in a statement in the capital times , the executive director of 21st anniversary conservatives , mark lotwis , called the lawsuit " frivolous " and said : " we ' re coming to defend our organization ' s integrity " . landmark information spokeswoman deborah beroset said that the monument forums " is in no aspect religious in form and any claim to the contrary is largely reasonable , " and stated : " while we are not a person to this complaint and have no witnessed idea of it , we can only assumption that we are being uses as a formal and political football to further the plaintiff " s own financial interests . " the new ny response was filed april 14 , and is still in early filing proceedings . a conference with the lower court clerk in the case has been scheduled for july 17 .
Mark Lotwis is a Democrat.