Update: are you one of the Newburgh 50?

The Newburgh Advocate seeks to encourage greater public participation in the democratic process. When individuals are discouraged or intimidated from participating and expressing their constitutionally protected freedom of speech, we must, as citizens of the United States of America, let alone as human beings of conscience, act swiftly and without hesitation.

To quote Edmund Burke:

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

To help increase awareness and facilitate actions of good conscience, please make use of the links below.

Click here to download a copy of the Complaint filed against Michael Gabor and John and Jane Does numbered 1 through 50.

Click here to view the Electronic Freedom Foundation’s page on Bloggers’ Rights.

Click here to read a news article about Apple losing its case against bloggers.

Click here to read about a case in Delaware that protects anonymous blogger’s freedom of speech.

Click here to read the First Amendment Center’s overview on blogging.

STRATEGIC LAWSUITS AGAINST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:

Click here for the Anti-SLAPP Resource Center.

Click here for New York State’s code relating to this:

CIVIL RIGHTS LAW
ARTICLE 7. MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND IMMUNITIES

NY CLS Civ R § 70-a (2004)

§ 70-a. Actions involving public petition and participation; recovery of damages

Click here for the Center for Media and Democracy’s article “SLAPP Happy: Corporations That Sue To Shut You Up.”

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Click here to view the MidHudson Times article about the controversy

June 15, 2006 | Newburgh Advocate | Tags: | No Comments »

Are you one of the Newburgh 50?

June 14, 2006

Newburgh: a city on the scenic West Bank of the Hudson River, located in the state of New York, in the United States of America.

The United States of America has a wonderful Constitution, that includes the First Amendment, to quote:

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or
of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.

Unfortunately there has been an attempt to stifle the precious freedom of speech in this City. A complaint has been filed by a Douglas Dollinger, Esq., and 96 Broadway LLC, against Michael Gabor, a City of Newburgh resident, and John and Jane Does numbered 1 through 50 as co-defendants.

Click here to see the original Times-Herald Record article that provoked the complaint.

Click here to read a more recent Times-Herald Record article about the lawsuit.

Click here to read Michael Gabor’s Letter to the Editor regarding this complaint.

The Newburgh Advocate has published the following videos to increase public awareness of this situation.

Click here to see excerpts of the City Council meeting of June 12, 2006, and the Architectural Review Commission meeting of June 13, 2006.

Click here to see a higher resolution version of the City Council meeting excerpts of June 12, 2006, where you may also download the video file.

June 14, 2006 | Newburgh Advocate | Tags: , | 1 Comment »