Director Laurie Edwards-Tate accused the district of infringing on her free speech rights by threatening her with sanctions for speaking to the media.
In the lawsuit filed Wednesday, director Laurie Edwards-Tate alleges the public health district tried to suppress her speech with a threat of sanctions after she spoke the media about the district's terms of use on its website.that Palomar's website is requiring users to first agree to the terms of use before being able to access the site.
Edwards-Tate's lawyer, Karin Sweigart, said the district's counsel’s Notice of Action email violated her client's freedom of speech. “I understand it's not good for me not to have a duty of loyalty and care and try to degradate or misrepresent in a negative way the district, in any way," Edwards-Tate said."The question would have to be asked, 'Why would they be offended by something as simple as what I actually said?'”
First Amendment Coalition Legal Director David Loy said the Supreme Court has affirmed a public official’s First Amendment right to speak on public policy that they don’t agree with without fear of sanctions.“The government does not get to be the ministry of truth," he said."If the district believes that her statements were incorrect, it is free to issue its own statement and go to the press and explain why it believes her statements were incorrect.
On Oct. 9, the board of directors authorized an investigation into both Edwards-Tate and Clark for possible sanction.
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