City makes threats to prevent linking

A SHEBOYGAN CITY attorney ordered a woman to remove a link to the city's police department from her Web site.

Apparently City officials are so miffed with Jennifer Reisinger that they also launched a criminal investigation against her for linking to the department on one of her sites.

Reisinger ran several Web sites and also was active in an unsuccessful recall effort against the mayor. One site she controlled showed a Fourth of July parade photograph of the Mayor with a US flag which had been digitally replaced with a Mexican flag. You get the idea.

Reisinger insists that the mayor is using his office to get back at her for her efforts in the recall campaign and is using the fact that she links to the police department to do it.

The mayor’s secretary e-mailed a bloke called McLean, the city attorney, asking if Reisinger was allowed link to a city Web site. McLean told her that anyone can create a link to anyone else’s Web site easily without the knowledge or consent of the linked party.

However he offered to issue a 'cease and desist' order to Reisinger, and the mayor said to do it.

Reisinger said she felt intimidated by McLean’s letter and removed the link. Then a top cop told Reisinger he was investigating her use of links to city government sites.

Needless to say, she went and had a word with her lawyer who told her to stick the link back up. The city withdrew its cease and desist action, but now finds itself sued by Reisinger.

This one will run and run. µ
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