Surfside Town Attorney Lynn Dannheisser's Lawyer/Boyfriend Rewrites New Times Article

In March, Riptide wrote about Surfside Town Attorney Lynn Dannheisser's successful recommendation of her boyfriend, Gerald Houlihan, for additional legal work for the town. Dannheisser has since compared New Times -- and two Surfside blogs -- to the KKK. We recently received a letter from Houlihan, representing his girlfriend Dannheisser, threatening...

By Gus Garcia-Roberts

April 20, 2011

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In March, Riptide wrote about Surfside Town Attorney Lynn Dannheisser's successful recommendation of her boyfriend, Gerald Houlihan, for additional legal work for the town. Dannheisser has since compared New Times -- and two Surfside blogs -- to the KKK.

We recently received a letter from Houlihan, representing his girlfriend Dannheisser, threatening legal action for the article. Included was a "corrected" version of the story in question. We've embedded it below.

No, we're not making this up.

Dannheisser, "Corrected"

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