This should should serve as a lesson to anyone who dares breach their government-designated free-speech zone:
A snowplow driver in Cleveland has been suspended from his job after displaying an anti-Bush sign.
When President Bush visited Cleveland this week, Michael Gerstenslager, a highway maintenance worker, was asked to help provide security for the president’s motorcade by using his snowplow to block access to a highway entrance, the Cleveland Plan Dealer reported.
Gerstenslager hung a sign on the side of the plow that said “traitor” � a message aimed at Mr. Bush.
A state trooper in the president’s motorcade saw the sign and reported it to the Ohio transportation department.
A spokeswoman for the agency says the driver has been suspended with pay while his actions are investigated.
Most units of government have laws banning any political activity – including wearing political buttons – while you’re on the job. Sorry, this guy’s a moron.
Thanks to civil service and union protection, he’ll get less than a day off without pay when it’s all said and done.
Nice blog btw. I like it.
Yes. The article didn’t elaborate, but that could be the reason for the suspension.
Funny, though, that someone in the motorcade reported him rather than one of his supervisors.