There's nothing ethical about a government body that disregards the free speech rights of private citizens while breaking the law themselves.
The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission today spit in the face of the law they have been sworn to up hold. The commission today declined to award Kris VanMeteren, a Topeka activist who was unlawfully sanctioned by the Commission, $17,500 in real damages. There has never been a more clear case in recent memory where a government body has gone out of its way to trample the free speech rights of a private citizen.
While it comes as no surprise that the Commission is not interested in the least in enforcing the law without bias, it is rewarding to know that now Mr. Van Meteren is free to pursue direct and indirect costs in federal court. While the Commission may think they are the supreme law of the land in Kansas, their kangaroo court tactics won’t hold up in front of a federal judge.
The full press release and letter to the Commission is below. It is a Scribd document, just click the square at the top right of the document to enlarge it.
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