The Minnesota Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against a Minnesota County. MCLU officials say the Freeborn County Board is viloating local residents' right to free speech. For the last several years, a county rule has banned some members of the public from speaking at board meetings. County officials say the rule is necessary to keep order at its meetings. Mainstreet Radio's Rob Schmitz reports. {The focus of the lawsuit is a rule passed by the Freeborn County Board. Rule 19, as its called, was written for one man. Roger Bok is a self-described county watchdog. He uses the public comment time during county board meetings to air his complaints about the county. County Administrator Ronald Gabrielsen says Bok's frequent comments during board meetings were a nuissance.