He just can’t let it go
After holding a news conference last fall where he claimed vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was racist, Gregory Charles Royal now is taking her to court for failing to issue an official proclamation back in June 2007.
Royal claims that, as governor of Alaska, Palin failed to issue a Juneteenth Proclamation in 2007 as required by the Alaska Legislature. Juneteenth is an observance established by Congress to celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
In the lawsuit filed March 5, Royal not only asks Palin to make the proclamation, but also to “pay restitution and compensatory damages” to him and the other affected individuals in Alaska.
But don’t be quick to say it’s all about the money (which is estimated at $75,000). The plaintiff wrote it was his “moral obligation, civic duty and personal anguish” to file this complaint.
We’ll let the courts decide that one.
