I did comment. Someone else dug it out. My comment was something along the lines of "Run on local issues."
Defamation suits are a pain, but I can't leave something like this out there. The cheapest course of action for the paper would be to print a quick retraction.
I'm busy for the next couple of weeks, but if they don't get it retracted before then, I'll have to follow up to find out if the paper was misled, in which case I'm sure they will want to set the issue straight, or if they just decided to lie about me for the fun of it.
Par35 et al, here's the latest from the Boston Globe, Firth's comment might give some insight as to why Par35 was mentioned and not phantomlord.....at any rate, phantomlord's comment came well before anyone knew where or when the campaign was involved.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/25/threat_accusation_spurs_police_protest/
This whole thing has really blown up in the face of the accusers.....
Par you were mentioned by the Sun Chronicle, they have proven themselves hacks every step of the way.