The Goliath of the wind-energy business is suing David. The defendant is Esther Wrightman, an activist and mother of two from the tiny town of Kerwood, Ontario, which sits roughly halfway between Detroit and Toronto.
Wrightman, 32, has angered the Florida-based NextEra Energy (market capitalization: $32 billion) by starting a couple of bare-bones websites, ontario wind resistance.org and mlwindaction.org, as well as a YouTube channel, which she uses to lampoon the company. In its lawsuit, filed on May 1, NextEra claims that Wrightman has misused its logo and libeled the company by calling it “NexTerror” and “NextError.” And while the company doesn’t specify the amount of damages it seeks from Wrightman, it says that it will donate any proceeds from the litigation to United Way.[National Review on Line]
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So Marion is a buffer for BP. Voters for Wind are are buffer for Marion.
They do a SLAPP on the bloggers and John Does of Cape Vincent.
According to the court, four plaintiffs are leaseholders with BP.
Frank Giaquinto, Harvey White, Donald Mason and Marty Mason. The Masons were also members of the Cape Vincent Town Board and and organization called Citizens for Fair Government. According to court documents all plaintiffs were involved in developing methods that would prevent certain Cape Vincent voters from being able to vote. Your Cape Vincent SLAPP is attempting to suppress First Amendment rights as well as a challenge to the rights of legally registered voters.
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I would not be surprised if the defendants prevail and the plaintiffs face court costs, legal fees and punitive damages for what they put the bloggers and the community (John Does) through. Community damage money may be awarded through a donation to a community cause.
You really hurt Marty Mason or put a dent in his leaseholdings with BP. He still works and earns a pay check from the village of Cape Vincent. You still pay his salary every two weeks. Tell me you won.
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