SLRC UPDATE:
27 November 2004
SLRC Weekly Update
Greetings Compatriots:
Staff takes mini-break for Thanksgiving
The SLRC officially took Thanksgiving recess at the close of business on Wednesday. The office will reopen Monday morning. We hope each and every one of our compatriots enjoyed a pleasant holiday. Our staff celebrated in time-honored fashion: the Lyons brood feasted at home in Black Mountain; Allison and family did likewise at her grandmother's in Tennessee; H.K. celebrated with his brother Terry Lee in Asheville; and Roger and wife Lynda ate traditional family dinner and played traditional family poker at Lynda's mother's home in Robbinsville, NC.
Although the office was technically closed Friday, it might as well have been open as staff members drifted in to work on projects, answer mail, catch up and plan ahead. When Roger left about 5:30 to FedEx some documents, Kirk was still working. (H.K. once said, "SLRC folks don't work for the SLRC, they live the SLRC.")
As it does every day, the SLRC gives humble and heartfelt thanks to our contributors, without whose generosity we would not even be here, let alone be able to go forward with our work.
SLRC Readies for DuPont Showdown
The SLRC staff has spent much of the past week preparing for its showdown with DuPont in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond this coming Friday. At issue is the $10,000 in sanctions that Kirk paid earlier this year, and which is still being held by the Clerk of Court pending outcome of the appeal. The SLRC has brought a countersuit against DuPont's lawyers because they attempted to include the SLRC itself, which was not even a party to the suit, in their demand for sanctions.
The case has been called for 8:30 a.m. Friday. Kirk will of course present the SLRC's argument. He will be attended by Allison and quite possibly by H.K. A decision will be made by midweek as to whether Roger will come along or stay in Black Mountain to hold the fort, deal with the media and get the December newsletter out on time.
McCredie Declares War on SLRC Defamers
Under Roger's direction, the SLRC over the last two weeks has taken the fight to the enemy, attacking on a broad front against organizations and individuals who have knowingly and maliciously spread false and derogatory information about our organization and its staff.
Roger sent demands for public retraction to the Asheville Citizen-Times, the Asheville weekly paper Mountain Xpress and the moderator of an Internet Civil War newsgroup, all of whom had published false, misleading or scurrilous material about the SLRC and/or Kirk personally. Action will also be taken against a fourth offender, an Internet blog site, and Roger indicates this may be in the form of a direct lawsuit, with no preliminaries.
"These character assassins -- and there are a lot of them -- have gotten away with too much for too long," Roger said. "They have been allowed to skate mostly because we have been too busy to fool with them, but there is too much at stake now for us to continue to let them off the hook. This is a law firm and when people defame us we are going to respond like a defamed law firm. And as a first step we are going to make examples of some people."
We will keep you updated on the progress of each of these situations.
CASE NOTES
Lawrence County -- On Friday Kirk obtained an affidavit from parent Tammy Weatherwax by phone. While rules prohibit disclosure of the sense or content of Ms. Weatherwax's statement, we can say that it is potentially very damaging to the other side's case.
Bechtel -- Bechtel has filed a voluminous Motion to dismiss, to which we will respond. Stay tuned to this Update and watch for the December newsletter.
Need a speaker for your meeting or event? Contact the SLRC Speakers' Bureau. The SLRC operates at ground zero of the fight to preserve Southern heritage and is fortunate to have available three knowledgeable and powerful speakers who are recognized authorities on various aspects of the battle:
H.K. EDGERTON: "Nuff said. H.K.'s specialty is the role of black soldiers in the WBTS, and of blacks and whites together in today's heritage struggle.
KIRK D. LYONS: As the SLRC's Chief Trial Counsel, Kirk addresses the Constitutional issues of today's fight for Confederate Southern American rights.
ROGER W. McCREDIE: The SLRC's Executive Director, examines the
conflict itself, who our enemies are and why, and what every Southerner can do to help.
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