Originally Posted by
mnemia
Public officials should be responding to this kind of engaged citizen activism with enthusiasm, not by trying to shut it down. If they view it as such a threat, perhaps they should reevaluate whether public service is the right career for themselves. And perhaps they should learn to take some input.
This is how things played out here in NC; the public strongly sided in support of free speech. Here is an interesting follow-up column:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/05/...es-a-turn.html