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Lawmaker's Facebook Rant Threatens Media For "Unauthorized" Use of His Name

Posted by samzenpus on from the keep-my-name-out-of-it dept.

An anonymous reader points out that Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter may be in need of a First Amendment lesson. "Apparently, a local Maryland politician ditched his civics class the day press freedoms were discussed. How else to explain Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter's recent Facebook rant in which he threatened a local newspaper with litigation because—wait for it—his name was used in print without his permission. 'Use my name again unauthorized and you'll be paying for an Attorney. Your rights stop where mine start,' Kirby Delauter, the councilman, posted on his Facebook page. He added: 'So let me be clear.........do not contact me and do not use my name or reference me in an authorized form in the future.'"

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  1. Re:Delauter Effect by CozmicCharlie · · Score: 3, Informative

    I didn't catch his name. What was it again?

    That would be Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter.

  2. Re:Delauter Effect by by+(1706743) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wait...is that the same Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter as this Kirby Delauter?

  3. Re:Huh? by hymie! · · Score: 3, Informative

    >Why is some local county councilman being stupid news?

    Not sure if you're being rhetorical, but there's an answer.

    In Maryland, the county is the primary local government. There is one "independent city" (Baltimore), and a small number of "incorporated cities" that have a limited amount of "home rule", primarily zoning.

    States like New York and New Jersey, you have the State, the County, the Town, and the Village, all providing different levels of services and different levels of government.

    In Maryland, you have the State and the County.

  4. Re:Is it wrong of me... by H0p313ss · · Score: 3, Informative

    Is it wrong that I guessed that this guy was a conservative, and I was right?

    No, but your sense of smug self-satisfaction is a bit off-putting.

    1. Given how bat-shit-insane the American right has become you might want to get used to those to the left being a little smug. But I guess it does suck to have become the political punchline of the western world.

    2. Never interrrupt the enemy when they're making a mistake.

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