AP Wire | 05/12/2004 | Wis. Alderman Fights to Keep... -
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Published on: 5/12/2004
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Pietrowski seeks to have a judge declare that Mayor Timothy Seider violated his privacy rights when he unlocked his office door and allowed a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photographer to photograph Madeline April 30.Pietrowski also seeks compensatory damages.
"It is indeed unfortunate that Alderman Pietrowski has chosen to take the mannequin issue to this level," Seider said in a prepared statement.
The city has no choice but to defend the lawsuit, "an absolute waste of taxpayer dollars," he added.
Pietrowski put the mannequin in his office in August 2003.
Since March, complaints from some female city workers who call it offensive have led to the feud between Seider and Pietrowski.
The mayor requested that the alderman remove the mannequin in March.He later extended the deadline to May 7 before withdrawing the demand but directing Pietrowski to keep his door closed.