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Web site receives 30,000 hitsThis article was originally published in the the Amador Ledger Dispatch on April 7, 1999, and is reproduced here with its permission. JACKSON—A Web site, which chronicles the search warrants, investigations and grand jury proceedings against three Amador County residents accused of unlawfully removing a gas tank last may, has had more than 30,000 hits. According to KGO radio personality Bill Wattenburg, the reason for some of the continuing heavy traffic is that law students are being advised by their professors to read the account of the prosecution of the gas tank removal for examples of alleged abridgement of Constitutional rights and to review the investigation methods used by government officials. Law students and their professors in Oregon, Los Angeles and San Francisco are studying the turn of events, Wattenburg said."Well respected and experienced judges have commented on it," he said. "One of them said, 'Bill, this has to be an April Fool's Joke.'" The justice Web site is the product of Peter Sheerin of San Francisco [note; I work in San Francisco, but live in Foster City]. Not only has the site had thousands of "hits", but many people add their personal experiences. Thousands of reports poured into the Web site address after Wattenburg asked Amador residents and others to report environmental infractions and sites of environmental abuse. The public has responded to his Saturday and Sunday radio discussions of such events and what he calls the prosecution of private citizens. His show airs from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on KGO Radio, 810 AM. The Web site address: www.pushback.com/justice. Copyright © 1999 Amador Ledger Dispatch |
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