Kirby Delauter | |
|---|---|
| Council Member, District 5, Frederick County, Maryland | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Tina Delauter |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence(s) | Thurmont, Maryland |
| Alma mater | Catoctin High School |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Kirby Delauter, Council Member - District 5 |
Kirby Delauter is an American politician and businessman elected to the Frederick County, Maryland council in 2014, representing District 5.[1]
Frederick News-Post incident edit
Delauter was raised from relative political obscurity when, in a Facebook post, he criticized reporter Bethany Rodgers of the Frederick News-Post "for an unauthorized use of my name and my reference" in an article[2] published on Saturday, 3 January, 2015.[3] In the post, Delauter chastized the reporter for using Delauter's name in an article without his authorization. In a subsequent post, Delauter threatened the reporter with legal action by stating: "Use my name again unauthorized and you'll be paying for an Attorney. Your rights stop where mine start".[4] The paper's staff made light of the incident with an editorial published on January 6, 2015, that included Delauter's full name several times.[5]
Delauter's post went viral on the Internet. The incident has since received attention from the international press and has been the subject of articles in The Washington Post and BBC News.[6][7] Delauter apologized for his Facebook posts, characterizing them as "wrong and inappropriate" and affirming that "[t]he first amendment is alive and well in Frederick County".[8]
References edit
- ^ http://www.frederickcountymd.gov/4336/Kirby-Delauter
- ^ http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/shreve-raises-staffing-parking-concerns/article_0db3b44a-30ac-5582-b7b3-4cf00d0ded9e.html
- ^ http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/maryland-council-member
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/05/this-post-shamelessly-uses-frederick-county-md-council-member-kirby-delauters-name-without-authorization/
- ^ http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter/article_da85d6f4-fa3c-524f-bbf6-8e5ddc0d1c0a.html/
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/05/this-post-shamelessly-uses-frederick-county-md-council-member-kirby-delauters-name-without-authorization/
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30704516
- ^ Delauter apologizes for threatening reporter, The Baltimore Sun 2015-01-07, archiveurl accessdate=2015-01-11