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City government: Ethics Contract, is this common?
I have just learned that our appointed City Manager pressures all the council members and other city employees to sign an "ethics contract" that basically stipulates that no council member will ever publicly criticize or say anything negative about the city and the city's doings. He cannot literally force them to sign, from what I understand, but he applies a great deal of pressure and all do. Supposedly, it can be used against a council person to censure them if they step out-of-line, but that's hearsay, so I can't confirm that part.
This does not seem right to me, but before I jump on this I want to verify... is this a common and legit practice?
Thanks.
I have just learned that our appointed City Manager pressures all the council members and other city employees to sign an "ethics contract" that basically stipulates that no council member will ever publicly criticize or say anything negative about the city and the city's doings. He cannot literally force them to sign, from what I understand, but he applies a great deal of pressure and all do. Supposedly, it can be used against a council person to censure them if they step out-of-line, but that's hearsay, so I can't confirm that part.
This does not seem right to me, but before I jump on this I want to verify... is this a common and legit practice?
Thanks.