"True JACC" Lawsuit Grinds Forward, Shield Law Invoked Over (Alleged) Johnny Northside Emails!

Stock photo, Hennepin County Courthouse, Ben Those Coins  In The Fountain Aren't YOURS

Information continues to leak out of the "True JACC" lawsuit proceeding in tasty but un-filling little morsels, but if you put enough of those free samples together on a paper plate, it almost adds up to a meal. Here's what I'm hearing about depositions in this pointless proceeding in the battle of victorious "New Majority" JACC Board officers, versus the holdout Kool Aid Cult faction led by (it would appear) public figure Ben Myers. (Other defendants include the City of Minneapolis, NRP, MPD and, of course, my twin brother Ben Myers is suing our beloved mother in some kind of weird, separate "wrongful existence" lawsuit) (Parody alert)

First of all, the lawyers are having quite a few scheduling difficulties, and it appears hard to produce Jerry Moore for his deposition. The plaintiffs won't say WHY it's so hard to produce him, but, well...he's just hard to produce. He's very busy with something. BUT WHAT!?

Word is plaintiff Ben Myers was actually using his Blackberry while being deposed. Yeah, that's going to look really professional...WHEN THE VIDEOTAPE HITS YOUTUBE, BABY!!!!! Of course, it's not my twin brother's fault. He was born with that thing stuck to his ear. It's one of the reasons mom sent him away to live at the orphanage in Texas. (Outrageous political parody alert, in case it wasn't obvious to the THE LAWYERS)

Second....

...there are attempts being made to get emails between some members of JACC and little ol' me here at the Johnny Northside blog. That last sentence is not an admission any such emails even exist, but I'm not giving up my sources. Apparently, I won't have to worry about it. A brief by the defense is saying a journalist is covered by Minnesota's shield law. Yes, it would appear, even a blogger journalist who likes to write about his twin brother Ben's bed wetting problems.

In political parody world, I mean. Obviously.

Or do I?

No, really, that was more outrageous parody as well.

Like I used to tell my students at U of M School of Journalism and Mass Communication: if you ever have an opportunity to go to jail for refusing to reveal your sources, fight your way to the front of the line. They put your name on a plaque and then you do paid speaking tours. Well, something like that. Point is, it's glory that will last the rest of your life. A barren cell with jailhouse bologna sandwiches lasts just a few days or weeks in a lifetime, but your glory will be eternal. DO NOT REVEAL YOUR SOURCES.

The last little morsel of info FROM MY ANONYMOUS SOURCE, NYAH NYAH NYAH...and I guess I better spread it thin on a Ritz cracker to make it last...is that the deposition videotape is sealed for now. But this appears to be only because the Judge hasn't seen it himself. How excited me and Ben's mother will be to tune into YouTube and see that little Benny Booger has finally figured out how to work the Blackberry instead of just shoving it in his shorts to enjoy the vibrations.

This blog (giggle) remains open to hearing information from all sides. But seriously. I do. That doesn't mean, however, I'll be sharing sips from the big cauldron of Kool Aid.