Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter wrote on social media that he plans to sue The Frederick News-Post if his name or any reference to him appears in print without his permission.
In a Facebook status posted Saturday, Delauter said he was upset with reporter Bethany Rodgers for “an unauthorized use of my name and my reference in her article” published Jan. 3 about his and Councilman Billy Shreve's concerns over County Council parking spaces.
Should Mr Delauter decide to run for office again, the FNP should honor his wishes and not use his name in any way during his campaigns. If he wanted to buy ad space, take his money, but don't use his name in the ads.
Delauter and Shreve are what we get when so many voters fail to go to the polls and cast a ballot. Sometimes they don't because there isn't a candidate they like. Sometimes it's pure laziness. Some don't vote because they don't pay attention to the world around them. And then there are those who claim, 'my vote won't matter'....well, just think of how many of those votes could have changed the outcome of this election. No Delauder, no Shreve.
Even the Express paper ran an article about Kirby complete with a good size picture of him. Now the tens of thousands of Metro riders who received the free paper handed out at stations in DC/MD/VA know he is a jerk too.
This DB tried to sue his homeowners ins. for a flood in his house he lied to the ins. co to get them to pay the claim i am sure proud to have this kind of people representing me in frederick
There's no place to hide DELAUTER, this isn't going to go away no matter what you might think. The ONLY solution is to resign and fade away into your previous private life and keep a low profile.
As long as you remain in the public eye you will be ridiculed, laughed at, and be permanently known as the idiot who claims to be a politician but has no understanding of the 1st Amendment.
Every time you walk into a Council meeting you will be wondering if your fellow Councilmen are chuckling over your predicament or if the attending citizens are snickering behind your back. You have lost all credibility, no one will ever have respect for your opinions, you are a nothing.
Resign now, DELAUTER, and save yourself any further embarrassment.
Well Frederick, it did not take long for the political misfits to expose the world to our local dilemma. I could not have been more disappointed in my community after the elections. Kirby is presently showing us all why I was disappointed and it will not be long before Billy steps on his also. What a way for our community's Charter Government To Start. How can our County Executive gain the respect of her counterparts when she is hamstringed by such. Our delegates in Annapolis can not do enough damage control for Jan. This is bigger from a negative standpoint than most people could imagine.
I believe we may have a new record on the FNP - 223 comments!!!!! I think that beat anything Blaine ever did. Although I think some of his stuff should have gone viral. Blaine's gone, now K_____ and Billy need to leave office.
Not even close. The "dummies hanging from trees in Baker Park as Halloween decorations" in October of 2009 generated more than 500 comments in one day, more than a thousand over a 3 or 4 day period.
I loved your editorial on Kirby Delauter -- for a presumably intelligent man he is acting like an idiot. Guess he is channeling his good pal on the previous Commission. Time for him to act like a grown up and get to work on the serious work of implementing our new style of county government.
My simple advice on these comments was.... To be quiet. I'll bet you wish you had listened....just...this...once! What a mess you have made for yourselves.
Please world~ Do Not Judge Frederick County Citizens by the ignorance of a couple politicians!! Most of us here cannot figure out how they won council seats. We apologize for their unprofessional, misinformed, selfish, arrogant, and immature acts. We were hopeful for a fresh start in 2015 with our new Charter Gov't, after a very turbulant 4 years under Blaine Young (previous Commissioner), which included constant childish drama, backroom deals, inefficiencies, total loss of ethics (though Blaine did not know the difference between unethical and illegal), and mistress issues, among other things. We were truly hopeful we had turned a corner, until......
Kirby is officially the laughing stock not only of Frederick County but is now being laughed at internationally as well.
Please do everyone a favor and resign your seat on the County Council. I promise that no one will miss you and you might even manage to save face if you bow out now.
You had to be following this story over the past four years to get the full context. It's impossible to explain on this limited forum. Suffice to say there's a little comeuppance in these comments.
The article that Kirby Delauter described as a "hit piece" can be found here: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/elections/disputes-strain-relationships-between-delauter-town-officials/article_13fe37f7-93a1-5de8-9bee-a1d433c231b1.html
The article of 1/3/2015 about keys and parking spaces that contained the "unauthorized" use of his name was the proximate cause for his self-immolation.
But phydeaux994 is correct that there is a history here that can't be summarized in a few lines, although the phrase "just deserts" is apposite.
pasmith3; Perhaps we should be looking for the SUBCONTEXT of this current conflict and measure how many time we voluntarily chose NOT to proceed beyond the CONTEXT and accepted the consequences of our choices by default.
Isn't this why our lawyer always advises us to read the fine print BEFORE signing on to another 4 years of agonizing torcher by those who wish to be king in what was once a democratic society? The HISTORY is there to be had, BUT you have to read it first before drawing emotional conclusions without the FACTS that history has already recorded.
If you're looking for accountability in govrernance why not step to the front of the line and talk to Gov. Hogan and his NEW Attorney General? Isn't that what Shreve and Delauter are BAITING you to do? Or, what about the Frederick County Attorney's Office. What use could be made of his services, if they haven't yet been sold out to the highest bidder? There's lots of options out there to make use of and return Frederick governance to a progressive UNIT insteads of a black market, selling it wares from behind closed doors or the basement of Winchester Hall. All you have to do is dig a little deeper rather than making EXCUSES and scratching at the surface of a problem that isn't going to go away unless you make it so. Why not try lobbying for a "RECALL VOTE" and make it part of your CHARTER amendment and governing guidelines.Until then, and with our current lineup of local elected leaders, all you'll be doing is yelling at the wind.
JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE KIRBY D. STORY ON THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW ON MSNBC. LOOKS LIKE FREDERICK IS NOW IN THE BIG TIME THANKS TO KD. GOOD JOB. PS PERHAPS IT WILL BE MADE IN A MOVIE[beam]
Way to make us a laughing stock. The egos on these guys - let's not forget how many times Kirby had attacked people (publicly) who didn't agree with him. He needs to go - the fact that he's so ignorant to the first amendment....I have no words. This story's been picked up by every major media outlet from NPR, BBC, to even crazy Alex Jones (conspiracy inc.) Infowars. And they all agree - Kirby you are wrong on this one.
BUT MEDIA is not going to make the likes of Young, Smith, Shreve and Delauter go away If the Frederick County Governance can't get these guys and gals gone from impeding governance, what hope could there possibly be to ADVANCE when all you can do is throw barbed words at a serious problem and have it show up AGAIN on the front pages of the FNP. Check with our local Republican Center and see how close they are to the strategy being played out by Young, Delauter and Schreve. Surely someone knows. And if not, maybe that will be your best EXCUSE yet for doing NOTHING for the next 4 years
God Bless all the Fredneckers who voted for this floating piece of excrement!
Yeeeeeeeee-haaaaaw! We done it boys! We th' laughin stock o' the whole world wide interwebs now Balaine and BillyBob! Lets get inta our muddin trux and whoop it up real good!
Except that Blaine is now all jealoused up that he is only the second biggest idiot in Fredneck county!
This story is the top story on Yahoo, has made it onto NPR, and Huffington Post. How did this idiot get elected? How embarrassing and how diminishing his words are to all of us who live here. When is Frederick county going to grow up and stop electing stupid good ol boys to office?
Thanks FNP keep posting this liberal BS. I wouldnt let a conservative speak his mind either? You can post what ever you want the public to read but I can't say what I want on here?
How sad that you think that this is a "liberal BS" issue. My guess is that you'd be jumping up and down screaming bloody murder if someone like Martin O'Malley, Jan Gardner, or Barack Obama had acted in such an igonrant, juvenile, and frankly insulting manner.
You can say anything here. Feel free. But please make it understandable. I don't know what you're trying to say. You think calling Kirby out is Liberal BS?
There is a huge difference between conservatives and right wingers. Kirby is a right winger, not a conservative. Conservatives respect and support freedom of the press and the rights of people with whom they disagree. Right wingers don't. Kirby is a right winger.
AND so what? Isn't this the same circle of going around in both directions that always lead us back to the same divide we have created over the decades? Talking the talk may make you feel better about yourself, but where do that leave the rest of US?
Congratulations Kirby and Billy, you have succeeded in making complete fools out of yourselves on a national level. Can you stand one more article? I'll leave it at this as all one needs to do is put your name into a search engine, ANY search engine and they can find out for themselves how popular you have become. Here's what the Baltimore Sun has to say about you..
Go to Huffingtonpost.com. Scroll down until you see the article in the center of the page with Kirby's picture and select it. This article is priceless as it brings Billy into the whole mess. Definately worth a read. Thanks quemzeee2 for pointing it out.
I think this is the end for Kirby Delaughter. He is being mocked relentlessly all over the country on just about every political media outlet (including major news papers)imaginable, AND WFMD. And you know what, he deserves every bit of it. I have no sympathy for him.
I hope this also takes down Billy. These 2 fools are an embarrassment to American politics, of any persuasion. They just can't keep their big, dumb mouths shut. Good riddance, I hope.
