Welcome to the Un-Scrantonian activities hearing...

Editor's note:

A lawsuit has been filed by Council President Judy Gatelli alleging posts on the message board at DohertyDeceit by Nobody, amongst others, were "threatening" to her. The lawsuit, commonly referred to as a SLAPP lawsuit, has as a goal, the silencing of critics of council's actions.

This is Nobody's response:

We're back in the 1950s, a black list has been printed and the hearings are scheduled. Playing the part of Senator McCarthy is... Judy Gatelli.

I like the part about a conspiracy in the lawsuit. If what we have here is a conspiracy, then every political party would be considered a conspiracy (Excepting my own party, the Scranton republican party- to have a conspiracy, there has to be activity and that body is currently in a coma, circling the drain, waiting for death to finish its cameo on "The Family Guy.")

The founding fathers knew the death of a republic lies in the ability of the government to control speech, assembly and the right to question the government.

In their incredible understanding of the challenges our democracy would face, they wrote these words: "Congress shall make no law ...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

We assemble here electronically, peaceably, passionatly exercising our freedom of speech to petition the government for a redress of our grievances.

Gatelli and her co-conspirators, Fanucci and McGoff have tried to remove redress of grievances from the council meetings, as Jefferson feared government might try to do more than 230 years ago. My respect for Jefferson and the other founding fathers grows as my disgust with Gatelli multiplies.

I, for one, have a passion for this country and the ideals it stands for that was instilled in me by my ancestors who gave their all for this country. From the coal miners who helped fuel this country to the marine who trained untold other marines who, in turn, protected this country to the man who sat at the same dias as our current "leaders," to the women who raised their families, supported their husbands and let their opinions be known.

I'll be damned if a politician, an incompetent, bumbling one at that, will shut me up.

I'm on the list and I'm damn proud of it. We had enough of this Doherty**** in the McCarthy hearings. If it takes a lawsuit to expose Judy "McCarthy" Gatelli for what she is, I'll join the suit.

Good night and Good Luck.