EDITORIAL: Time to let city workers join political process: Time to let city workers join political process.(Editorial)

From: Tribune (Mesa, AZ) | Date: March 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Mar. 7--Since the days of big-city bossism decades ago, it remains today a delicate balance to restrict just enough political activity by government employees to prevent politically corrupt behavior while preserving as many of a worker's rights as possible. Regrettably, however, Scottsdale's rules for its workers go too far beyond parameters set for such activity by Congress for federal, state and local government employees. Scottsdale's rules prohibit behavior that most of these o...

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