HITLER, through his propoganda ministry accomplished the same result decades ago. It's a matter of history. SO, what has changed between then and now? DENIAL is our best achievement since the war. All we're doing now is returning to our past, attaching a label American and patriot to our forhead to make it not so, but continue to operate under the same notion prescibed by the 3rd REICH. Have we humans changed over the last 3000 years. NO! SO, why claim to be different when the only thing that has advanced is our technology and not the human genome.
While we can thumb our noses at HISTORY, and hide behind our self made labeled cover are we any different now as we were decadfes ago? What is it about doing the same thing over and over again, looking for a different result,don't you get?
This is not about who or what you are. This is about the lost legacy of DEMOCRACY and how it has been mangled beyond recognition and the manipulation of "due process" as we once knew it to be.
To despise or even hate another is simply a waste of time and emotional energy, or a political ideology that holds us captive to someone elses thoughts and vote their conscience by proxy vote.
Why not try walking both sides of any political persuasion, LISTEN to both, or as many sides as there are, and the DECIDE who the best liar is, as with our cureent circunstances?
From powerlineblog.com, a conservative blog..."Apparently Mr. Delauter has no grasp of the First Amendment, among other things. This has to rank up there with Virginia Senator William Scott, who, after being named in a magazine feature as one of the dumbest members of Congress back in the late 1970s, called a press conference to deny it."
Amazing, Kirby and Billy have accomplished a near miracle. They have turned Blaine the adult in the room. I'd like to think Moe got the message.... Naaa.
For those who haven't noticed it, Sunday's editorial is already on-line. The link is above, entitled ARTICLE: Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter. Don't know how to make it clicky, but here's the URL: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter/article_da85d6f4-fa3c-524f-bbf6-8e5ddc0d1c0a.html
From examiner.com.....The conservative blog Powerline announced a new award in Delauter's honor, named, appropriately enough, the "Kirby Delauter." The announcement also used Delauter's photo "without his permission," too, adding that it would "name our newest award for the most clueless public official of the week." The first recipient, Powerline added, was Delauter.
I just went through all the comments on his Facebook page, people from as far away as California were posting them. So, I guess it's official; while Blaine Young is the laughing stock of Frederick County, Kirby Delauter is the laughing stock of the state of Maryland. Congratulations, fool.
Frederick County - we should ask for a recall election of the County Commissioners. Clearly some of those elected, well, don't deserve nor do we want them in positions of making decisions for our County.
Kirby, you have our permission...no, blessings to resign from the County Council effective immediately. Perhaps between you and your fellow Councilman, Shreve, you can manage to write a resignation letter that doesn't contain too much of your shared ignorance.
Signed what is most likely the majority of Frederick County voters. [I'm quite sure you two have now managed to drastically disappoint even those who had voted for you.]
OMG!! The posts to 'Kirby Delauter for County Council' FB page are hilarious! I would share some of the funnier ones but they would be deleted. You have to look on the left side of his FB page for 'posts to page'. You will not be disappointed.
"Your exchange with Bethany Rodgers, in which you threatened her with legal action for using your name without permission in a news story, was vastly amusing. Unless this is performance art, do you come by this level of stupid as a natural gift, or do you practice in front of the mirror?"
Unbelievable and immature. I am really speechless that an adult, elected to office, could say and act like you did. Why not just take your toys, get out of the sandbox and go home.
As a Republican, We really didn't have that much of a choice as Whitmore and the "council member" are both equally unfit for office. I really thought Mr. Long had a chance as I believed people were tired of The one who must not be named.
Oh gawd, I just checked out some of the links below; Delauter has made a NATIONAL fool out of himself. Thanks a lot for enhancing Frederick County's image you idiot. Now, do us all a favour and resign out of embarrassment, please??????
Glen Shiel:Not only have Delauter and Shreve made a fool of themselves, but the citizen population of Frederick Co. Maryland as well. Surprised this "selfie" image of the GOP hasn't made its way to the Washington Post.
Also don't believe this disruption wasn't also designed by Blaine Young, who will intentionally and willfully deny the citizens of Frederick their Charter Government, while slicing and diceing away at its core values only to return Blaine Young back to favor. I admit this sounds a bit petty but isn't that what this strategy of Delauter, Shreve and behind closed door Atty.Smith all about? And with GOP Gov.Hogan in agreement with this political strategy, what more can the citizens do, under the terms of the Charter, that have "recall" rules that might be needed to eliminate these GOP operatives from their strategies of discord intended only to undermine the advancement of Charter governance.
When we are dealing with a CANCER like this, the entire cancer needs to be removed before Frederick can heal and resume its revovery from the likes of failed governance that Young, Shreve, Delauter and Smith brought to this County. Mere words of dissatisfaction only allow the the cancer to grow larger and more dysfunctional than it already is. Unless Charter governance has the ability to remove this cancer, our next 4 years will be nothing more than a repeat performance of the last 4 years.
This story is getting national attention due to the attack on newspapers and free speech, so it is funny to think of how Kirby and his supporters (Jill, Farrell, Paul?) might be prepping him to respond. A contrite, non-defensive letter to Bethany and the rest of the FNP would go a long way toward burrying this distraction and getting back to business.
And, I might add, they are both to stupid to know that the worst thing a politician, or any public figure for that matter, can do is make an enemy of a newspaper. I guess they know now.
Speaking of JILL , So many things Jill said or had printed in this Newspaper were simply lies. I caught her in many many mis nomers. It was realy iritating to see a young person who simply made up stories to fit her own agenda or needs while the facts simply could not be further from her speeches.
Threecents: And what kind of political surgical scalple do you have in mind to accomplosh this end. If you're just going to pick at scab what , if anything, have you accomplished other than putting another bandaid on what is already an open wound. This is no longer a distraction, nor should it be considered as such. This is as down and dirty as politics and openly political strategies get. They don't "just go away." Until and unless the citizen population of Frederick make something of their inherent rights, Frederick county governance will be nothing more than ANOTHER oligarchy and the days of fiefdoms of old.
Glen: that MORON is not out of the picture that Blaine Young has painted for you and the citizen population of Frederick, from behind closed doors.Look at Delauter ,Shreve and their constituent parts and all you'll see for the next four years is a strategy to undermine the best parts of Charter Governance that hangs in the balance. Politics is a blood sport and takes few if any prisoners. Until and unless WE unseat the Black Knights you will forever be challenged to do battle against the crippling nature of PETTY, over and over again. Delauter's threat of litigation is the same treat Blaine Young left with US when he wormed his way back into the woodwork.and future strategies that are the same as Shreve and Delauter are perpetuating on the citizen population of Frederick.
Oh, stop. What *is* this local fondness for claiming to "laugh 'at', not 'with,'" as some sort of intended intimidation? One commenter does not know when another commenter is laughing. You, sir, may unintentionally be laughing "with." Oooooo
This should be grounds for dismissal. The Charter needs some serious amending. Jan and the rest of the council deserve an award for dealing with these two.
I thought Delauter's comment flew well below the radar, to his benefit, in the unfortunate Shreve-focused article. Until now. He was asked, he answered. No big deal. What about the word "public" are they missing?? Why do they have to be in lockstep? This is like watching a work in progress called, "How to Kill Your Political Career." Nice photo. Please calm down.
What is this, a contest between Kirby and Billy to see who can be the most embarrassing inefficient "public servant" in the U.S.? Move over and let my 13y.o. take the place of both of you, and I'll bet she can accomplish much more, with greater efficiency and clearly more class and intelligence. Why don't you two go setup an arm wrestling match with BY and the winner can have a snickers bar! I would like to know how the two of you won council seats. Let me be clear they are council seats, and not commissioner seats.
I can't believe this man. As a far right winger, he advocates 2nd Amendment rights and knows nothing about the first Amendment. He can sue for libel, but not for reporting the news, he should know that, it does make you wonder if he even went to high school. The FNP was definitely not intimidated, nor should they be, they have attorneys on contracts, waiting for some work to do and answering a frivolous law suit would probably give them pleasure. How could the citizens of District 5 ever have elected such an obnoxious ignoramus as Delauter. And the town leaders warned them about Delauter and they still voted for him. Makes you wonder about people in District 5. They should have elected Mark Long.
If ever there was a case of "open mouth, insert foot", this is it. I'm embarrassed for Frederick County that such a person was elected to the County Council. Folks think about it: an elected official threatening to sue the paper if they use his name without his permission and his use of Facebook, a social forum, to call people names. What's wrong with this picture?
I am aghast that a public official, being paid my tax dollars, thinks that the taxpayers have no right to learn about his shenanigans. Perhaps he need a remedial civics course ?
Does this "elected official" not know about the constitution? Elementary school teachers always say "read it back to yourself" If it sounds STUPID, then maybe you should rethink it.
I am speechless. I propose an annual prize to be given to the Frederick County official who makes the dumbest statement, and I nominate Delauter's "You can't print my name…" We still have almost a full year to go, and Kirby and Billie are nothing if not creative in the "I'm dumber than you" department. Is this a great country, or what? Where else could guys like this be elected--twice!
Three years and about 10 more months till even die hard republicans vote him out. The national news outlets have started to pick up this mess. Fredneck lives on.
People who really know what is going on say "Write what ever you want, but spell my name right." In the long run, all publicity is good. Many will agree with Mr. D. And even those who do not, will know he has a point of view. This last election must have had an effect on him. I hope the next year will be better.
