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Southborough selectmen consider lawsuit over anonymous blog comments

The MetroWest Daily News reports selectmen are pissed about some comments about the selection process for a new police chief on My Southborough. They want to know who really wrote the comments.

My Southborough blogger Susan Fitzgerald responds, says she's not giving up the names of her commenters, even if she doesn't agree with them:

... In any community there will be people whose opinions make your blood boil. It's true of this town, and it's true of this blog. But how different it would be if selectmen saw this site as a place to engage with their community instead of making it "us versus them."

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You have your Irish mixed up -- it's Susan Fitzgerald. That aside, what exactly can they do if they know the ID of the commenters? Are they fishing to see if town employees comment on the blog?

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The heat must've got to my brain ...

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The Southborough police just issued a warrant for Jablome, Haywood.

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So what happens if/when they get the names? make them stand in the corner or something? When did personal attacks become illegal?

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