisional process and to encourage open and frank discussion in the deliberative process. See Austin v. City of San Antonio, 630 S.W.2d 391, 394 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1982, writ ref’d n.r.e.); Open Records Decision No. 538 at 1-2 (1990). In Open Records Decision No. 615, this office re-examined the statutory predecessor to section 552.111 in light of the decision in Texas Department of Public Safety v. Gilbreath, 842 S.W.2d 408 (Tex. App.—Austin 1992, no writ).

 We determined section 552.111  excepts from disclosure only those internal communications that consist of advice, recommendations, opinions, and other material reflecting the policymaking processes of the governmental body. See ORD 615 at 5. A governmental body’s policymaking functions do not encompass routine internal administrative or personnel matters, and disclosure of information about such matters will not inhibit free discussion of policy issues among agency personnel. Id.; see also City of Garland v. Dallas Morning News, 22 S.W.3d 351 (Tex. 2000) (section 552.111 not applicable to personnel-related communications that did not involve policymaking). A governmental body’s policymaking functions do include administrative and personnel matters of broad scope that affect the governmental body’s policy mission. See Open Records Decision No. 631 at 3 (1995). Further, section 552.111 does not protect facts and written observations of facts and events that are severable from advice, opinions, and recommendations. Arlington Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Tex. Attorney Gen., 37 S.W.3d 152 (Tex. App.—Austin 2001, no pet.); see ORD 615 at 5. But if factual information is so inextricably intertwined with material involving advice, opinion, or recommendation as to make severance of the factual data impractical, the factual information also may be withheld under section 552.111. See Open Records Decision No. 313 at 3 (1982).

This office has also concluded a preliminary draft of a document that is intended for public release in its final form necessarily represents the drafter’s advice, opinion, and recommendation with regard to the form and content of the final document, so as to be excepted from disclosure under section 552.111. See Open Records Decision No. 559 at 2 (1990) (applying statutory predecessor). Section 552.111 protects factual information in the draft that also will be included in the final version of the document. See id. at 2-3. Thus, section 552.111 encompasses the entire contents, including comments, underlining, deletions, and proofreading marks, of a preliminary draft of a policymaking document that will be released to the public in its final form. See id. at 2. 

You state the submitted information consists of “a draft enforcement letter that has been released to the public in final form.” You also explain that the draft was made “in furtherance of the OAG’s policy of maintaining uniformity in application, operation, and interpretation of the PIA.” 

Based on your representations and our review, we find the OAG may withhold the submitted information under section 552.111 of the Government Code.

 This letter ruling is limited to the particular information at issue in this request and limited to the facts as presented to us; therefore, this ruling must not be relied upon as a previous determination regarding any other information or any other circumstances.

 This ruling triggers important deadlines regarding the rights and responsibilities of the governmental body and of the requestor. 

For more information concerning those rights and responsibilities, please visit our website at https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/opengovernment/members-public/what-expect-after-ruling-issued or call the OAG’s Open Government Hotline, toll free, at (877) 673-6839. 

Questions concerning the allowable charges for providing public information under the Public Information Act may be directed to the Cost Rules Administrator of the OAG, toll free, at (888) 672-6787. 

Sincerely, 

Anastasia Broadfoot 

Assistant Attorney General 

General Counsel Division 

ABB/mo 

Ref: ID# OR-24-009013-RR

c: Requestor

My Friendly 'Fully Protective Bulletproof Vests for Utah Police' Reply Letter Today to Utah State Representative Marsha Judkins

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Sent: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 1:16 AM

Subject: Re: Feds pay up to half on bulletproof vests if locals apply for it

April 30, 2024

Dear Utah State Representative Marsha Judkins,

You are very welcome! 

Rep. Judkins, I am very  grateful to you for your friendly reply letter to me today. Your thoughtfulness is much appreciated!