All publicity is not good. Blaine was given the boot because of it. Yes, there are some people who will side with Kirby and dig in deeper with him. But along the way, he ultimately loses more people than he gains. This type of repetitive, foolish chicanery eventually erodes away credibility and trust. Don't believe me? Just ask Blaine.
And what "next year" are you referring to Gary? Have you already written off 2015 for him? It's only Jan. 6!
Anyone who voted for Kirby Delauter should be disqualified from voting again as they have amply demonstrated how much the Republican party has become the home base for stupid politicians. I am mortified for this county and country to have such person as Kirby Delauter in any political office.
Yes, exactly. They should give you a test before you vote - at least know what the issues are and where the candidates stand. And if they are up for reelection what they have done - and said!
This a good example of what happens when you only fund the schools at MOE, you produce people like Kirby...Since the BoCC only funded the county schools at MOE it seems Frederick County will produce more people like Delauter. More uniformed voters..OMG that was their plan all along...sneaky...
It's been a very long political year. The comic relief is wonderful. If it did not once again embarrass us all and paint this wonderful community as a joke. If anyone should be sued it's Kirby and Billy for tarnishing the good name of Frederick County and by implication all of us who live here.
Who does Kirby Delauter think he is? Prince? In all future stories Ms. Rodgers should refer to him 'the council member formerly referred to as Kirby Delauter'. Mayber the FNP could just refer to Kirby with this symbol [thumbdown]
I'm sure everyone on here would appreciate being grossly 'mis-quoted' too (the very genesis of this situation) but the whole story doesn't sell papers or launch the bullying and the ad hominem attacks like seen here in the comments….where a vicious pack of pseudo-sophisticate trendies sitting around patting each other on the back while sniping at those people willing to get into the arena….on both sides of the aisle. Anyone else find this discouraging?
I wonder what it's like to live in an genuinely civilized society.
I think Billy started this whole chain of stories. Consider this:
1) Billy complains to Bethany about the key "incident", I imagine to spin up something negative about Jan Gardner 2) Bethany Rodgers writes her story about Key-Gate and includes Kirby's complaints about parking spaces ... yes, I know - really?! 3) Kirby then launches his rant against Bethany on his Facebook page for including his name in the story without his permission 4) That response and his vapid threat to sue the paper then goes viral
I'd like to remind Councilman Delauter that at the last Council Meeting (12/16/14) discussion surrounded the use of individual's names being openly mentioned during discussion and whether it was appropriate to specifically i.d. individuals during said discussions. It was your position that (I paraphrase here) "as a public official, you subject yourself to scrutiny by the residents of the county, since you are in effect on the county payroll and working for the county residents". Well, does the mentioning of your name in the local newspaper not carry the same weight? You're an elected official and on the county's payroll. Are you not subject to the same scrutiny you espoused in the 12/16/14 meeting?
News flash to Council Members Delauter and Shreve........the election is over! Can we please move on with more substantive matters , drop this petty behavior and work collectively with the Council and new County Executive. If not, I for one would certainly welcome a recall election for both County Council seats.
To Mr. Kirby Delauter: Sir, Let me begin by stating I am a 60 year old native of Frederick County and a Republican registered conservative. As one, my question to you is “Why do you, Blaine Young and Bill Shreve insist on continuing to make a public fools of yourselves?” You certainly have every right to do so but, every time you do, you once again make Frederick County look bad. And many of us are becoming weary of it. With your baseless threat to “sue” the FNP for using your name, or any reference to you, without your authorization is nothing more than the same type of hollow threat Young made if he were to be booted off the planning commission. And for someone like Shreve, who is supposed to be an adult, to whine about not having his own parking spot displays nothing but a childish behaviour not becoming an elected official. I’m here and now asking you to please try to think logically, like a sane man, before you speak publically for the remainder of your term, if not for yourself then for the good of the county. Thank you. Glen Shiel
Thank you but, "No," I'm not a politician and never cared to be one. I'm just thoroughly sick and tired of, and disgusted with, those three in Frederick Co. In the last election I didn't vote for the liberal Jan Gardner, I voted against the jerk Blaine Young. And I voted against both Delauter and Shreve. That is what they have caused some of we county Republicans to do, they brought it on themselves.
It's almost impossible to imagine anyone saying or doing anything dumber than what (to be safe, I'll just call him the K-person) said and did. But, never count Cousin Billy out:
"The News-Post is extremely biased and someone should sue them..." "...media outlets are cowards and they hide behind the label of journalists and that's a bully pulpit to expand their liberal (agenda)."
Terry Headlee, The News-Post's managing editor, said the newspaper typically does not seek permission or authorization to publish a person's name or reference, except in the case of children.
Based on this quote from the article, I have to agree with Kirby. CHILDREN must give permission.
Poor little Kirby and Billy. Maybe if they didn't do things that merited the publicity they are afraid of, it wouldn't be a big deal. By doing this latest 'stunt', doesn't he realize that it brings more attention to what he is doing? Never should have run for public office if he was this scared of being in the paper. Goes with the territory. Good for the FNP. Keep up to good work.
More ignorant, schoolyard bully tactics from Delauter. I would guess Delauter is trying to intimidate the FNP to keep it from writing about how Delauter has abused his role as an elected official.
I agree with Mr. Headlee. Trying to intimidate the press is a huge mistake.
Once an individual places his or her name on the ballot he or she willingly places that name in the public eye. It is the duty and responsibility of the media, guaranteed by the First Amendment, to report back to those who elected such individual on his or her activities and performance. To paraphrase the worn out cliche, if the heat is too hot don't get into the kitchen.
OK, how about this - I'll give you Bethany's comment made directly to Kirby on his Facebook page:
"Wow. Well, just to answer a few of these accusations: First of all, there is no requirement to get a person's authorization in order to mention them in the paper, particularly if that person is an elected official. It is not just our right but our responsibility to report on people like you, who occupy positions of trust in our government, and I make no apologies for doing that. I am also aware that you asked me not to call you anymore. However, it is a journalistic principle to reach out to individuals who are part of an article. Again, it would be irresponsible for me NOT to do so, and I plan to continue giving you the opportunity to comment on articles that concern you. Whether or not you return my calls is up to you."
And for a little context, this appeared in the midst of a thread in which she was being called a "useful idiot.," or as unable "to comprehend the words non-biased-journalism," or guilty of "misconduct," etc.
In addition to showing some restraint, I think her comment was spot-on!
I agree. She'd commented already. BTW There is a limit how much public verbal abuse a professional should have to withstand in the course of doing their assigned work. Who encourages their kids to be journalists anymore? Competing with amateurs, criticized by anyone with a keyboard, with or without valid reason? Phooey.
Near v. Minnesota (1931) First Amendment: Freedom of the Press (1791)
The Founders saw the right to publish one’s views as a natural right, and considered a free press a means of ensuring justice in government. While written to apply to actions of the federal government, the Supreme Court incorporated the amendment into state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment in the case Near v. Minnesota (1941). _______________
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan ( 376 U.S. 254 ) MR. JUSTICE BLACK, with whom MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS joins, concurring.
I concur in reversing this half-million-dollar judgment against the New York Times Company and the four individual defendants. In reversing, the Court holds that the Constitution delimits a State's power to award damages for libel in actions brought by public officials against critics of their official conduct.
For a representative democracy ceases to exist the moment that the public functionaries are by any means absolved from their responsibility to their constituents, and this happens whenever the constituent can be restrained in any manner from speaking, writing, or publishing his opinions upon any public measure, or upon the conduct of those who may advise or execute it. -
I hope that one or more of the 45 people who "liked" his social media post show up here today to explain their reasoning. Or, more broadly, I hope someone -- anyone -- provides a substantive defense of Kirby's argument that a newspaper cannot use the name of an elected official without that person's permission.
"Kirby Delauter can certainly decline to comment on any story," Headlee said. "But to threaten to sue a reporter for publishing his name is so ridiculously stupid that I'm speechless."
I'm reminded of a story told to me by a mother with two youngsters. In the car one day, one of them wailed about the other: "She's looking out my window!"
[thumbup] Yeah. I would like to hear from this "conservative". I want to hear any logical argument concerning the legitimacy of the government when it defies the people and suppresses freedom of the press; not just more name-calling.
"Stop looking at me!" Kirby shouted stuck his thumb in his mouth as he pouted though there's been much ado on his mental IQ his emotional age is undoubted.
Another good one, armillary. I'm sure you're saving all of your Limericks, ever think of putting them altogether in a book? I'd bet it would go over really well with the people of Frederick County, particularly the ones about Young, Delauter, and Shreve once all of those idiots are out of office. One down, two to go..........
The Delauder threat will most assuredly make the national media and help assure Kirby's image as a laughingstock. Sadly, it will not help the Fredneck image that a portion of Frederick County residents and voters are proud of.
Go ahead and sue. This could be the best thing that could ever happen. Perfect time to get to the real truth about this county and the leaders. Imagine the information that would come out of such a lawsuit. I am all for such a lawsuit - go ahead - can't wait!
Kelly A. that is fantastic. I know if we all push this we could actualy get a show going. In this day and age to highlight the Characters we had as the Fab Four. That would realy be fun for the county to be highlighted. I am sure it would create jobs and bring money into the county. And that is what they all said they wanted.
