{"id":240,"date":"2007-01-31T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T22:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/31\/toledo-mayor-squeals-like-a-pig\/"},"modified":"2007-01-31T18:11:45","modified_gmt":"2007-01-31T23:11:45","slug":"toledo-mayor-squeals-like-a-pig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/31\/toledo-mayor-squeals-like-a-pig\/","title":{"rendered":"Toledo Mayor &#8220;Squeals Like a Pig&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talk show host Brian Wilson added another notch to his holster (or whatever) today.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge slapped a permanent injunction on mayor Carty Finkbeiner (don&#8217;t blame me, I didn&#8217;t make the name up) and the city of Toledo.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Wilson doesn&#8217;t drink beer, so he will not be celebrating properly tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some details from the station:<\/p>\n<p>News Talk 1370 WSPD\/Toledo has received a Permanent Injunction\u00a0 from Federal Court Judge James Carr in its case against the city of Toledo and Carty Finkbeiner, regarding the First Amendment.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUnder the order, the radio station will receive &#8220;equivalent&#8221; notification of all news conferences and WSPD personnel will not be barred from attending.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nA copy of the original court transcript can be found here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wspd.com\/pages\/images\/clearchannelhearingtranscript.PDF\">http:\/\/wspd.com\/pages\/images\/clearchannelhearingtranscript.PDF<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOther supporting materials can be found at:<br \/>\n\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wspd.com\/pages\/hotbutton.html\">http:\/\/www.wspd.com\/pages\/hotbutton.html<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe lawsuit stemmed from a January 9th incident in which a reporter from the station was not allowed to attend a public news conference.\u00a0 Additionally, the station had been excluded from all notifications of city news conferences and other public events since June 2006.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk show host Brian Wilson added another notch to his holster (or whatever) today. A federal judge slapped a permanent injunction on mayor Carty Finkbeiner (don&#8217;t blame me, I didn&#8217;t make the name up) and the city of Toledo. Unfortunately, Wilson doesn&#8217;t drink beer, so he will not be celebrating properly tonight. 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