[AnAmericanMother]

Only reason I noticed is that I used to work for the City of Atlanta. If I had written a controversial article for the local paper, using my title with the City, without his permission, he would have been VERY unhappy and I probably would have been disciplined or fired. (And I would have deserved it.)

[donmeaker]

That is an interesting idea. Does that mean the the garbage man is also not allowed to write to the newspaper? How about a school teacher? A judge? It is an interesting philosophy that the mayor gets to control the political speech of all public employees. I have never read that in an employment contract. I have a 10 year Civil Service pin somewhere. Does that mean that I should not have stood for election to the local schoolboard?