How about if we can get that local Barber back on W.F.M. D to talk about how great these guys are. This is realy starting to develop into a Maryland State tragedy. How and who elected these guys, Why are they here,, what is it they want. Please lord, let the old "massa" ways of Frederick county pass away. These guys represent the last vestages of upper class money versus all of you others.
The marble-mouthed barber makes Young, Delauter and Shreve sound intelligent. The barber may actually be the dumbest person in good old Fred-ick County.
If Kirby and Billy "can't stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen" as the old saying goes!! If you are a public servant, the media has every right to publish the actions and words of public officials as they may relate to their public actions. Maybe these two clowns can find employment in North Korea where they can control the media.
Billy Shreve comes to Kirby's defense ... no surprise there. Billy just got a great endorsement from Ellen at his facebook page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BILLY SHREVE - You did an outstanding job on WFMD this afternoon when you explained the Republican Central Committee's very fair method of choosing a candidate when there is a vacancy.
Keep up the good work and watch out for BUD!!
We warned you before that he cannot be trusted!!!!
My sentiment exactly, Hazel. People need to have a thick skin to be in politics and respect that fact that being elected to a local office does not make you immune from public and press scrutiny. Do Billy and Kirby think they live in North Korea?
Maybe Kirby should change his name to a symbol like Prince did, then he wouldn't have to worry about anyone ever saying his name without his permission because he would have no name..lol
He is an idiot. Who voted for him? Are you happy? This is what you want - a bully who does not understand the laws of this country, or think they apply to him. I hope everyone of you who voted for him takes a long hard look at your own motives and knowledge. How utterly embarrassing for Frederick county.
[thumbup] I second that...We tried we really, really tried to expose the Fab four what what they truly are, we succeeded with Blaine and Smith, but as for Billy and Kirby, still baffled as to why they were reelected...still baffled.
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"Kirby Delauter can certainly decline to comment on any story," Headlee said. "But to threaten to sue a reporter for publishing his name is so ridiculously stupid that I'm speechless. It's just a pointless, misguided attempt to intimidate and bully the press and shows an astonishing lack of understanding of the role of a public servant.”.....just a tad to late to express such outrage at Kirby's stupidity, when before the election he was doing stupid stuff all the time and it never even made the newspaper. We all knew he was this stupid and yet he was voted back into office, I kinda hold certain people at the FNP a tad responsible for that.
Shreve, R-at large, told The News-Post in a phone interview he supported Delauter taking legal actions....well of course you do Billy boy you are a life long member of the Flat Earth Society..
“I did not see his post, but I think The News-Post is extremely biased and someone should sue them,” Shreve said..... Says the man who probably started all this with Key-gate. Billy this newspaper kissed your butt before the election, they refused to investigate or report on anything negative about the bunch of you, really you should buy Bethany a dozen roses and a box of chocolates for all the press she has brought you and Kirby, your base seems to think you and Kirby are god's gift to mankind, because guess what in case you have forgotten you two butt-heads were reelected. Still not sure why you and Kirby are so upset with the FNP? Bethany seems to be one of your biggest fans. well maybe not now. [unsure]
Shreve and Delauter had planned on Blaine getting elected so that Young could continue giving them instructions and the county would run as smoothly as it did under BoCC form of government.
However, that didn't happen and now Delauter and Shreve are stuck without their leader and getting half the pay ... poetic justice.
How long does it take to understand Blaine Young has not disappeared. He remains the puppet master of Shreve and Delauter and their many operatives, whether in Dist. 5 or what Shreve produced in his DISTRICT.
And Republican voters elected a person this stupid?? Gotta wonder about party-line voters. If he sues the FNP it is a frivolous misuse of the court system. PS notice I did not use “names”.
So, all reasonable people will see this latest tantrum from Delauter as a way to draw attention so that he can plead that anyone who disagrees with him is wrong. This lets him energize the fanatic fans and divert those who are trying to move Frederick County ahead. Given how in lock step Kirby has been with Billy before, one must ask if they have coordinated the latest 'tempest in a teapot' about keys and parking.
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how much of an idiot this makes him look like
Thank you Kirbie for your grate work!
I like Kirbie now, he isn't supporting this conference center using my Maryland tax dollars.
Thank you Kirbie for your grate work!
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
Should Mr Delauter decide to run for office again, the FNP should honor his wishes and not use his name in any way during his campaigns. If he wanted to buy ad space, take his money, but don't use his name in the ads.
The voters should have thought more before voting in the last Nov. election.
Delauter and Shreve are what we get when so many voters fail to go to the polls and cast a ballot. Sometimes they don't because there isn't a candidate they like. Sometimes it's pure laziness. Some don't vote because they don't pay attention to the world around them. And then there are those who claim, 'my vote won't matter'....well, just think of how many of those votes could have changed the outcome of this election. No Delauder, no Shreve.
Even the Express paper ran an article about Kirby complete with a good size picture of him. Now the tens of thousands of Metro riders who received the free paper handed out at stations in DC/MD/VA know he is a jerk too.
Councilman, you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
This DB tried to sue his homeowners ins. for a flood in his house he lied to the ins. co to get them to pay the claim i am sure proud to have this kind of people representing me in frederick
There's no place to hide DELAUTER, this isn't going to go away no matter what you might think. The ONLY solution is to resign and fade away into your previous private life and keep a low profile.
As long as you remain in the public eye you will be ridiculed, laughed at, and be permanently known as the idiot who claims to be a politician but has no understanding of the 1st Amendment.
Every time you walk into a Council meeting you will be wondering if your fellow Councilmen are chuckling over your predicament or if the attending citizens are snickering behind your back. You have lost all credibility, no one will ever have respect for your opinions, you are a nothing.
Resign now, DELAUTER, and save yourself any further embarrassment.
He will never resign. He isn't smart enough to even realize how much of an idiot this makes him look like.
Well Frederick, it did not take long for the political misfits to expose the world to our local dilemma. I could not have been more disappointed in my community after the elections. Kirby is presently showing us all why I was disappointed and it will not be long before Billy steps on his also. What a way for our community's Charter Government To Start. How can our County Executive gain the respect of her counterparts when she is hamstringed by such. Our delegates in Annapolis can not do enough damage control for Jan. This is bigger from a negative standpoint than most people could imagine.
I believe we may have a new record on the FNP - 223 comments!!!!! I think that beat anything Blaine ever did. Although I think some of his stuff should have gone viral. Blaine's gone, now K_____ and Billy need to leave office.
Not even close. The "dummies hanging from trees in Baker Park as Halloween decorations" in October of 2009 generated more than 500 comments in one day, more than a thousand over a 3 or 4 day period.
WOW! Before my time on FNP.......
I loved your editorial on Kirby Delauter -- for a presumably intelligent man he is acting like an idiot. Guess he is channeling his good pal on the previous Commission. Time for him to act like a grown up and get to work on the serious work of implementing our new style of county government.
Can the thousands who voted for KIRBY DELAUTER please explain why? I know you're out there.
Just to be totally clear, Curly, the WORLD is laughing AT you.
And it's TOTALLY appropriate.
Ask yourself this. Do you really think Delauter or Shreve really care what you think?
I did, sadly the answer is no.[sad]
If they hope to have any political future they better care what people think about them.
My simple advice on these comments was.... To be quiet. I'll bet you wish you had listened....just...this...once! What a mess you have made for yourselves.
Please world~ Do Not Judge Frederick County Citizens by the ignorance of a couple politicians!! Most of us here cannot figure out how they won council seats. We apologize for their unprofessional, misinformed, selfish, arrogant, and immature acts. We were hopeful for a fresh start in 2015 with our new Charter Gov't, after a very turbulant 4 years under Blaine Young (previous Commissioner), which included constant childish drama, backroom deals, inefficiencies, total loss of ethics (though Blaine did not know the difference between unethical and illegal), and mistress issues, among other things. We were truly hopeful we had turned a corner, until......
Kirby is officially the laughing stock not only of Frederick County but is now being laughed at internationally as well.
Please do everyone a favor and resign your seat on the County Council. I promise that no one will miss you and you might even manage to save face if you bow out now.
I can't believe he hasn't resigned yet.
Does Frederick County have a recall option on elected officials?
Sadly, no. Recalls are forbidden under State law. All we can do is continue to encourage Kirby and Billy Shreve to resign.
A Google search for the name Kirby Delauter on Tuesday evening turned up more than 37,000 results.
I'm looking for the context here. What was the article KD was referencing that she wrote about. And why do NONE of the articles bring that up. Hmm.
You had to be following this story over the past four years to get the full context. It's impossible to explain on this limited forum. Suffice to say there's a little comeuppance in these comments.
The key complaint article of 1.3.15, she mentioned him too.
The article that Kirby Delauter described as a "hit piece" can be found here: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/elections/disputes-strain-relationships-between-delauter-town-officials/article_13fe37f7-93a1-5de8-9bee-a1d433c231b1.html
The article of 1/3/2015 about keys and parking spaces that contained the "unauthorized" use of his name was the proximate cause for his self-immolation.
