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11-01-2004, 02:26 AM
Remarks Violated Hatch Act, Employee Union Alleges
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 1, 2004; Page A19
A former Bush campaign adviser who appeared in an ad by a veterans group criticizing Democrat John F. Kerry made inappropriate partisan remarks to federal employees during a September training session at a Veterans Affairs office, a federal employee union contends.
The American Federation of Government Employees says comments by retired Air Force Col. Ken Cordier during a mandatory training session on prisoner-of-war issues violated the Hatch Act, which restricts political activity in the federal workplace. The union last week asked the Office of Special Counsel to investigate the Sept. 22 incident at the VA regional office in Waco, Tex.
Employees were told that Cordier, a pilot and former POW in North Vietnam, would not raise partisan matters during his talk, Mark D. Roth, the union's general counsel, wrote in a letter Oct. 26 to Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch.
But when Cordier took questions, "his comments included statements about scumbags who threw their medals over the fence, that the Democratic Party was the 'peace' party, as if that were a derogatory title," Roth wrote.
Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14370-2004Oct31.html)
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By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 1, 2004; Page A19
A former Bush campaign adviser who appeared in an ad by a veterans group criticizing Democrat John F. Kerry made inappropriate partisan remarks to federal employees during a September training session at a Veterans Affairs office, a federal employee union contends.
The American Federation of Government Employees says comments by retired Air Force Col. Ken Cordier during a mandatory training session on prisoner-of-war issues violated the Hatch Act, which restricts political activity in the federal workplace. The union last week asked the Office of Special Counsel to investigate the Sept. 22 incident at the VA regional office in Waco, Tex.
Employees were told that Cordier, a pilot and former POW in North Vietnam, would not raise partisan matters during his talk, Mark D. Roth, the union's general counsel, wrote in a letter Oct. 26 to Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch.
But when Cordier took questions, "his comments included statements about scumbags who threw their medals over the fence, that the Democratic Party was the 'peace' party, as if that were a derogatory title," Roth wrote.
Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14370-2004Oct31.html)
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