Is Danks Unaware or Indifferent to the 1st Amendment?

In Dale Danks’ letter telling Kim Wade to retract his petition for removal, Danks calls Wade’s petition “Frivolous,” harassing” and “vexatious”. Danks’ letter (PDF, 300KB) further (mis)characterizes Wade’s petition as “without substantial justification, interposed for harassment," and having "no realistic hope for success."

Wade’s petition (PDF, 270 KB) is hardly frivolous given the mayor's abuses of power, and in submitting the petition Wade is simply exerting his sacred First Amendment right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances”.

Danks, as an attorney for an elected official, should really read that Amendment and study its origins. If he’s at all honest, he’ll appreciate the parallels between this mayor’s administration and the situation that led the Founders to insert that clause into the First Amendment.

From the Declaration of Independence: In every state of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.