The Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) uses social media platforms to inform the public about board meetings and grant opportunities and to tell stories about the work of RCO and its partners, connect with our audiences, and provide more opportunities for civic engagement. We respect different opinions and intend for our social media platforms to foster thoughtful and respectful conversation
s. This means that while RCO does not discriminate against any views, we reserve the right to remove comments if they violate this policy. Comments should not contain private information. They are considered public records. RCO may remove a comment for any of the following reasons:
- It’s not topically related to the content of the original post
- It expresses support or opposition to political parties, campaigns, or ballot measures
- It includes profane, obscene, vulgar, offensive, threatening, harassing, or personal attacking language or images
- It promotes commercial products or businesses
- It expresses discrimination based on legally protected status such as race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, disability, or sexual orientation
- It promotes illegal activity or an activity that may be illegal based on a viewer’s status (such as age)
- It compromises the safety or security of the public or public systems
- It transmits protected or private information
- It violates a legal ownership interest of any party including copyright and trademark, including, but not limited to, links or hashtags to sites that violate these restrictions and hyperlinks to material not directly related to RCO’s original post
- It contain symbols, numbers, and letters to circumvent any of the above
Posts to RCO’s social media accounts, including but not limited to comments, are not the proper forum for providing RCO with legal notice, submitting petitions or other forms, submitting public comments for official comment periods, or for submitting public records requests under the Public Records Act, Revised Code of Washington 42.56. Please see Washington Administrative Code 220-120 for proper submission of public records requests.
