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Comal County courtrooms will see a busy December as at least three high-profile cases continue this month. Here are the three with a brief description of what could be expected during their hearings. Bear in mind that the scheduling and intended subject matter of court hearings have a tendency to change on short notice.

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Monique Rathbun vs. Church of Scientology (Dec. 11)

client privilege (although Rathbun is not an attorney). Judge Dib Waldrip was not swayed. Monique Rathbun is asking that a temporary restraining order against the Church be turned into a temporary injunction. Church leader David Miscavige and Church organization the Religious Technology Center have argued that Texas courts have no jurisdiction over them.

The legal saga that has become a Comal County womans harassment lawsuit against various entities within the church gets partially back on track as arguments continue over a temporary injunction and jurisdictional issues. Church lawyers have made a few attempts to derail the lawsuit. The first was a failed attempt to have Monique Rathbuns attorneys disqualified. In October, the Church of Scientology International (CSI) filed an Anti-SLAPP motion, which is an attempt to have a lawsuit dismissed over First Amendment Claims. The Church is insisting that its members had the legal right to protest Monique Rathbuns husband, Marty, a former high-ranking member of the Church. The Church argues that since Marty Rathbun has spoken publicly against the Church, he is a public figure and, thus, fair game. While Monique Rathbun has never spoken out against the Church, its lawyers argue that since she is married to Marty Rathbun and has appeared with him as he has criticized the organization and its leadership, she is a public figure as well. CSI says the lawsuit is violating its First Amendment right to associate. CSI also admitted that it hired private investigators to spy on the Rathbuns, but claims that it did so only to protect its religious rights because Marty Rathbun was practicing Scientology outside of the Church, which CSI says violates the Churchs trademark, copyright and patent laws. While an Anti-SLAPP motion is filed, a case usually comes to a screeching halt until the judge rules on the motion, which must be done within 30 days unless the docket is full. However, CSI allowed the court to continue already scheduled hearings on a temporary injunction against the Church and disputes over jurisdiction. CSI attorneys have also tried, unsuccessfully thus far, to put a gag order on Marty Rathbun so that he cannot discuss the case with either his wife or her counsel. Since Marty Rathbun once oversaw the Churchs legal matters, CSI claims that his involvement violates attorneyTXCITIZEN.COM

State vs. Justin Carter (Dec. 16)

Comal teen Justin Carter made a comment about attacking a kindergarten and was arrested on charges of making a terroristic threat. Carter maintains that the comment was obviously sarcastic and satirical. He was arrested, had his original bond raised, held in jail for months (where, his parents say, he was physically and psychologically abused) while the states investigation moved at a slow pace. Then, some strange things happened. First, an anonymous donor paid for Carters bond. Then, Carters original Facebook post disappeared without a trace. Finally, the Canadian woman who originally alerted authorities to the post cannot be found and possibly never existed. Despite this lack of evidence, the State is pressing ahead with its case against Carter. The upcoming evidentiary hearing could decide if the case can continue.

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 Continued from page 3. Regular readers know by now that most of our requests for information through Mr Aten are, well, stonewalled, so were not even going to bother this time. Our reading of Texas law is that anyone can enter a Texas river from the end of any public road. Either the District or the residents have built a bridge on public land without permits (according to City Hall). Perhaps someone should build a bridge over the easement Our offer to cover all legal fees for the first person arrested for trespassing (and ONLY trespassing) includes that 15 foot easement. Feel free to cross it dont go loitering on it, just cross it on the way to the Forbidden Island and give us a call if and when you get ticketed or hauled in. Their arguments for collective ownership are dissolving this way and that. Make sure that the person filing the complaint owns one of the two lots, noted above, that straddle Booneville Avenue, because theres no way in heck anybody else could possibly have a claim to that property. Theyll have to prove that their easement runs outside of their property line and prohibits people from accessing the river from the end of a public street. Just because they built an illegal bridge doesnt mean the rest of Texas gives up its rights to access a river.

And remember, if you are arrested or ticketed for crossing the easement and it turns out its not privately owned, well, then youve got a big money case against the City AND the District. Lets see who blinks first. Oh my gods. Who wants to be a millionaire? If youd like to review/print District #1s attorneys opinion on the case, and all of the documentation provided to us to defend their position, go to nbstreets.com, and follow the links to The Island. If youd like to read the Express-News column, go to expressnews.com, and search for Idyllic island in Comal River caught in ownership quandary. Actually, the first few words ought to bring it up. \m/ Mike Reynolds Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

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attempt to raise $451 million to build 200 new schools. In last weeks election, miserly Comal County voters rejected the bond Comal will increase by 6 million over the next two years. These are desperate times. However, I want to tell the Friends of Comal ISD that before you pull out the guns and try and take the county by force to impose a schoolbuilding dictatorship, there are still several alternatives to raising those needed funds. big corporate PAC donors to now donate to building the schools. After all, these companies were very concerned about Comal students wellbeing, so they should be more than happy to raise the money needed. They are friends, arent they? Hahahaha. 2). Para-mutual betting: The district could build stables for the athletes at a much cheaper it with the rap music, or something.

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