But phydeaux994 is correct that there is a history here that can't be summarized in a few lines, although the phrase "just deserts" is apposite.
pasmith3; Perhaps we should be looking for the SUBCONTEXT of this current conflict and measure how many time we voluntarily chose NOT to proceed beyond the CONTEXT and accepted the consequences of our choices by default.
Isn't this why our lawyer always advises us to read the fine print BEFORE signing on to another 4 years of agonizing torcher by those who wish to be king in what was once a democratic society? The HISTORY is there to be had, BUT you have to read it first before drawing emotional conclusions without the FACTS that history has already recorded.
If you're looking for accountability in govrernance why not step to the front of the line and talk to Gov. Hogan and his NEW Attorney General? Isn't that what Shreve and Delauter are BAITING you to do? Or, what about the Frederick County Attorney's Office. What use could be made of his services, if they haven't yet been sold out to the highest bidder? There's lots of options out there to make use of and return Frederick governance to a progressive UNIT insteads of a black market, selling it wares from behind closed doors or the basement of Winchester Hall. All you have to do is dig a little deeper rather than making EXCUSES and scratching at the surface of a problem that isn't going to go away unless you make it so. Why not try lobbying for a "RECALL VOTE" and make it part of your CHARTER amendment and governing guidelines.Until then, and with our current lineup of local elected leaders, all you'll be doing is yelling at the wind.
JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE KIRBY D. STORY ON THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW ON MSNBC. LOOKS LIKE FREDERICK IS NOW IN THE BIG TIME THANKS TO KD. GOOD JOB.
PS PERHAPS IT WILL BE MADE IN A MOVIE[beam]
Way to make us a laughing stock. The egos on these guys - let's not forget how many times Kirby had attacked people (publicly) who didn't agree with him. He needs to go - the fact that he's so ignorant to the first amendment....I have no words. This story's been picked up by every major media outlet from NPR, BBC, to even crazy Alex Jones (conspiracy inc.) Infowars. And they all agree - Kirby you are wrong on this one.
BUT MEDIA is not going to make the likes of Young, Smith, Shreve and Delauter go away If the Frederick County Governance can't get these guys and gals gone from impeding governance, what hope could there possibly be to ADVANCE when all you can do is throw barbed words at a serious problem and have it show up AGAIN on the front pages of the FNP. Check with our local Republican Center and see how close they are to the strategy being played out by Young, Delauter and Schreve. Surely someone knows. And if not, maybe that will be your best EXCUSE yet for doing NOTHING for the next 4 years
All I want is a parking spot
Yeah we all want what we ain't got
Kewl! This is now WORLDWIDE!
The BBC has picked it up!
God Bless Dirby Kelauter (For fear I get sued)
God Bless Fredneck county!
God Bless all the Fredneckers who voted for this floating piece of excrement!
Yeeeeeeeee-haaaaaw! We done it boys! We th' laughin stock o' the whole world wide interwebs now Balaine and BillyBob! Lets get inta our muddin trux and whoop it up real good!
Except that Blaine is now all jealoused up that he is only the second biggest idiot in Fredneck county!
The man is like Francis in the movie Stripes.
Lighten up, Kirby.
This story is the top story on Yahoo, has made it onto NPR, and Huffington Post. How did this idiot get elected? How embarrassing and how diminishing his words are to all of us who live here. When is Frederick county going to grow up and stop electing stupid good ol boys to office?
Perhaps Kirby will resign!!!
When are they going to go into the voting booth and blindly pull the R button.
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30704516
don't usually click on links that FNP commenters post here.
But this link that armillary is a photo of the 'Wheel of Fortune' that spells "Kirby Delauter"
Pretty FUNNY!
Thanks FNP keep posting this liberal BS. I wouldnt let a conservative speak his mind either? You can post what ever you want the public to read but I can't say what I want on here?
How sad that you think that this is a "liberal BS" issue. My guess is that you'd be jumping up and down screaming bloody murder if someone like Martin O'Malley, Jan Gardner, or Barack Obama had acted in such an igonrant, juvenile, and frankly insulting manner.
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You can say anything here. Feel free. But please make it understandable. I don't know what you're trying to say. You think calling Kirby out is Liberal BS?
There is a huge difference between conservatives and right wingers. Kirby is a right winger, not a conservative. Conservatives respect and support freedom of the press and the rights of people with whom they disagree. Right wingers don't. Kirby is a right winger.
AND so what? Isn't this the same circle of going around in both directions that always lead us back to the same divide we have created over the decades? Talking the talk may make you feel better about yourself, but where do that leave the rest of US?
Is this the vision Jim Grimes and Doc McClellan had for Fred. Co. in the making of young Blaine.
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Congratulations Kirby and Billy, you have succeeded in making complete fools out of yourselves on a national level. Can you stand one more article? I'll leave it at this as all one needs to do is put your name into a search engine, ANY search engine and they can find out for themselves how popular you have become. Here's what the Baltimore Sun has to say about you..
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-frederick-delauter-20150106-story.html
Now Kirby has outdone Billy and Blaine. They will have to work at catching up.
There is no end in sight....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kirby-delauter-maryland-newspaper-editorial
NO, there isn't.
This one is a really big ouch...
http://boingboing.net/2015/01/06/councilman-kirby-delauter-thin.html
Add the Washington Post....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/frederick-council-member-kirby-delauter-threatens-to-sue-if-local-paper-uses-name/2015/01/06/5a923232-95d3-11e4-8005-1924ede3e54a_story.html
another great line from the Huffingtonpost article:
"Forget parking spaces -- I'm not sure these men have the intellectual depth to handle driving."
LOL at the reporter at the Huffingtonpost!
He wrote: "Rodgers jumped into this Facebook thread to attempt to explain journalism to this poor, lost, parking-space bereft lamb.........."
LOL - "parking-space bereft lamb"!!
I can see Kirbie and Sheriff Jenkins now trying to figure out what "bereft" means!
Go to Huffingtonpost.com. Scroll down until you see the article in the center of the page with Kirby's picture and select it. This article is priceless as it brings Billy into the whole mess. Definately worth a read. Thanks quemzeee2 for pointing it out.
Give him a break. Kirby just misinterpreted the first amendment as being freedom from the press.
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Doesn't he wish![beam]
http://twitchy.com/2015/01/05/county-councilman-who-must-not-be-named-falls-victim-to-streisand-effect/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/kirby-delauter-name-reporters_n_6424252.html
Kirby Delauter: Righteous defender of what he imagines the First Amendment ought to be.
I think this is the end for Kirby Delaughter. He is being mocked relentlessly all over the country on just about every political media outlet (including major news papers)imaginable, AND WFMD. And you know what, he deserves every bit of it. I have no sympathy for him.
I hope this also takes down Billy. These 2 fools are an embarrassment to American politics, of any persuasion. They just can't keep their big, dumb mouths shut. Good riddance, I hope.
Remember who funded and put these bozos in office. The developer cabal. They should pay a penalty for this.
HITLER, through his propoganda ministry accomplished the same result decades ago. It's a matter of history. SO, what has changed between then and now? DENIAL is our best achievement since the war. All we're doing now is returning to our past, attaching a label American and patriot to our forhead to make it not so, but continue to operate under the same notion prescibed by the 3rd REICH. Have we humans changed over the last 3000 years. NO! SO, why claim to be different when the only thing that has advanced is our technology and not the human genome.
While we can thumb our noses at HISTORY, and hide behind our self made labeled cover are we any different now as we were decadfes ago? What is it about doing the same thing over and over again, looking for a different result,don't you get?
The Huffington post slamed both Kirby and Billy
What about that symbol Prince used to use? Could you use that for Kirby Delauter?
What idiots Billy and Kirby are. When you thought it couldn't get any worse.....
This is not about who or what you are. This is about the lost legacy of DEMOCRACY and how it has been mangled beyond recognition and the manipulation of "due process" as we once knew it to be.
To despise or even hate another is simply a waste of time and emotional energy, or a political ideology that holds us captive to someone elses thoughts and vote their conscience by proxy vote.
Why not try walking both sides of any political persuasion, LISTEN to both, or as many sides as there are, and the DECIDE who the best liar is, as with our cureent circunstances?
From powerlineblog.com, a conservative blog..."Apparently Mr. Delauter has no grasp of the First Amendment, among other things. This has to rank up there with Virginia Senator William Scott, who, after being named in a magazine feature as one of the dumbest members of Congress back in the late 1970s, called a press conference to deny it."
Kirby's idiocy is now national news on the Huffington Post. Frederick County's embarrassment continues.
Let be known to all that It has been decreed that Council"man" Delauter be henceforth addressed as 'Mi Lord'.
To do otherwise is to be a crime punishable by inane threats from 'Mi Lord', that shall result in your doubling over with laughter. [lol]
Amazing, Kirby and Billy have accomplished a near miracle. They have turned Blaine the adult in the room. I'd like to think Moe got the message.... Naaa.
Mr. Lyons, ain't that the truth?!?!?!
If it weren't so sad that "Fred-ick" County becomes even more of a laughingstock, it would be hilarious!
Clearly he deserved more credit than he was given for keeping Billy and Kirby fed and changed!
Did anyone just realize that "the 2" are replacing the "other" in the FNP? Too bad, too sad.
