Comments on: If You Comment Here On Popehat, Kiss That Sweet City Job With Bozeman Goodbye

By: susano

susano — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:42:15 +0000

Oh, and, BTW – I just found your site through a forum link. “Popehat” – ROLF!

By: susano

susano — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:40:32 +0000

Uh, there’s some law, US Code to do with civil rights, that could be used to sue and punish this little commu-fascist prick, city attorney Greg Sullivan. Though I can’t recall what it is, it requires something like a 10,000 fine and 10 years in prison for anyone depriving of you of your civil rights. It’s aimed at government workers. A lawsuit should be initiated to put an end to this.

I’m stunned this flies in Montana, the same state that just told the feds to take a hike on gun laws. I would have pegged Montana as one of the first states to seceed, when THAT starts happening. How they allow this little twerp to get away with this is very odd.

Fire his ass and everyone involved in coming up with these intrusive and unconstitutional requirements.

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:51:58 +0000

Update: apparently Bozeman has a sense of shame or, at least, electoral fear.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:52:47 +0000

Wareham, Mass. has an interesting little scandal going on now, in which the selectmen ordered an audit of all town computers in order to find out who’s been posting on sites critical of the administration. There’s all kinds of drama — alleged Open Meeting law violations, accidental web casting/illegal bugging of an executive session, citizens escorted out of meeting by police — but my favorite so far is one selectman calling a reporter an asshole and a hit man for daring to report that the selectman owes over $180,000 in tax liens.

I think they’re trying the same thing as Bozeman but after the fact. Silly selectmen.

By: Linus

Linus — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:52:39 +0000

“No one has ever removed his or her name from consideration for a job due to the request, “Sullivan added. “At least that we know of. I mean, we don’t probe too deeply into reasons people don’t call us back. And I’m not counting all the people that we decided we didn’t want anyway after they told us they wouldn’t work for us. Because those people were not technically ‘in consideration’.”

This is what I actually read when someone makes such a bullcrap claim.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:30:43 +0000

That’s interesting, Roberta. Do you mean a separate log in for every City computer you use, or any computer period?

By: Roberta

Roberta — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:29:02 +0000

Bozeman also requires you to have an individual log in to every computer you use so that they can track your internet usage while working for the city.

By: CyberLizard

CyberLizard — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:22:31 +0000

How did you know about my Japanese bondage mags?!?

By: Max Power

Max Power — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:31:52 +0000

Good point GregS. And in doing so they may be guilty of a federal crime thanks to the Lori Drew case. Huzzah!

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:31:31 +0000

I think it is time that this was challenged in a court of law. Evidently, they have been doing this for several years. Why are we just hearing about this now? And are other fascist-city-states doing this?

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:53:13 +0000

This is why I never use my real name on blogs!

By: GregS

GregS — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:18:30 +0000

Most social networking sites, in their terms and conditions, prohibit you from sharing your login details with third parties. So Bozeman is making violation of a contract you signed into a condition of employment.

By: GregS

GregS — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:16:06 +0000

While they’re at it, why doesn’t Bozeman also require you to give them a copy of your house key so they can send someone around to look through your underwear drawer and those boxes at the back of your basement? After all, that stash of Japanese bondage magazines that you’ve got rolled up in the back of your closet is probably no less “relevant” to your suitability for employment than are your personal details on that dating site you belong to, or your wall comments on facebook.