In a stunning turn of events, Judge Charles Poston has reversed his ruling from yesterday. The pdf is here.
Upon further consideration, the Court concludes that the temporary injunction should not have been granted.
The 1st Amendment prevailed. Excellent, Judge.
Now – can you get Mr. Burfoot to reimburse the city for the use of its attorney?
Note that the original complaint is now available here in pdf.
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
Well.
For once, I agree with Blacknell. I would add: “Wow!” I’ve practiced law for more than 20 years, and I’ve never had a judge in one of my cases reverse himself or herself sua sponte.
So what happens now? Will Go Daddy.com reinstate the site…if it does, I can’t begin to imagine how many hits that site will get now!!
Site is back up
That’s good news. I’m impressed that the judge was willing to admit fault.
That’s certainly a valuable quality in a judge.
Hoping you can shine some light here Vivian: I read a comment posted in the VP article last night that said something about Burfoot’s campaign website was owned by a co-worker in the Treasurer’s office and the contact number listed in Whois is a number in that office. The comment addressed the legitimacy of developing a campaign website while on the clock in the Treasurer’s office. It seemed interesting so I looked it up on Whois and the post is true. Today, the comment has been deleted. Why would the Pilot do that? Does Mr. Burfoot have that much control?
I saw the comment but I don’t see it now. The Pilot has been deleting comments on this story – and I’m not sure why. If I were you, I’d complain to the management. There was no reason to delete that particular comment.
Thanks for the feedback. I was beginning to wonder if I had imagined it.
Long live the 1st amendment!
I just love that pesky Constitution. It gives our politicians fits. 🙂