tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post6420824326407351717..comments2023-05-25T06:44:40.265-05:00Comments on The Motley Cow: The ethics complaint against Ald. Vrana.Mpetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-406517481931040292009-06-04T17:35:59.528-05:002009-06-04T17:35:59.528-05:00Vrana's constitutionally-protected free speech...Vrana's constitutionally-protected free speech rights as an individual are distinct (both in practice and as a matter of law) from his duties as an elected official. This is codified in the city's own code of ethics:<br /><br />They are bound to<br />uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this State and carry out<br />impartially the laws of the nation, State and the City and to observe in their official acts the<br />highest standards of morality and to discharge faithfully the duties of their office <b>regardless<br />of personal considerations,</b> recognizing that the public interest must be their prime concern.Concerned West Bend Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269774099507336969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-79266259359272525812009-06-03T17:39:42.724-05:002009-06-03T17:39:42.724-05:00Yes, we do champion free speech in library books. ...Yes, we do champion free speech in library books. Mr. Vrana has his right of free speech too. When Mr. Vrana is Ald. Vrana he is bound by laws of all elected officials. He took a oath to uphold those laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-4083085799111404542009-06-03T13:20:47.284-05:002009-06-03T13:20:47.284-05:00Ald Vrana has the right to say anything he likes.....Ald Vrana has the right to say anything he likes... but there are standards against which free speech can be judged. In the case of the library, there's all that Constitutional case law which restricts all sorts of things -- child pornography, for instance, is not protected by the First Amendment. Ald Vrana's comments can be judged by the standards of the city's code of ethics.<br /><br />Which is what they'll do.<br /><br />Where's the double standard?Mpetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-11264824472608741142009-06-03T11:30:31.456-05:002009-06-03T11:30:31.456-05:00We champion free speech in the name of library boo...We champion free speech in the name of library books, yet when the same free speech is applied to what the alderman has to say, somebody that disagrees with his comments files a complaint. Guess there is a double standard. Vote the alderman out of office if you don't like him, but he has free speech rights as well.PaulyWnoreply@blogger.com