For those who haven't noticed it, Sunday's editorial is already on-line. The link is above, entitled ARTICLE: Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter. Don't know how to make it clicky, but here's the URL: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter/article_da85d6f4-fa3c-524f-bbf6-8e5ddc0d1c0a.html
Thanks for the link!
From examiner.com.....The conservative blog Powerline announced a new award in Delauter's honor, named, appropriately enough, the "Kirby Delauter." The announcement also used Delauter's photo "without his permission," too, adding that it would "name our newest award for the most clueless public official of the week." The first recipient, Powerline added, was Delauter.
I just went through all the comments on his Facebook page, people from as far away as California were posting them. So, I guess it's official; while Blaine Young is the laughing stock of Frederick County, Kirby Delauter is the laughing stock of the state of Maryland. Congratulations, fool.
Tune in next week he will be crying that he was NOT mentioned. That's how it is in the sandbox.
Frederick County - we should ask for a recall election of the County Commissioners. Clearly some of those elected, well, don't deserve nor do we want them in positions of making decisions for our County.
I believe you mean County Council members.
They were County Commissioners and now aren't they on the County Council?
OOPs! That's what I meant. Sorry.
Kirby, you have our permission...no, blessings to resign from the County Council effective immediately. Perhaps between you and your fellow Councilman, Shreve, you can manage to write a resignation letter that doesn't contain too much of your shared ignorance.
Signed what is most likely the majority of Frederick County voters. [I'm quite sure you two have now managed to drastically disappoint even those who had voted for you.]
As a wise man once said, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."
Kirby leaps to the head of the pack as likely recipient of the Vladimir Putin Democracy in Action Prize.
OMG!! The posts to 'Kirby Delauter for County Council' FB page are hilarious! I would share some of the funnier ones but they would be deleted. You have to look on the left side of his FB page for 'posts to page'. You will not be disappointed.
I liked this one;
"Your exchange with Bethany Rodgers, in which you threatened her with legal action for using your name without permission in a news story, was vastly amusing. Unless this is performance art, do you come by this level of stupid as a natural gift, or do you practice in front of the mirror?"
Which is worse, Councilman Kirby Delauter or the people who voted him back into office. No choice really. The voters win hands down.
Sadly you are correct.
Agree.
Unbelievable and immature. I am really speechless that an adult, elected to office, could say and act like you did. Why not just take your toys, get out of the sandbox and go home.
As a Republican, We really didn't have that much of a choice as Whitmore and the "council member" are both equally unfit for office. I really thought Mr. Long had a chance as I believed people were tired of The one who must not be named.
Oh gawd, I just checked out some of the links below; Delauter has made a NATIONAL fool out of himself. Thanks a lot for enhancing Frederick County's image you idiot. Now, do us all a favour and resign out of embarrassment, please??????
One can only wish......
Glen Shiel:Not only have Delauter and Shreve made a fool of themselves, but the citizen population of Frederick Co. Maryland as well. Surprised this "selfie" image of the GOP hasn't made its way to the Washington Post.
Also don't believe this disruption wasn't also designed by Blaine Young, who will intentionally and willfully deny the citizens of Frederick their Charter Government, while slicing and diceing away at its core values only to return Blaine Young back to favor. I admit this sounds a bit petty but isn't that what this strategy of Delauter, Shreve and behind closed door Atty.Smith all about? And with GOP Gov.Hogan in agreement with this political strategy, what more can the citizens do, under the terms of the Charter, that have "recall" rules that might be needed to eliminate these GOP operatives from their strategies of discord intended only to undermine the advancement of Charter governance.
When we are dealing with a CANCER like this, the entire cancer needs to be removed before Frederick can heal and resume its revovery from the likes of failed governance that Young, Shreve, Delauter and Smith brought to this County. Mere words of dissatisfaction only allow the the cancer to grow larger and more dysfunctional than it already is. Unless Charter governance has the ability to remove this cancer, our next 4 years will be nothing more than a repeat performance of the last 4 years.
It has, WashPo online has it on their front page. Thanks, Kirby, for making ALL of us look like backwoods hicks.
This story is getting national attention due to the attack on newspapers and free speech, so it is funny to think of how Kirby and his supporters (Jill, Farrell, Paul?) might be prepping him to respond. A contrite, non-defensive letter to Bethany and the rest of the FNP would go a long way toward burrying this distraction and getting back to business.
I would be shocked if that happened.
And, I might add, they are both to stupid to know that the worst thing a politician, or any public figure for that matter, can do is make an enemy of a newspaper. I guess they know now.
Speaking of JILL , So many things Jill said or had printed in this Newspaper were simply lies. I caught her in many many mis nomers. It was realy iritating to see a young person who simply made up stories to fit her own agenda or needs while the facts simply could not be further from her speeches.
Threecents: And what kind of political surgical scalple do you have in mind to accomplosh this end. If you're just going to pick at scab what , if anything, have you accomplished other than putting another bandaid on what is already an open wound. This is no longer a distraction, nor should it be considered as such. This is as down and dirty as politics and openly political strategies get. They don't "just go away." Until and unless the citizen population of Frederick make something of their inherent rights, Frederick county governance will be nothing more than ANOTHER oligarchy and the days of fiefdoms of old.
Glen: that MORON is not out of the picture that Blaine Young has painted for you and the citizen population of Frederick, from behind closed doors.Look at Delauter ,Shreve and their constituent parts and all you'll see for the next four years is a strategy to undermine the best parts of Charter Governance that hangs in the balance. Politics is a blood sport and takes few if any prisoners. Until and unless WE unseat the Black Knights you will forever be challenged to do battle against the crippling nature of PETTY, over and over again. Delauter's threat of litigation is the same treat Blaine Young left with US when he wormed his way back into the woodwork.and future strategies that are the same as Shreve and Delauter are perpetuating on the citizen population of Frederick.
Everyone's entitled to a bad day hopefully Kirby will be able to establish a productive relationship with the FNP.
NO MORE EXCUSES. Delauter is not about to change. To beieve otherwise is to pay false witness to the citizen population of Frederick.
Oh, stop. What *is* this local fondness for claiming to "laugh 'at', not 'with,'" as some sort of intended intimidation? One commenter does not know when another commenter is laughing. You, sir, may unintentionally be laughing "with." Oooooo
Anyone in need of more entertainment this snowy day - check out the comments on Kirbie's Kirby Delauter for county council FACEBOOK page!
People from all over the continent are schooling him!
This should be grounds for dismissal. The Charter needs some serious amending. Jan and the rest of the council deserve an award for dealing with these two.
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Curb De Lauter
I thought Delauter's comment flew well below the radar, to his benefit, in the unfortunate Shreve-focused article. Until now. He was asked, he answered. No big deal.
What about the word "public" are they missing?? Why do they have to be in lockstep? This is like watching a work in progress called, "How to Kill Your Political Career." Nice photo. Please calm down.
This is like WAITING for the other shoe to drop.
What is this, a contest between Kirby and Billy to see who can be the most embarrassing inefficient "public servant" in the U.S.?
Move over and let my 13y.o. take the place of both of you, and I'll bet she can accomplish much more, with greater efficiency and clearly more class and intelligence. Why don't you two go setup an arm wrestling match with BY and the winner can have a snickers bar! I would like to know how the two of you won council seats. Let me be clear they are council seats, and not commissioner seats.
If it is a contest, they're running neck and neck.
This story's got legs:
https://twitter.com/walterolson
http://wapo.st/1Fd2GRS
http://www.examiner.com/article/elected-politician-threatens-reporter-never-mention-my-name-without-permission
They're naming an award after him!
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/01/a-new-power-line-award-the-kirby-delauter.php
A contender for Time's Man of the Year?
http://time.com/3655823/politician-threatens-local-paper-over-name/
He's on Twitter!
#KirbyDelauter
And there's a parody!
@KirbyDelauter
I can't believe this man. As a far right winger, he advocates 2nd Amendment rights and knows nothing about the first Amendment. He can sue for libel, but not for reporting the news, he should know that, it does make you wonder if he even went to high school. The FNP was definitely not intimidated, nor should they be, they have attorneys on contracts, waiting for some work to do and answering a frivolous law suit would probably give them pleasure. How could the citizens of District 5 ever have elected such an obnoxious ignoramus as Delauter. And the town leaders warned them about Delauter and they still voted for him. Makes you wonder about people in District 5. They should have elected Mark Long.
I was disappointed too.[beam]
Me too.
what a jerk...I mean joke
If ever there was a case of "open mouth, insert foot", this is it. I'm embarrassed for Frederick County that such a person was elected to the County Council. Folks think about it: an elected official threatening to sue the paper if they use his name without his permission and his use of Facebook, a social forum, to call people names. What's wrong with this picture?
I am aghast that a public official, being paid my tax dollars, thinks that the taxpayers have no right to learn about his shenanigans. Perhaps he need a remedial civics course ?
Does this "elected official" not know about the constitution? Elementary school teachers always say "read it back to yourself" If it sounds STUPID, then maybe you should rethink it.
Bethany didn't write this article, so I wonder if Kirby still plans to sue. Bravo Bethany for standing up to this punk.
Maybe Blaine and Kirby can get a 2 for-the-price-of 1 discount on their threatened lawsuits.
