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ST. MARY'S TODAY --- The Story of THE RAG! --- The Toons!: Newspaper
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About ST. MARY'S TODAY --- The Story Of THE RAG! --- The
Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals ruling on ST. MARY'S TODAY civil rights action against politicians and deputies who cleaned out newsstands on eve of Election Day of all copies of the newspaper: "If we were to sanction this conduct," said Judge Wilkinson, "we would point the way for other state officials to stifle public criticism of their policies and their performance. And we would leave particularly vulnerable this kind of paper in this kind of community. Alternative weeklies such as St. Mary's Today may stir deep ire in the objects of their irreverence, but we can hardly say that on that account they play no useful part in the political dialogue."Meet Ashley Kissinger, Of Counsel with Ballard-Spahr and one of the team of attorneys that represented ST. MARY'S TODAY Publisher Ken Rossignol: Successfully represented a Maryland newspaper publisher in a civil rights action against government officials, securing a landmark ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that the defendants' off-duty mass purchase of newspapers on the eve of an election, to suppress the newspaper's contents and retaliate against the publisher, violated the publisher's First Amendment rights. The defendants paid the publisher close to a half million dollars in settlement of the action. Travel along with the most feared man in Southern Maryland. So notorious even the mob backed down. Cops who went after him found themselves in federal court on the losing side. His name is Ken Rossignol and he packs a fully loaded Smith & Corona (or at least the digital equivalent). Ken's ammo: words. He's a champion of the First Amendment and an old-fashioned pain in the ass.The story of St. Mary's Today is one about advocacy journalism coming to a community where the press wasn't known for acting this way. No more go-along to get along. There wasn't a hand providing nourishment that Rossignol wouldn't take a little flesh and muscle from. At one point or another Ken pissed off just about everyone, including a couple governors of Maryland and me. But he sold newspapers and those who hated him still read his words each and every week. Dave Statter - Broadcast news reporter WUSA, WTOP, in Washington, D.C. for 32 years, STATter911.com, Statter Communications LLC.Great editorial cartoons reflecting the news as reported by ST. MARY'S TODAY newspaper over the 22 years of its publication was enjoyed far and wide. Democrats loved it when Republicans were gored and the GOP thought the cartoons lampooning Maryland Governor Parris Glendening and his mistress were terrific! With the "Where's the Loot" series, the cops and drug dealers made for great fun when it came time to put pen to paper. We had wonderful artists bring to life the wit and sarcasm of the cartoonist, Ken Rossignol, who couldn't draw worth a damn, but he was and is a first-class smart ass! Now along with tons of great editorial cartoons is The Story of THE RAG! The toughest newspaper in Maryland for more than 20 years! The newspaper that a Sheriff, States Attorney and a posse of deputies rounded up in the dead of night to make sure voters didn't read before voting on Election Day 1998! The United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit issued a Landmark First Amendment ruling in the case that is now the law of the land! Murder, mayhem and madness and more!
