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<p>Things are combative in Fresno, Calif., this week after the city's Human Relations Commission issued a press release describing "the Free Republic" as a "hate group" and warning of plans for a "Free Republic Hate Rally Picnic."</p> <p>The Free Republic is a news Web site operated by Jim Robinson of Fresno, described as "an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the Web."</p>

HRC Under Fire A pair of controversies could mean double the debate inside Fresno city council chambers this week, while a special city commission and some council members are feeling the heat.A lot of the political tension has centered around an upsetting e-mail, and more recently, a news release that calls a local conservative organization a, "hate group." Now, the future of Fresno's Human Relations Committee is on the line. Fresno mayor Alan Autry went on TV for "Ask The Mayor," but Autry says he has questions of his own for the city's Human Relations Commission. It sent out a...

FRN Columnists' Corner "Fresno’s Human Relations Commission Under Fire After Labeling Local Free Republic Chapter a “Hate Group” " by Bob JohnsonThe Chairwoman of Fresno’s Human Relations Commission came under fire Sunday after issuing an unapproved news release on City letterhead smearing the local Free Republic chapter as a “hate group” and urging city police to expect violence at the group's annual picnic and bar-b-que. For months the Fresno Free Republic group has been conducting weekly “support our troops” rallies at the corner of Blackstone and Shaw, and had come under the scrutiny of local pacifist organizations. Several militant anti-war...

<p>Mayor Alan Autry will try to suspend the city's Human Relations Commission after its chairwoman issued a news release labeling a local conservative organization a "hate group." Autry vowed Saturday to take action against the commission in the latest clash between the group and more conservative members of the Fresno city government.</p>

<p>Human Relations Chief (Debbie Reyes) Draws Fire over 'Hate Group' Comment.</p> <p>Fresno Mayor Alan Autry can't suspend the city's Human Relations Commission, but his administration was still frustrated Monday by the commission chairwoman who labeled a local conservative organization a "hate group."</p>

God Bless Debbie Reyes! LoyalAmerican • September 14, 2003 at 6:07 PM It's about time someone spoke out against this group! I deal with these as-sholes all the time.. Constantly making death threats against my users, in fact, IMHO, it's the preferred method of intimidation on the part of FreeRepublic members. It is real sad that the FBI refuses to so much as deal with Threats in Interstate Communications of terrorist nature from these Radical Right Wing Extremists at FreeRepublic. We have taken to posting all of the personal info we can find on the ones making the threats as...

I believe the Free Republic “hate group” smear should stay focused on the real antagonists here: NBC. Debbie Reyes can shoot her mouth off all she likes in an unofficial capacity. That’s what our troops are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan: protecting the right of Debbie Reyes and all those who think like her, to shoot their mouths off even if such people are too stupid to realize that such precious freedoms come with a price tag in blood. But when her hatred carries over and takes on the stamp of her civic office, and when a major organ of...

CHARLES L. DOERKSEN ATTORNEY AT LAW ________________ ROWELL BUILDING 2100 Tulare Street, Suite 410 Fresno, California 93721 Telephone 559 233 3434 Facsimile 559 233 3939 E-mail doerksen@lightspeed.net  September 22, 2003 PRESS RELEASEAt 9:10 a.m. today, Free Republic LLC filed a Notice of Claim with the City of Fresno, arising from the Human Relations Commission’s news release of September 12, 2003, labeling it a "hate group." A copy of the Notice of Claim, without exhibits, is attached hereto. The Notice of Claim, which is a legally required first step in filing a lawsuit against a public entity, puts the City of...

<p>A lawyer for Free Republic filed a claim Monday with the city of Fresno, contending the Human Relations Commission defamed the local conservative organization with a news release labeling it "a hate group."</p> <p>The organization is seeking more than $1 million in damages, Fresno lawyer Charles L. Doerksen said.</p>