Maryland paper fires back after county councilman threatens suit to keep name out of print

On Tuesday, a Maryland public official named Kirby Delauter became an Internet sensation for all the wrong reasons.

The Frederick County, Md. councilman threatened to sue his local newspaper, the Frederick News-Post, for publishing his name without his permission, despite his status as, again, a public official.

"Use my name again unauthorized and you'll be paying for an attorney," the Republican said in a Facebook post directed at News-Post county government reporter Bethany Rodgers this past Saturday.

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