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