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| Group: FAA bosses urged workers to vote Democrat |
| 2012-09-06 |
| [Real Clear Politics] A government transparency group is urging an investigation into Federal Aviation Administration managers who allegedly urged workers in Seattle to vote Democrat in the upcoming elections. The Washington, D.C.-based group Cause of Action sent a letter Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Transportation's inspector general saying that in May at a mandatory staff meeting in Seattle, two senior FAA managers told employees that if Republicans win the presidential and congressional elections, the agency would face budget cuts. They allegedly said that if Democrats win, their budget would remain largely unchanged. One of the managers is alleged to have said that "Republican politicians wished to cut the budget of the FAA, while Democratic politicians intended to keep the FAA budget at the same or similar levels as in recent years. Any cuts in the FAA budget would lead to furloughs, job losses, and pay reductions among FAA employees," the Cause of Action complaint said. Employees at the meeting complained that the statements felt like a threat. Cause of Action argues that the managers violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits certain federal employees from engaging in partisan politics at the workplace. A FAA comment was not immediately available. "These career employees were led to believe their jobs were at risk if their political support did not line up with the agenda of the Administration," said Daniel Epstein, executive director of the group. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 ...they can spruce up the John Mitchell memorial wing in the Bureau of Prisons or just alert the Islas MarÃas Federal Prison in Mexico. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-09-06 20:39 |
| #6 OS, it could be prosecuted in January, after Holder is no longer AG |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-09-06 16:32 |
| #5 And this will be "prosecuted" by the Holder justice department? Yeah right. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2012-09-06 16:09 |
| #4 How Stalinist. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-09-06 13:49 |
| #3 I'm sure defense-related employees (service & civilian & supply mfg) are fully aware their continued employment and pay expectations are better with a trunk administration. Likewise, most other government employees (& entitlement beneficiaries) are aware of their better prospects under a donk administration. The big boys (Wall Street etc.) hedge their bets by 'buying stock' in both trunk and donk administrations. The sad thing is that the above groups now outnumber actual taxpayers. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-09-06 09:33 |
| #2 Wonder how people [Donks and their sockpuppet MSM] would act if a general marched his troops to a formation and said if they didn't vote Trunk that they'd probably face significant cuts and jobs loses? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-09-06 08:24 |
| #1 That was in May. I'm sure it never happened again. Besides, everyone knows the people don't really elect Republicans. They are all teleported in from Kamino. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2012-09-06 06:15 |