I’m missing your point — I fail to see any situation in which the city can refuse to authorize for a link. What’s next, an unlisted phone number?
From my pov, Badgerblogger is a very respectable site. If that’s her, then they’re really pushing it.
http://www.bratcitywebdesign.com/ is her site, I think. I think she likely has http://sheboyganspirit.com/ now.
badgerblogger isn't her's.
I'm guessing that this is the page that caused the furor (followed by this).
If a web page is designed in a way to put an icon at the bottom with a link embedded in the icon, it might seem to imply sponsorship or ownership by the entity on the icon. But I don't know about the place where it's on the "Links" page.