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You know, I've often wondered why I never heard
ANYTHING about klinton's mother and father. Do
you suppose it could be because klinton doesn't
want anyone to know he was born from a hyena?
That would explain a lot, wouldn't it?

HeyLookAngel

In article <200007030101.VAA02898@anon.cotse.com>,
  "Anon" <anonymous@cotse.com> wrote:
>
> TEXT:
>
>    When  the  Baltimore  Convention  Center  dismissed  Douglas
Kukucka
> as director  of building services last year, the 35-year-old engineer
did
> what any  city  employee who feels wronged might do: he wrote letters
and
> called elected officials, including the mayor.
>
>    But  dissatisfied with the lack of response from city officials,
> Kukucka turned  to  the  weapon of the '90s, the Internet. He and his
friends
> trash Baltimore through their Web site.
>
>    "Baltimore City's murder rate is rising again!" blares one line.
>
>    "The syphilis capitol in the U.S.," says another.
>
>    "What  goes  on  behind  the  scenes  in  Charm City will surprise
> you!" screams a third.
>
>    The  site  has garnered the attention of Baltimore officials --
which
> is what Kukucka wanted.
>
>    Kukucka, who declined to identify his associates, contends that he
> was a victim  of  discrimination,  sexual harassment and an
unreasonable
> workload from  convention  officials  and  that  he  was wrongly
blamed for
> problems caused  by  a  drunken employee, illiterate workers, and
failures in
> health and safety policies.
>
>    "To this day, I'm upset about it," Kukucka said.
>
>    Kukucka  and  friends  are  part of a growing number of people
using
> the Internet  to  attack  anyone  from  employers  to  teachers. And
courts
> are supporting the online critics, saying the Internet is protected
by the
> same free speech rights given to books, newspapers and pamphlets.
>
>    In  April,  a  northeast Ohio school district agreed to settle a
> federal lawsuit  by  paying  $30,000  to a high school student it had
suspended
> for creating  a Web site describing his band teacher as a chubby man
with a
> bad haircut who played favorites.
>
>    A  federal  judge in Seattle ruled earlier this year that a
consumer
> had the  right  to  post  slurs  and personal information about
executives
> of a credit  card  company  after  the  man  became involved in a
dispute
> over a credit report. The Web site organizer called the
executives "scumbags,
> jack asses and jerks" and posted their home addresses, phone numbers
and maps
> to their homes.
>
>    `More people more quickly'
>    "You  have  the  right  to  create a Web site just as much as you
> have a right  to  make up a pamphlet and pass it out," said Solange
Bitol, a
> First Amendment  attorney  with the American Civil Liberties Union in
> Washington.
> "What  makes  people  nervous  is that your criticism can reach more
> people more quickly."
>
>    Baltimore Convention Center officials are trying to design their
own
> Web site to counter the online critics, Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke said.
>
>    "It  hasn't  hurt  us  in  terms  of  actual bookings, but we do
have
> to respond," the mayor said Wednesday. "Because so much commerce is
being
> done on the Internet now, it's something that we can't ignore."
>
>    That's  just  what  the  creators  of  the  Web  site  --
> www.geocities.
> com/allStreet/Floor/6065/ -- intended.
>
>    None  of  their names appears on the site's entries, but there is a
> link to  a  letter  addressed  to  Schmoke from "the former director
of
> building services  for  the Baltimore Convention Center." The letter
details why
> the author believes that he was wrongly fired and the dates he worked.
>
>    Kukucka  acknowledged  being  the  author. Although he didn't
create
> the site,  Kukucka  contributes  to it. He said a group of five or six
> Web-wise people upset with city government helped to design and
operate it.
>    `Decide for yourself!!!'
>
>    Kukucka  hopes  to  undermine  Baltimore  Convention  Center
business
> by highlighting  the  city's  faults,  such as widespread drug-use and
> violent crime.  One  line  mentions  that  Baltimore hopes to host
the 2012
> Olympic games, followed by an entry titled: "What's Wrong With
Baltimore decide
> for yourself!!!"
>
>    "I'd  love  to  go  down to City Hall and picket and pass out
> leaflets,"
> Kukucka  said.  "But it gets a little old standing out there in the
heat
> or  cold. The Internet now can be used by someone who is wronged."
>
>    Convention  officials  wouldn't discuss Kukucka's situation, saying
> only that  he  was  dismissed  during  his probationary period in
April 1997,
> 11 weeks  after  he  was hired. But they acknowledge that there is
little
> they can do about his Web site.
>
>    The  site  has  about  20  visitors daily. Many of the visits,
which
> are recorded  by  the  site,  come  from city officials and downtown
> businesses trying to determine what the group is saying about
Baltimore, Kukucka
> said.
>
>    `He's very clever'
>
>    "There  are some people who have asked questions about it, and he's
> very clever in how he uses it," said Schmoke, whose mayoral portrait
is the
> only picture  on  the  site  and  appears above the phrase "Welcome To
> Baltimore Hon!"
>
>    Statistics  that appear on the site showing the city in a bad light
> were generated  by  the  government and reported by the news media.
But the
> city disputes  Kukucka's  Convention  Center  employment  claims,
calling
> them exaggerations.
>
>    "It  just  reminds  you  of the downside of the Internet," Schmoke
> said. "It's something we'll all have to address."
>
>    The  matter  is  being  addressed  across the nation by
legislatures
> and courts,  but  not  fast enough to keep up with the online
evolution. On
> the federal   level,   Congress   is   debating  measures  concerning
> Internet pornography and gambling.
>
>    "Five years ago, you would not have dreamed about creating a Web
site
> to make  disparaging  remarks  about  your  employer,"  said  Bitol,
the
> ACLU attorney.
>
>    The  mayor  and  other  city  leaders accept that online critics
such
> as Kukucka and his associates are here to stay. But Schmoke said he is
> willing to discuss their concerns in the hopes of having the site
removed.
>    `Personnel matter run amok'
>
>    "It's really a personnel matter run amok," Schmoke said. "I'm sorry
> that he  feels  so intensely, but any legitimate concerns he has we
will look
> in to and address."
>
>    Kukucka  said  that  the  Web  site's  popularity  is  growing  and
> that dismantling  it  might  not be an option. But with the city's
reputation
> as his  hostage,  Kukucka is willing to talk, he said. "It will stay
up for
> an eternity  until  the  mayor agrees to straighten out my problems,"
he
> said.
>
> "And maybe some other problems."
>
>    Pub Date: 8/07/98
>
>                 Copyright The Baltimore Sun 1998
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> We now know the five or six web-wise folks were non other than his
older brother, Mark A.
> Kukucka.
> Markee was an "expert" at ranting and raving on the internet and the
Usenet after getting fired
> himself from Shimadzu of Columbia, Md. Mark also can claim experience
at standing in front of
> buildings and ranting about Ryland homes.
>
> OOPS!
>
> Did I say too much?
>
> Mark and Ryland homes coming soon to a newsgroup near you!
>
>


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