 I will be very pleased if a statewide  increase in the total  number of state-certified fully protective bulletproof vests being worn  by on-duty police officers  in Utah significantly  reduces the injury rate and fatal injury rate among  peace officers employed by local or state government  in our state.

Rep. Judkins, I greatly appreciate your kind words of encouragement about my leisuretime hobby --- my favorite hobby, in fact ---  of pursuing public-policy brainstorming letters aimed at being helpful to our great state. 

I hope you and your other very honorable colleagues in the Utah House of Representatives each have a very successful year!

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

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On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:00 PM, Marsha Judkins

<mjudkins@le.utah.gov> wrote:

Thank you!

Representative Marsha Judkins

House of Representatives 

District 61

mjudkins@le.utah.gov 

(801)-669-6962

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From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>

Sent: Monday, April 22, 2024 8:14 PM

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Subject: Fw: Feds pay up to half on bulletproof vests if locals apply for it

 

April 22, 2024

Dear Utah State Representative Marsha Judkins,

I apologize for having forgotten to send you a copy of this  peace-officer-safety-related public-policy letter (below) about a very crucial theme for Utah that I wrote and sent out yesterday.

The greater the number of  certified peace officers in Utah whose bulletproof vests are fully effective and meet all State of Utah  standards, the lower the injury rate and fatal-injury rate to  on-duty government law- enforcement officers throughout our state.

Below is an online link to a related 2014-dated news story from KSL.com.

 I have not been able to find an online update news report in regard to the current percentage of all bulletproof vests being  worn in 2024 by  on-duty peace  officers that are damaged or substandard or being used by on-duty officers  beyond those vests' expiration date.

I hope this will prove to be of interest to you, Rep. Judkins.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

former Texas DPS full-time employee and Nebraska native  John Kevin McMillan of Salt Lake City, Utah.

 I am the youngest grandson of former Murray (UT) butcher shop owner Parley Neal McMillan of Murray and his devoted wife, Mrs. Alice Mae Pugh (her maiden surname) McMillan of Murray.

https://www.ksl.com/article/29963766/utah-officers-wearing-expired-bulletproof-vests

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Sent: Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 9:45 PM

Subject: re: Feds pay up to half on bulletproof vests if locals apply for it

April 21, 2024

Dear Utah Department of Public Safety Public Information Officer Sgt. Cameron Roden,

Best Wishes to you and your other noble public safety-focused colleagues here in Utah.

Do you know which State of Utah agency maintains records on applications for federal funding that have been  submitted on behalf of  respective  police departments, sheriff's offices, or state agencies  in Utah when they seek to purchase new bulletproof vests for their  respective local or state law-enforcement officers?

Is that state agency your Utah Department of Public Safety, the Attorney General of Utah, the Governor of Utah, the Utah Labor Commission, the Utah Legislature, the  State Comptroller of Utah, or some other state agency of Utah?

Also, has the applicable State of Utah coordinating agency this year contacted each of the applicable local and state-government agencies of Utah and informed them in writing  that the U.S. Government in April 2024 began accepting applications (see further below for more details) for new grants toward purchase of new bulletproof vests for peace officers here in Utah?

Sgt. Roden, I am also attempting to verify that each of the local or state law-enforcement agencies of Utah that in 2024 or 2023 identified a need for one or more new bulletproof vests for their own law-enforcement agency's officers did apply to the U.S. Justice Department  for defrayment of up to one-half of the vest-purchase expense incurred by  the applicable city or county or state agency.

I am concerned about the possibility that some city governments or county governments or state agencies of Utah in calendar year 2023 or 2024 may have  failed to get official approval from the U.S. Justice Department for federal funding to defray up to one-half of the financial  expenses incurred by that local or state government agency  on purchase of new bulletproof vests for their certified peace officers.

A key statement from the copyrighted U.S. Government website below:

"The Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) reimburses states, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribes, for up to 50 percent of the cost of body armor vests purchased for law enforcement officers.