I am speechless. I propose an annual prize to be given to the Frederick County official who makes the dumbest statement, and I nominate Delauter's "You can't print my name…" We still have almost a full year to go, and Kirby and Billie are nothing if not creative in the "I'm dumber than you" department. Is this a great country, or what? Where else could guys like this be elected--twice!
To be fair, isn't getting 55% of the vote in Frederick District 5 like losing by double digits anywhere else?
Isn't this how dictators have come to power?
Three years and about 10 more months till even die hard republicans vote him out. The national news outlets have started to pick up this mess. Fredneck lives on.
People who really know what is going on say "Write what ever you want, but spell my name right." In the long run, all publicity is good. Many will agree with Mr. D. And even those who do not, will know he has a point of view. This last election must have had an effect on him. I hope the next year will be better.
All publicity is not good. Blaine was given the boot because of it. Yes, there are some people who will side with Kirby and dig in deeper with him. But along the way, he ultimately loses more people than he gains. This type of repetitive, foolish chicanery eventually erodes away credibility and trust. Don't believe me? Just ask Blaine.
And what "next year" are you referring to Gary? Have you already written off 2015 for him? It's only Jan. 6!
NO more EXCUSES for what has already been corrupted.
Anyone who voted for Kirby Delauter should be disqualified from voting again as they have amply demonstrated how much the Republican party has become the home base for stupid politicians. I am mortified for this county and country to have such person as Kirby Delauter in any political office.
When voters vote by party, this is what they get!
Yes, exactly.
They should give you a test before you vote - at least know what the issues are and where the candidates stand. And if they are up for reelection what they have done - and said!
This a good example of what happens when you only fund the schools at MOE, you produce people like Kirby...Since the BoCC only funded the county schools at MOE it seems Frederick County will produce more people like Delauter. More uniformed voters..OMG that was their plan all along...sneaky...
It's been a very long political year. The comic relief is wonderful. If it did not once again embarrass us all and paint this wonderful community as a joke. If anyone should be sued it's Kirby and Billy for tarnishing the good name of Frederick County and by implication all of us who live here.
Who does Kirby Delauter think he is? Prince? In all future stories Ms. Rodgers should refer to him 'the council member formerly referred to as Kirby Delauter'. Mayber the FNP could just refer to Kirby with this symbol [thumbdown]
Haha
Good one
I'm sure everyone on here would appreciate being grossly 'mis-quoted' too (the very genesis of this situation) but the whole story doesn't sell papers or launch the bullying and the ad hominem attacks like seen here in the comments….where a vicious pack of pseudo-sophisticate trendies sitting around patting each other on the back while sniping at those people willing to get into the arena….on both sides of the aisle. Anyone else find this discouraging?
I wonder what it's like to live in an genuinely civilized society.
Welcome. It was a long four years under the boot of the previous BOCC. I guess you had to be there.
"Pseudo-sophisticate trendies" (!!!)
Keep the flattery coming. Welcome!
Kirby, if you're reading this - you are an ignoble malcontent. Man-up and stop whining.
Matt Seubert
I'm sure the Frederick News-Post would gladly pay Kirby's filing fee.
Children, not those acting as such - with no idea of what the First Amendment means or what it means to be a PUBLIC official in a democratic society
Mr Shiel is right on! I can add nothing more but to echo his sentiments. Gail Stephens
Kirby's keyboard rage
Posted on a Facebook page
Tells Bethany he'll sue
Thinks he's a man, her a shrew
More proof he'll never behave.
I think Billy started this whole chain of stories. Consider this:
1) Billy complains to Bethany about the key "incident", I imagine to spin up something negative about Jan Gardner
2) Bethany Rodgers writes her story about Key-Gate and includes Kirby's complaints about parking spaces ... yes, I know - really?!
3) Kirby then launches his rant against Bethany on his Facebook page for including his name in the story without his permission
4) That response and his vapid threat to sue the paper then goes viral
So, in other words, it's all Billy's fault!
You just can't make this stuff up. SMH
It may be Billy's fault, but no one forced Kirby to act stupid too![beam]
I'd like to remind Councilman Delauter that at the last Council Meeting (12/16/14) discussion surrounded the use of individual's names being openly mentioned during discussion and whether it was appropriate to specifically i.d. individuals during said discussions. It was your position that (I paraphrase here) "as a public official, you subject yourself to scrutiny by the residents of the county, since you are in effect on the county payroll and working for the county residents". Well, does the mentioning of your name in the local newspaper not carry the same weight? You're an elected official and on the county's payroll. Are you not subject to the same scrutiny you espoused in the 12/16/14 meeting?
News flash to Council Members Delauter and Shreve........the election is over! Can we please move on with more substantive matters , drop this petty behavior and work collectively with the Council and new County Executive. If not, I for one would certainly welcome a recall election for both County Council seats.
Even diehard republican flamingo pool cleaning company is sick of you, Kirbie
Recall? Excellent idea! Are there any provisions for it?
Sadly no.
To Mr. Kirby Delauter: Sir, Let me begin by stating I am a 60 year old native of Frederick County and a Republican registered conservative. As one, my question to you is “Why do you, Blaine Young and Bill Shreve insist on continuing to make a public fools of yourselves?” You certainly have every right to do so but, every time you do, you once again make Frederick County look bad. And many of us are becoming weary of it. With your baseless threat to “sue” the FNP for using your name, or any reference to you, without your authorization is nothing more than the same type of hollow threat Young made if he were to be booted off the planning commission. And for someone like Shreve, who is supposed to be an adult, to whine about not having his own parking spot displays nothing but a childish behaviour not becoming an elected official. I’m here and now asking you to please try to think logically, like a sane man, before you speak publically for the remainder of your term, if not for yourself then for the good of the county. Thank you. Glen Shiel
My Gosh, a voice of reason! Any chance you'll run for office in 3.8 years? You have my vote.
Thank you but, "No," I'm not a politician and never cared to be one. I'm just thoroughly sick and tired of, and disgusted with, those three in Frederick Co. In the last election I didn't vote for the liberal Jan Gardner, I voted against the jerk Blaine Young. And I voted against both Delauter and Shreve. That is what they have caused some of we county Republicans to do, they brought it on themselves.
And any smart person would do the same as you did, regardless of their party affiliation. [beam]
Would *two* votes change your mind??
Excellent![beam]
Thank you, it came straight from my heart.
It's almost impossible to imagine anyone saying or doing anything dumber than what (to be safe, I'll just call him the K-person) said and did. But, never count Cousin Billy out:
"The News-Post is extremely biased and someone should sue them..." "...media outlets are cowards and they hide behind the label of journalists and that's a bully pulpit to expand their liberal (agenda)."
Wow!
Terry Headlee, The News-Post's managing editor, said the newspaper typically does not seek permission or authorization to publish a person's name or reference, except in the case of children.
Based on this quote from the article, I have to agree with Kirby. CHILDREN must give permission.
Poor little Kirby and Billy. Maybe if they didn't do things that merited the publicity they are afraid of, it wouldn't be a big deal. By doing this latest 'stunt', doesn't he realize that it brings more attention to what he is doing? Never should have run for public office if he was this scared of being in the paper. Goes with the territory. Good for the FNP. Keep up to good work.
More ignorant, schoolyard bully tactics from Delauter. I would guess Delauter is trying to intimidate the FNP to keep it from writing about how Delauter has abused his role as an elected official.
I agree with Mr. Headlee. Trying to intimidate the press is a huge mistake.
There's on old saying about it being unwise to get in a fight with anybody who buys ink by the barrel.
Hope He Who Must not be Named has deep, deep pockets --- he'll need them for the legal bills.
FNP: Homo habilis discovering his opposable thumbs says what?
Kirby: What?
(BBT quote)
That made me laugh, thanks
Once an individual places his or her name on the ballot he or she willingly places that name in the public eye. It is the duty and responsibility of the media, guaranteed by the First Amendment, to report back to those who elected such individual on his or her activities and performance. To paraphrase the worn out cliche, if the heat is too hot don't get into the kitchen.
Don't tell that to delauder, let him put up 5 g's for his attorney retainer and find out this afterwards! LOL
Rodgers declined to comment.
And your point?
OK, how about this - I'll give you Bethany's comment made directly to Kirby on his Facebook page:
"Wow. Well, just to answer a few of these accusations: First of all, there is no requirement to get a person's authorization in order to mention them in the paper, particularly if that person is an elected official. It is not just our right but our responsibility to report on people like you, who occupy positions of trust in our government, and I make no apologies for doing that. I am also aware that you asked me not to call you anymore. However, it is a journalistic principle to reach out to individuals who are part of an article. Again, it would be irresponsible for me NOT to do so, and I plan to continue giving you the opportunity to comment on articles that concern you. Whether or not you return my calls is up to you."
And for a little context, this appeared in the midst of a thread in which she was being called a "useful idiot.," or as unable "to comprehend the words non-biased-journalism," or guilty of "misconduct," etc.
In addition to showing some restraint, I think her comment was spot-on!
I agree.
She'd commented already.
BTW There is a limit how much public verbal abuse a professional should have to withstand in the course of doing their assigned work. Who encourages their kids to be journalists anymore? Competing with amateurs, criticized by anyone with a keyboard, with or without valid reason? Phooey.
