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|name = Kirby Delauter | |||
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|office1 = Council Member, District 5, Frederick County, Maryland | |||
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|party = Republican | |||
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|residence = Thurmont, Maryland | |||
|occupation = Politician | |||
|alma_mater = Catoctin High School | |||
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|spouse = Tina Delauter | |||
|children = 4 | |||
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'''Kirby Delauter''' is an American politician and businessman elected to the Frederick County, Maryland council in 2014, representing District 5.<ref>http://www.frederickcountymd.gov/4336/Kirby-Delauter</ref> | |||
== ''Frederick News-Post'' incident == | |||
Delauter was raised from relative political obscurity when, in a ] post, he criticized reporter Bethany Rodgers of the '']'' "for an unauthorized use of my name and my reference" in an article<ref>http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/shreve-raises-staffing-parking-concerns/article_0db3b44a-30ac-5582-b7b3-4cf00d0ded9e.html</ref> published on Saturday, 3 January, 2015.<ref>http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/maryland-council-member</ref> 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".<ref>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/</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter/article_da85d6f4-fa3c-524f-bbf6-8e5ddc0d1c0a.html/</ref> | |||
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 '']'' and ].<ref>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/</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30704516</ref> Delauter apologized for his Facebook posts, characterizing them as "wrong and inappropriate" and affirming that "he first amendment is alive and well in Frederick County".<ref> , '']'' 2015-01-07, accessdate=2015-01-11</ref> | |||
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