Is Commissar Klauber Violating Da First Amendment?

The following is a dramatization:

Da meeting of da Manalapanistan Township Committee comes to order. As da 5 ruling members ascend their thrones, da mayor commands his subjects to approach da dais - if they dare - to speak before da committee.

First up is a woman who says, I'd like to talk about how our tax dollars are spent, but realizing she is not allowed to broach such issues, instead said how nicely da flowers were in front of Town Hall.

Next up is a man who starts by saying, "I have some concerns about how our tax dollars are spent, but because we're barred from asking such questions, I'd like to say that your haircut, Mr. Mayor, is quite becoming."

Then, a woman approached the table, and demanded that da Manalapanistan Township Committee talk about "Da Township of Manalapan vs Da Mosked Man." Immediately, da woman was whisked away. Her whereabouts are still unknown. She was not seen locked in da Manalapanistan stocks, or chained to da wall of da Manalapanistan Township Committee dungeon. A search could not turn up her remains.

After that, another man came up, looking very intimidated, who said, "I, too have issues with our high taxes. But that's not important to you, so instead, I'd love to say that the carpeting in this room is simply devine."

Another woman stepped forward, sheepishly saying, "I'm so glad you wonderful folks in your thrones found it in your heart not to send swarms of locusts or frogs upon us. My children bless you all daily for not slaying our first born. You are all truly inspirational to us."

Finally, a portly man carrying an engraved broom came and sat down. He proceeded to call taxpaying citizens vile names, compared another to a toilet, and said a certain attorney should be boiled in oil. He was thanked by da Manalapanistan politburo elite, and since his hatespeech was only 4 minutes and 58 seconds long, he was thanked for his promptness to da 5-minute rule, and walked back to his seat.

Of course, this isn't da way all Manalapan Township Committee meetings happen, but it could be after Commissar Klauber deemed da lawsuit an "off-limits" issue banned from discussion in Town Hall.

In other words, Manalapan's lawyer-Mayor has stated that da First Amendment does not apply in Manalapan Town Hall!

Apparently in Manalapan, you can speak only to da Manalapan Township Committee about only what they want you to speak about. That must explain da empty toilet paper rolls in da Town Hall bathroom, but a tray holding copies of da First Amendment is available in each stall.

You know when da local Snoozepaper & daTruthSquad are on da same page, there's something really messed up with this situation, but in this case, da Snoozepaper hit da First Amendment nail on da head.

Da Snoozer's Mark Rosman laid out his case very well:

"I cannot support the abridgement of free speech, and that is what could happen in Manalapan this year if a rule established by Mayor Richard Klauber is not challenged."

Then, Rosman put da town's spent money where their mouths should be - DETAILING WHAT DATRUTHSQUAD HAS SAID ALL ALONG - THAT YOU DA TAXAPAYER ARE PAYING FOR THIS NOW - AND YOU WILL BE PAYING MUCH MORE:

"I suppose that means Manalapan residents will not be able to ask their elected officials about a payment of $6,264.60 that was made to the Scottsdale Insurance Company and approved by the Township Committee on Jan. 14. The payment was for the defense of Committeeman Andrew Lucas in an ongoing case that involves the township and its former municipal attorney, Stuart Moskovitz. This is a case in which officials have said that the township is not incurring any costs because the attorney who is representingManalapan is handling the case on a contingency basis. Manalapan had already paid more than $6,000 to an expert at the start of the litigation, plus other attorney fees it deemed negligible (that's your money). Adding on that $6,200 payment to defend Lucas, who became a third party defendant, brings the legal bill to at least $12,000 by my account."

By da way, is daTruthSquad da only one scratching their head on this, because wasn't it Commissar Klauber who said taxpayers weren't paying any money for lawyers in da Mosked Man's case? Wasn't it former township attorney, known for her "Bomb Thrower" line that also echoed that?

If Manalapan taxpayers aren't paying a dime on this case, and according to da Commissar haven't been, then why has $12,000 been spent on two different lawyers, and that's only da money that has been leaked out through newspaper reports?

Manalapan's Politburo, by its own admission, has now paid lawyers more than $2,000 than da entire cleanup work at da Dreyer site cost --- and da meter is still running!

DaTruth is, this could become da next salvo in a First Amendment case. What Manalapan's politburo elite want to do is remove da townspeople's right to Free Speech, and take away YOUR rights to ask questions, under da guise of a legal issue, or national security issue, or whatever they simply decide is an "issue." That is not right, and it not only should be challenged, it should be told to everyone.

As a taxpayer, YOU DA TAXPAYER have every right to ask your politicians who you elected questions on how your money is spent. In da past, Manalapan taxpayers were told NO MONEY IS BEING SPENT, as da lawyer is on a contingency fee and only gets money if we win da case. Now we find that over $12,000 has been given to lawyers hand-picked and approved by YOUR POLITICAL LEADERS. DaTruthSquad has exposed this, and da Snoozer (Mark Rosman, not Kathy Barratta) has exposed this too.

What can you do? You can contact da New Jersey Civil Liberties Union, who knows all-too well about First Amendment issues in this particular area. You can also file an online complaint. Obviously, there are other First Amendment organizations that probably would be thrilled to get involved in wanting to know why First Amendment rights are being violated.

At da December 3 meeting, a former mayor told da Township Committee he had da absolute right to speak about da lawsuit. Even sitting-in Township Attorney McCarthy said da former mayor had that right!

Maybe da Commissar-Mayor needs to consult a lawyer of his own?

DaTruth is, by not allowing citizens to discuss an issue, it first slaps da faces of our brave men & women in da military who lay their lives on da line every day for freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Second, it's a complete violation of YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, and third, it shows in effect that da Gang of Three on da Politburo have something to hide.

It also shows daTruthSquad has been right all along - If you cannot discuss this lawsuit in an open fashion and explain it to your citizens WHO ARE PAYING FOR IT, then there must be something flawed about it or there must be something wrong with it -- or -- there must be something about da lawsuit da Politburo is trying to hide.

Demand that da Manalapan Township Politburo come clean! Demand they drop their rules of what you can and cannot ask, or pack your bags and move to a country where Free Speech is equal to da way da Commissar would like it to be, a nation such as North Korea or Syria, or Iran.

And that's daTruth.