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To: Young Scholar

Government employment.

Can you please tell me why a government employee can be fired for expressing a personal belief in his off duty hours?

Law, chapter and verse please.


32 posted on 06/17/2006 9:59:55 AM PDT by Leatherneck_MT (In a world where Carpenters come back from the dead, ALL things are possible.)
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To: Leatherneck_MT

The law apparently allows Governor Ehrlich to hire and fire political appointees (such as Smith) at his discretion.


33 posted on 06/17/2006 10:10:14 AM PDT by Young Scholar
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To: Leatherneck_MT
Can you please tell me why a government employee can be fired for expressing a personal belief in his off duty hours?

He wasn't a normal government employee, but an appointee who works at the pleasure of the governor. If Smith went on the air in his off duty hours and said that he was voting for the Democratic candidate in November, do you think he should be able to keep his political appointee job?

35 posted on 06/17/2006 10:13:30 AM PDT by LWalk18
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