They were participants in local zoning and political campaigns. From 2005 to 2007 R. Latterell and other citizens were the targets of a SLAPP suit for two million dollars in damages, seeking to punish them for their citizen activism.
Local residents who participated in municipal zoning and political initiatives became targets of a lawsuit from 2005 to 2007, with R. Latterell and others facing a $2 million damages claim, aimed at silencing their community activism.