 The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California responded with a letter expressing the opinion that legal action against the small business owners would fail.A letter from Capello was published in the "Independent" in January 2007, in which the attorney framed the controversy as a battle between the Teamsters and the business owner, McCaw.He also claimed that McCaw had saved the "News-Press" from financial insolvency; this claim was contested in a subsequent letter by Randy Alcorn, a former "News-Press" financial officer.