GOP Maryland councilman threatens to sue newspaper just for publishing his name [View all]

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By David Edwards
06 Jan 2015 at 11:36 ET
RawStory

"A county councilman in Maryland recently threatened a local newspaper with legal action if it dared to even mention his name without prior permission.

In a Facebook post on Saturday, Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter blasted Frederick News-Post reporter Bethany Rodgers for using his name in an article in which Republican council members were complaining that Democratic County Executive Jan Gardner would not give them enough parking spaces.

“So let me be clear…………do not contact me and do not use my name or reference me in an unauthorized form in the future,” Delauter wrote.

Rogers replied to his post by pointing out that there was “no requirement to get a person’s authorization in order to mention them in the paper, particularly if that person is an elected official.” "

More:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/gop-maryland-councilman-threatens-to-sue-newspaper-just-for-publishing-his-name/

Is it fascism yet?