Near v. Minnesota (1931)
First Amendment: Freedom of the Press (1791)
The Founders saw the right to publish one’s views as a natural right, and considered a free press a means of ensuring justice in government. While written to apply to actions of the federal government, the Supreme Court incorporated the amendment into state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment in the case Near v. Minnesota (1941).
_______________
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan ( 376 U.S. 254 )
MR. JUSTICE BLACK, with whom MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS joins, concurring.
I concur in reversing this half-million-dollar judgment against the New York Times Company and the four individual defendants. In reversing, the Court holds that
the Constitution delimits a State's power to award damages for libel in actions brought by public officials against critics of their official conduct.
For a representative democracy ceases to exist the moment that the public functionaries are by any means absolved from their responsibility to their constituents, and this happens whenever the constituent can be restrained in any manner from speaking, writing, or publishing his opinions upon any public measure, or upon the conduct of those who may advise or execute it. -
Maybe the two cry babies need to read this case.
This tops Key-gate. These two guys are hilarious. If they keep this up, then nobody will be able to keep a straight face when they are around.
I hope that one or more of the 45 people who "liked" his social media post show up here today to explain their reasoning. Or, more broadly, I hope someone -- anyone -- provides a substantive defense of Kirby's argument that a newspaper cannot use the name of an elected official without that person's permission.
Anyone?
"Kirby Delauter can certainly decline to comment on any story," Headlee said. "But to threaten to sue a reporter for publishing his name is so ridiculously stupid that I'm speechless."
Who voted for this guy?
Not me.
They're coming to take Kirby away, he he, ha ha ho ho. To the funny farm......
I'm reminded of a story told to me by a mother with two youngsters. In the car one day, one of them wailed about the other: "She's looking out my window!"
Love this, lol
Don't upset him, he might just "un-friend" Frederick County
Wasn't it just the other day when commenter Rick B. was positing that attempts at censorship was a liberal trait? Is Kirby liberal, Rick?
[thumbup] Yeah. I would like to hear from this "conservative". I want to hear any logical argument concerning the legitimacy of the government when it defies the people and suppresses freedom of the press; not just more name-calling.
Rick? Anyone?
I believe delauder has been getting his legal counsel from Jill 'I have exclusive legal rights to my FNP comments' King!
Headlee for county executive!
"Stop looking at me!" Kirby shouted
stuck his thumb in his mouth as he pouted
though there's been much ado
on his mental IQ
his emotional age is undoubted.
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Another good one, armillary. I'm sure you're saving all of your Limericks, ever think of putting them altogether in a book? I'd bet it would go over really well with the people of Frederick County, particularly the ones about Young, Delauter, and Shreve once all of those idiots are out of office. One down, two to go..........
[lol][thumbup]
I am laughing! [beam]
The Delauder threat will most assuredly make the national media and help assure Kirby's image as a laughingstock. Sadly, it will not help the Fredneck image that a portion of Frederick County residents and voters are proud of.
Go ahead and sue. This could be the best thing that could ever happen. Perfect time to get to the real truth about this county and the leaders. Imagine the information that would come out of such a lawsuit. I am all for such a lawsuit - go ahead - can't wait!
I just emailed NBC4 alerting them to the comedy!
Kelly A. that is fantastic. I know if we all push this we could actualy get a show going. In this day and age to highlight the Characters we had as the Fab Four.
That would realy be fun for the county to be highlighted. I am sure it would create jobs and bring money into the county. And that is what they all said they wanted.
Fun! Let's talk about casting
What happened to the days of sending a certified warning letter or having your attorney send a letter?
Since when did Facebook (a website intended for college kids) become a tool for official legal use?
Too funny! TOO FUNNY!!
Delauder Delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder delauder
How about if we can get that local Barber back on W.F.M. D to talk about how great these guys are. This is realy starting to develop into a Maryland State tragedy. How and who elected these guys, Why are they here,, what is it they want.
Please lord, let the old "massa" ways of Frederick county pass away. These guys represent the last vestages of upper class money versus all of you others.
The marble-mouthed barber makes Young, Delauter and Shreve sound intelligent. The barber may actually be the dumbest person in good old Fred-ick County.
If Kirby and Billy "can't stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen" as the old saying goes!! If you are a public servant, the media has every right to publish the actions and words of public officials as they may relate to their public actions. Maybe these two clowns can find employment in North Korea where they can control the media.
Billy Shreve comes to Kirby's defense ... no surprise there. Billy just got a great endorsement from Ellen at his facebook page.
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BILLY SHREVE - You did an outstanding job on WFMD this afternoon when you explained the Republican Central Committee's very fair method of choosing a candidate when there is a vacancy.
Keep up the good work and watch out for BUD!!
We warned you before that he cannot be trusted!!!!
ELLEN BARTLETT
It appears to be confirmed that district 5 elected an ignorant thug.
Kirby and Billy, who are the idiots that voted for these two nincompoops? Both of them are the laughing stock of Frederick County.
My sentiment exactly, Hazel. People need to have a thick skin to be in politics and respect that fact that being elected to a local office does not make you immune from public and press scrutiny. Do Billy and Kirby think they live in North Korea?
"Kirby and Billy, who are the idiots that voted for these two nincompoops?" Some people are like sheep, the dumbest animal in the barn!
AND the NATION?
Sue? Since when do public officials have the right to control the use of their names in the press?
they don't. Delauter is an idiot.
Let Delauder Sue! He can spend his own money and waste it if he wants! The judge will make even more of a mockery of Delauder!
An entitled buffoon.
Bi-polar disease affects millions of families
Maybe Kirby should change his name to a symbol like Prince did, then he wouldn't have to worry about anyone ever saying his name without his permission because he would have no name..lol
Sorry that I walked all over your comment. I responded before I got this far.
And I liked it.
Great minds...
Great idea!
He is an idiot. Who voted for him? Are you happy? This is what you want - a bully who does not understand the laws of this country, or think they apply to him. I hope everyone of you who voted for him takes a long hard look at your own motives and knowledge. How utterly embarrassing for Frederick county.
[thumbup] ... yep
That's OK, the judge will make sure delauder understands the laws! I just might have to attend that court case!
[thumbup] I second that...We tried we really, really tried to expose the Fab four what what they truly are, we succeeded with Blaine and Smith, but as for Billy and Kirby, still baffled as to why they were reelected...still baffled.
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"Kirby Delauter can certainly decline to comment on any story," Headlee said. "But to threaten to sue a reporter for publishing his name is so ridiculously stupid that I'm speechless. It's just a pointless, misguided attempt to intimidate and bully the press and shows an astonishing lack of understanding of the role of a public servant.”.....just a tad to late to express such outrage at Kirby's stupidity, when before the election he was doing stupid stuff all the time and it never even made the newspaper. We all knew he was this stupid and yet he was voted back into office, I kinda hold certain people at the FNP a tad responsible for that.
Shreve, R-at large, told The News-Post in a phone interview he supported Delauter taking legal actions....well of course you do Billy boy you are a life long member of the Flat Earth Society..
“I did not see his post, but I think The News-Post is extremely biased and someone should sue them,” Shreve said..... Says the man who probably started all this with Key-gate. Billy this newspaper kissed your butt before the election, they refused to investigate or report on anything negative about the bunch of you, really you should buy Bethany a dozen roses and a box of chocolates for all the press she has brought you and Kirby, your base seems to think you and Kirby are god's gift to mankind, because guess what in case you have forgotten you two butt-heads were reelected. Still not sure why you and Kirby are so upset with the FNP? Bethany seems to be one of your biggest fans. well maybe not now.
[unsure]
Shreve didn't see the post? Give me a break.
Shreve and Delauter had planned on Blaine getting elected so that Young could continue giving them instructions and the county would run as smoothly as it did under BoCC form of government.
However, that didn't happen and now Delauter and Shreve are stuck without their leader and getting half the pay ... poetic justice.
[thumbup][thumbup]
The county ran smoothly under the Young BOCC??? You sure about that????
How long does it take to understand Blaine Young has not disappeared. He remains the puppet master of Shreve and Delauter and their many operatives, whether in Dist. 5 or what Shreve produced in his DISTRICT.
And the new television show highlighting this county is,,,,, Fedic Follies, to replace Portlandia.
New movie in the works: 'Being Kirby Delauter'
Called Dumb and Dumber![beam]
And Republican voters elected a person this stupid?? Gotta wonder about party-line voters. If he sues the FNP it is a frivolous misuse of the court system.
PS notice I did not use “names”.
So, all reasonable people will see this latest tantrum from Delauter as a way to draw attention so that he can plead that anyone who disagrees with him is wrong. This lets him energize the fanatic fans and divert those who are trying to move Frederick County ahead. Given how in lock step Kirby has been with Billy before, one must ask if they have coordinated the latest 'tempest in a teapot' about keys and parking.
Oh, dear. Looks like it's going to be an interesting four years. Are we going to be using the nickname He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named from now on?
No, it will be sort of symbol that FNP won't be able to print. Just refer to him as Prince.
No, that is reserved for you know who. I suggest Crabbe and Goyle for our two favorite council members.
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