Kirkland of course is that free-speech-friendly town that decided it would be a good use of tax dollars to send lawyergrams to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/kirkland/ Politech archive on Justicefiles.org controversy: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=justicefiles -Declan --- http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=website28e&date=20020628&query=sheehan Friday, June 28, 2002 City withdraws police-privacy lawsuit By Michael Ko Seattle Times Eastside bureau The city of Kirkland has withdrawn its $609,000 lawsuit against a Mill Creek man who posted personal information about the city's police officers on the Internet, hoping instead that a new state statute will ensure that his controversial Web site remains shut down. Gail Gorud, the Kirkland city attorney, said the city's legal arguments were ineffective because they relied too much on general themes such as personal privacy and the First Amendment. "The new statute is specific to exactly what we're interested in," Gorud said yesterday. Elena Garella, an attorney representing Web-site author Bill Sheehan, interpreted the city's actions as a "significant victory" for her client. "The city was losing at every turn," she said. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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