"Since 1999, over 13,000 jurisdictions have participated in the BVP Program, with a total of $573 million in federal funds for the purchase of over 1.5 million body armor vests.

"Funding

"The annual BVP application period typically begins in April and closes six weeks from the opening date. 

"NEW: The fiscal year 2023 BVP awards have been announced. See the complete list of FY 2023 BVP awards. See Award History by Jurisdiction for detailed award history."

https://ojp.gov/program/bulletproof-vest-partnership/overview

Sgt. Roden, thank you in advance for your helpful reply letter to me on this very important safety issue for on-duty  law enforcement officers in our state. 

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

permanently alcohol-free, lifelong-tobacco-free, single adult white Anglo-Saxon male former Texas DPS full-time employee and current gainfully employed permanent  Utah resident John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912,  Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell phone number: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

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My 'Help Make Utah Attractive to Law-Abiding Non-Addicts' Letter Today to State Government of Utah Officials

 

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Sent: Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 9:58 PM

Subject: Help Make UT Attractive for Law-Abiding Non-Addicts

April 28, 2024

 Dear Very Influential State Government Officials of Utah,

This is a very tentative Brainstorming Letter that I would like to offer to each of you government officials in our state. I officially became a permanent new resident of Utah on January 1, 2023, and my own factual knowledge of our often-great  state is limited by time comstraints during my leisuretime. I work six days per week in first-rate  restaurants.

I'm sure many of you are painfully aware of possible attempts by financial investors in U.S states such as Nevada to  turn Utah into a Southwestern Hub for Hedonism and Depravity.

This suggests to me the urgent need for a State of Utah-funded new study that explores whether Utah is currently at risk  of being "Nevadified". Nevada, as you know, in the past was regarded as being "the opposite of what Utah is all about".

Among the apparent "activities" and "goals" of those possible Nevada-based investors and their associates that threaten to "Nevadify" Utah  are:

----Lobbying for a dangerous  revision of Utah state Constitution that would permit establishment of one or more Gambling Casinos in Utah. This  would dramatically increase the percentage and number of all Utahns and tourists in Utah who develop an addiction to gambling. The scenario of Gambling Casinos in Utah might also bring an influx of  organized-crime members and organized-crime activities  into our  traditionally low-crime-rate state.

----Lobbying for legalization of the sale of liquor and wine in for-profit supermarkets and convenience stores in Utah. This would significantly increase the incidence of binge drinking, underage drinking, motorists driving under the influence of alcohol, traffic accidents on roadways, and the number of Utahns and visitors to Utah who develop an addiction to alcohol.

--Promotion of a rapid  expansion of beer breweries  in Utah that waste a significant amount of  water---water being  a scarce resource in our state----also increases the risk of Utahns developing a beer addiction while attempting to "show pride in locally produced  beer from Utah ".

----Lobbying for legalization of marijuana for any and all adult Utahns. This would be very disastrous for our entire state, triggering an increase in drug addiction and in lung cancer and an increase motor-vehicle collisions rate from motorists driving under the influence of marijuana.

---Promotion of increased tobacco sales and vaping product sales and an increase in the number of vaping parlors  throughout Utah. This causes widespread medical crises, including increased cancer rates, throughout our state.

----Establishment in Utah of  one or more "gay bathhouse" commercially operated "Sex Parlors" comparable to business establishments catering to homosexual and bisexual male clientele  that are reportedly numerous in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to what I read online today during factual research I pursued.

Any such "gay bathhouse" in Utah would be very disastrous for our entire Beehive State. Not only would the indiscriminate and promiscuous  sexual activity  in each such  "bathhouse"  spread sexually transmitted diseases--- including the often-fatal HIV Virus ---- at an alarming rate. The proposed new "gay bathhouse"  in Utah would also spawn  addiction to a very superficial and genitalia-fixated or buttocks-fixated "evaluation" of other human beings, accompanied by a sexaholic or sexually obsessed contempt for mutual-consent  platonic personal  relationships. And the establishment of one or more "gay bathhouses" in Utah would also cause  consumption and wasteage of an unconscionable amount of water from the frequent showers and baths being pursued incessantly on a 24-hour-a-day year-round basis  inside those "gay bathhouses." Utah is reportedly the second-driest or third-driest state in the entire nation.

