[County Public Communications Director Gwen Castaldi is, reportedly, a journalist. (http://www.co.clark.nv.us/Public_communications/castaldi.htm) Too bad she didn't learn much about freedom of expression. --Declan] --- http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Nov-14-Wed-2001/news/17445313.html Wednesday, November 14, 2001 Threat kills site mocking officials County letter targets lampoon on Web By FRANK GEARY REVIEW-JOURNAL A Web site that lampooned Clark County officials was shut down late Monday after a county administrator threatened to sue the Internet company that was host to the site. County Public Communications Director Gwen Castaldi wrote Jomax Technologies, a domain registration, e-mail and Web site hosting company based in Arizona, a Nov. 1 letter that said county personnel were concerned the Web site's content "may be considered slanderous." [...] Leaders of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada were troubled that county officials would suppress criticism by threatening legal action. Allen Lichtenstein, general counsel for the ACLU, said the possibility of a government agency suing for slander or libel was ridiculous. [...] Before it was shut down Monday, the Web site published allegations about the personal lives of County Manager Thom Reilly, Commission Chairman Dario Herrera and former county administrator Bill Barrett. One altered photo showed Herrera with a black eye and some teeth knocked out. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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