School officials using their office to campaign?
Posted by BrianDale Jackson has the details on his blog. Basically the Lawrence County school board attorney formally requested a school principal to email an invitation to a Parker Griffith “reception” to other principals. Oh, and the board attorney, H. Jerome Thompson, is the Chairman of the Lawrence County Democratic Executive Committee. I’m no attorney and I don’t know campaign laws, but it doesn’t pass the smell test.
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September 14th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
My mother is a retired teacher. She said that a teacher in her school got into all kinds of trouble for putting political brochures in teacher’s boxes at school. And years ago, one superintendent almost got booted out for asking support staff and other school personnel to sell tickets to a campaign event.
It’s one thing if you have an outside, personal relationship with someone and approach them that way, but to do it in your official capacity is wrong, no matter what the issue, candidate, or party. I would have hated for any of my bosses (I’m now self-employed) to have given me any kind of political push.
September 14th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Nancy Worley also knows a thing or two about mixing politics with government jobs.