GOP News- 1st Amendment Assault- Maricopa County, AZ- link report

UPDATE: Maricopa County GOP David Smith-

Mariciopa County: 1st Amendment Fight Heats Up
So, what’s all the FUSS about in Arizona with David Smith, the Maricopa County Manager?

The internet is ABUZZ with LOTS of talk about about an emerging 1st amendment battle in Maricopa County involving David Smith, the Maricopa County Manager, who is, apparently, awakening the ENTIRE “rightosphere” with his ham handed attempt to intimidate new media sources that are not friendly to him. This GOP stalwart, as some have described him, though we are not sure he IS a GOP member, may not like his County Attorney, but for enraged bloggers, the real issue is a LETTER he sent, demanding private information about media contacts by employees, even on their off time.

Here is a round up of some of the reportage being done on this emerging issue:

GOP NEWS: AZ heavies STOMP on 1st amendment rights? By BlueCollarMuse
http://conservablogs.com/bluecollarmuse/2009/10/27/az-county-gop-pols-squash-1st-amendment-rights/

AZ GOP NEWS: Maricopa County Stix calls out David Smith for threatening the 1st amendment rights of bloggers
http://blog.stixblog.com/2009/10/28/even-the-gop-are-getting-into-the-stifling-of-the-1st-amendment/

David Smith in Maricopa County: Stephen Kruiser wants to know why David Smith is going after bloggers
http://www.stephenkruiser.com/2009/10/28/big-tent-plague-az-gop-tool-david-smith-goes-after-bloggers/

1st Amendment fight: Instapundit had early reporting on this Maricopa County News about David Smith’s ham handed LETTER
http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/87456/

Maricopa County- Hot Air exposed this, picking up the rally cry as this news spread, as pressure mounts on David Smith to rescind this Letter
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/28/maricopa-county-going-after-bloggers/

Maricopa County supervisors, who support this 1st Amendment attack via the now infamous David Smith letter, are listed by one of the blogs in question, the Cactus Alliance
http://cactusalliance.blogspot.com/2009/09/compiled-list-of-county-supervisors.html

As this story spreads, the amount of blogs and news stories spreads, including more traditional media….

http://exurbanleague.com/2009/10/28/apparently-theyve-run-out-of-real-work-to-do.aspx

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/10/28/20091028county1028.html

http://icarizona.blogspot.com/

http://sonoranalliance.com/?p=5597

http://voluntarilyconservative.blogspot.com/2009/10/gop-run-amok-in-arizona.html

http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/10/conflicts-of-interest-vs-free-speech.html

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GOP News- 1^st Amendment Assault- Maricopa County, AZ- link report

GOP shows true colors in Maricopa County 1st amendment violationshttp://bit.ly/2sIZ91 plz RT_ dont let the GOP do this again #gop #news

Local government attacks bloger’s rights http://bit.ly/3YawB #gop#news

Z GOP news-GOP cnty manager David Smith goes after Bloggers 2silence critics http://bit.ly/2MhP3J #gop #news

GOP News- AZ GOP sides with 1st amendment rights violator David Smith http://bit.ly/2820ml #gop #news

GOP News- AZ County Manager David Smith demands private info from county atty office 2 track news leaks http://bit.ly/zZ4Uv #gop#news

GOP News-Maricopa County GOP henchman trashes 1st amendment rights of AZ County Atty offices http://bit.ly/2MhP3J#gop #news

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