Totalitarian GOP Idea Of Freedom And Liberty In My Suburb
I live in a suburb in the Denver, Colorado area. Even though races for our city council and other city positions are non partisan, the GOP has dominated our city for many years now. I was aware of the city policy toward politics of it employees but I learned more detail that was really stunning.
Apparently there is a rule the city has that effects firemen and policemen and probably city employees as well. Our city has a lot of private subcontracts rather than employees too. The personnel rule is that city employees cannot engage in any political activity even when they are off duty. They are not allowed to participate, put up yard signs at their home, walk precincts, donate, etc for ANY political candidate or serving elected official at the national, state, or local level. Any activity is a reason for dismissal. Any employee who meets with any politician or official must meet outside the city limits. They cannot even talk to their state reps or senators in their respective districts.
To add to the insult firemen and police officers are not allowed to talk to city officials about work conditions, safety or equipment. So if you work for the city I live in you HAVE NO POLITICAL RIGHTS to free speech or association. The city is aggressively antiunion and no one is allowed to talk to anyone who is a union official in ANY capacity.
I have been to City Council meetings in the past and it is overwhelmingly Republican even though there are no labels. One meeting I went to about a Walmart people did not want was run like Nazi Germany. The Republicans who were in charge made it clear that they would tolerate NO dissent. And the room was very well endowed with police officers.
This situation is what GOP totalitarian rule looks like.
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