GENDLER & MANN REPRESENTS WHISTLE-BLOWERS IN KING COUNTY TRANSPORTATION CASE. The whistle-blowers allege the county's process of ensuring that there are enough roads before approving new development is "fatally flawed" See The Issaquah Press story quoting Mickey Gendler.

GENDLER & MANN FILES CIVIL RIGHT COMPLAINT IN FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT to challenge prison authorities' censorship of Prison Legal News, a magazine dedicated to educating prisoners regarding their legal rights. A Miami Herald article on the suit emphasized Gendler & Mann's belief that the purpose of the censorship is to protect a company's prison phone monopoly under which prison families are charged exorbitant phone rates, rather than any legitimate prison interest. See Miami Herald story quoting Mickey Gendler.

COUNTY REVERSES WETLAND RULES CHANGE: Douglas County commissioners voted to reverse a change that weakened waterfront protection rules after a challenge from a citizen watchdog group.

"This measure was not adopted to protect the public welfare, but rather to compromise the public welfare for the benefit of one property owner," wrote Michael Gendler, a lawyer for the group's organizers, in a letter to the commissioners. See full Wenatchee World story

GENDLER & MANN IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THE 2005 TOUR de CURE. This is one of several national rides being held to raise awareness and funding for diabetes research. The ride is scheduled for May 21, 2005. Please check back for more information or visit http://tour.diabetes.org