[blackdog]

I have always said that any government employee should not be allowed to vote in an election which he or she is directly employed by, ie, city cops should not be able to vote in a city election. School teachers should not be allowed to vote in any election for school boards, federal employees should not be allowed to vote in federal elections, and state employees should not be allowed to vote in state elections.

People go nuts when I point out this direct conflict of interest. It is currently like the auto worker's union voting for the appointment of management at Ford, GM, and Chrysler.

[dragnet2]

Oh come now...The government is now the largest employer in America...All the conservatives on the gov payroll are a huge political force...They are our friends....

And I’m sure all the biggov employ conservatives want to dramatically reduce the size of government and are screaming and begging for pay cuts, retirement pension cuts and benefit cuts...

Go team!

[Does so]

AFSME arranged for County workers to leave “work” for one paid hour in order to vote. (In Miami, FL).