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Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter.

Headline on an editorial in a local Maryland paper after Frederick County Councilmember Kirby Delauter threatened to sue the newspaper for using his name without his permission. The tongue-in-cheek editorial proceeded to use Delauter's name another two dozen times and also spell out k-i-r-by-d-e-l-a-u-t-e-r using the first letter of each paragraph in the article.

Headline on an editorial in a local Maryland paper after Frederick County Councilmember Kirby Delauter threatened to sue the newspaper for using his name without his permission. The tongue-in-cheek editorial proceeded to use Delauter's name another two dozen times and also spell out k-i-r-by-d-e-l-a-u-t-e-r  using the first letter of each paragraph in the article.

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.