The newspaper in two separate complaints was accused of deliberately creating a false impression of the Eagan City Council’s handling of major land development issues in Eagan since 1975. The complainants were Eagan City Councilman Thomas Egan, Eagan Mayor Bea Blomquist, and Martin Colon, representing the Federal Land Company.

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West St. Paul Alderman Larry Josephs complained that an editorial was one-sided, incomplete, misleading and biased against him.

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The Proctor City Council complained that the weekly paper:

1. Unfairly and incorrectly reported the city’s financial status with respect to tax increases, budgets, and other fiscal matters during 1981;
2. Stated and implied that city council members were racists and bigots;
3. Falsely accused the city council of law violations;
4. Quoted councilor Jake Benson as making statements at council meetings that were, in fact, not made (Benson is also editor and publisher of the Proctor Journal);
5. Exceeded the bounds of journalistic propriety in its comments about the personal integrity of individual council members.

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