"The fifth annual Muzzle Awards singles out 10 enemies of free speech a" by Dan Kennedy
 

Title

The fifth annual Muzzle Awards singles out 10 enemies of free speech and persona

Authors

Dan Kennedy

Source

Portland Phoenix

Date

7-5-2002

Pages

1, 16

Abstract

The fifth annual Muzzle Awards singles out 10 enemies of free speech and personal liberties in New England, including Maine governor Angus King , who made the list for having barred the public from a security conference designed to develop a blueprint to protect the state and its people from the threat of terrorism, and the Biddeford City Council, which pulled the plug on local public-access cable in a dispute with Dorothy Lafortune. The other Muzzle Award winners include the Massachuettts Department of Corrections; Richard Sullivan, the chief of [police of Providence; U.S. represenative Marty Meehan, a Massachusetts Democrat; the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; Greta Holman, a Provincetown official; the Massachusetts Department of Education; the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Protection, a James Gallagher, the chief of police of Worcester, Mass.

Subjects

Biddeford City Council, Free speech, Portland Phoenix Muzzle Awards, Rewards, prizes, etc, King, Angus S Jr

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