The person appended the following to the comment: “Brad, the fact that you deleted this comment earlier today shows that you do NOT want citizens to have a voice, just your spin on the issues.”

I feel the need to respond, on behalf of Rockville Central as an entity.

This person is choosing to remain anonymous, which is itself a red flag and indicates he or she does not wish to stand behind their words. If anyone were to spend even a half hour looking through the posts, comments, and contributor opinions on Rockville Central, they would see that it is precisely the opposite of my intention for this to be just my “spin on the issues.” However, I insist that it remain civil.

This blog is created using free tools (“Blogger”) that are available to anybody. It’s just sweat equity we have here. Anyone who wishes to speak in ways that aren’t tolerated here are more than welcome — and encouraged — to set up their own systems.

Don’t freeride on months of hard work building trust and creating a civil space — and then turn around and say we’re being unfair when we ask you to tone it down and follow the rules.