City Council Shreds Constitution?
There is controversy in the Pontificator’s home town.
In a nutshell Park/Recreation Director Ronn Kopp was suspended for eight weeks. The details of that suspension are irrelevant to this story. This story is about the punishment because in addition to the eight week suspension the Director must comply with a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP).
What is in the PIP can be found here.
Two items in this laundry list are of importance to me.
* Detail of discussion occuring during department head meetings are not to be conveyed to members of the public, elected officials and/or committee members.
* Kopp may not lobby individual board members or council members, except the mayor or the council chair. He may not organize the public to lobby or campaign for or against an issue.
Am I the only one who sees a problem with those restrictions and this?
* Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
I admit Ronn Kopp is a personal friend of mine. I could be prejudice in my looking at this issue.
Maybe “Congress” in the Constitution means just that Congress, and City Councils can prohibit freedom of speech and right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances?
Huh? What do you think?
Am I clouded by being too close to the situation?
Or may this be unconstitutional?
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