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  Douglas County's attempt to muzzle press hits buzz saw of opposition [MN]
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Last EditedServo  Mar 13, 2006 11:24pm
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MediaNewspaper - Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul)
News DateMonday, March 13, 2006 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionOnce upon a time in a place called Alexandria an official decreed that news must be submitted to the government for approval before being disseminated.

The official was not Alexander the Great but rather a county administrator, Bill Schalow. The place was not the Great's namesake on the Nile but rather Alexandria, Minn. The date was March 6, 2006 -- last Monday.

By Friday, Douglas County Coordinator Schalow's new "Public Relations/Communications Protocol," which required the local paper to submit its stories about the county for fact-checking or be cut off from top county officials, was ancient history.
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