----Destruction of wholesome Mormon values such as abstinence from alcohol, tobacco products,  illicit drugs, tattoos, and gambling. The massive expansion of the  tattoo-parlor industry in Utah is highlighted by numerous "tattoo festivals" that are currently being advertised perversely as "major cultural events" here in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The incidence of tattoo-addiction in Utah has apparently increased dramatically in recent years, so much so that we are now at risk of "following the lead of Tattoo-Addicted  Nevada" for the percentage of residents in our  state who are obsessed with covering their entire body with tattoos and who risk going bankrupt because of their tattoo addiction.

Tattoos can also be very harmful to the dermatological health of Utahns,  and our state is already among the U.S. states with the highest per-capita  incidence of skin cancer.

----The false equation of increased racial and ethnic diversity in Utah with societal "progress", with the traditionally wholesome clean-talking non-profane Anglo-Saxon Northern European heritage and culture of Utah being harmed significantly by the shocking anti-white bias evidenced by repressively black-dominated poorly vocalized background "music systems" and loud, crude, vulgar,  black-music-dominated "cultural events" featuring very weak lyrics and trashy vocalization here in Salt Lake City. The accompanying contempt toward  elegance in vocalization and contempt toward the  sublimely idealistic wholesome popular songs that are sung by well-educated white professional singers conveys a very alarming allegedly illegal employment discrimination against honorable law-abiding Anglo Saxons----a societal discrimination  that has made a mockery of our entire state.

----The alarming  absence of any strong MONORACIAL DATING rights movement in Salt Lake City  that protects the legal right and human right of white non-Hispanic single adult Utahns such as myself to exclusively  limit their own (or my own, in the case of my own personal social life dating partner  options might ever agree to ) dating partner options to other white non-Hispanic adult persons their own  age or younger.  

In my own life, I have a lot more in common with and feel much calmer and enjoy  interacting (with) other honest and law-abiding Anglo-Saxons, as distinct from... any other ethnic or racial group.

Many of the inter-racial "romantic" relationships or "inter-racial marriages" here in Utah raise the question of whether the white non-Hispanic "partner" in that so-called  "relationship"  was allegedly stalked, allegedly sexually harassed, allegedly sexually assaulted, allegedly kidnapped, allegedly held hostage, or allegedly  significantly abused by the black "partner" in that very injurious   inter-racial involvement.

I hope this brainstorming proves to be helpful to each of you.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell phone number: (512) 993-7305.

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The Two Questions For Which I Am Seeking A Friendly Reply Letter to Me from Either the 'Utah Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse' Non-Profit Group or the 'Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault' Non-profit Group Here in Utah

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From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

To: "Utah Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse 2021" <info@capsa.org>, "Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault 2020" <info@ucasa.org>, "chad.atkinson" <chad.atkinson@slcgov.com>, "leo.abila" <leo.abila@slcgov.com>

Sent: Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 6:24 AM

Subject: 4-25-24.Questions for your groups

Do either of your nonprofit groups currently know of any sexual assault case that occurred in Salt Lake City this year in which the victim was either asleep throughout the sexual assault or held unconscious throughout the entire  sexual assault?

Also, do either of your groups know of any current treatment program in Salt Lake City that helps Somnophiliacs to cease and desist from ever  having any physical or sexual contact with other persons during the latter persons' sleeping hours as the latter persons'  lie alone on their own bed inside their own  solo-occupancy locked rental apartment or locked home?

Thank you in advance for your helpful reply letter to me on this very important issue.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

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