No, you are dead wrong here domestikgoddez.   Please come down from the heavens and get back to the earth and actual reality.   The core issue is not retaliation.   It is the denial of his constitutional rights of free speech.  That is what the city is being sued for.

Did you not read the article?   It says:  "the city violated Marcola resident Mark Cosby’s rights under the U.S. Constitution to petition the government and speak freely."

That is what this lawsuit is all about.