If so are they in violation of the Hatch Act after they've been elected one term and decide to run again?
2007-11-16 10:13:56 · 8 answers · asked by Nes Fan 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The reason I feel they may be federal employees is that they do in fact work for the United States Goverment.
2007-11-16 10:19:43 · update #1
They are neither federal nor state employees. Technically, they are not employees, they are elected officials and serve and are paid by the municipality. City candidates can be in violation of the Hatch Act if the facts are rights. A candidate for council in my city violated the Hatch Act because he was an air traffic controller. They are not in violation of the Hatch Act because they were elected for one term and decide to run again. They are in violation of the Hatch Act only if they are also federal employees.
2007-11-16 10:32:07 · answer #1 · answered by David M 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No, they are not. They work for the municipality that elected them. A city/county is a subdivision of the State government, not the Federal government. They are more closely related to being State employees. That is not really true either because they are not paid out of the State budget, but from the local budget. Most of their salary would come from local property taxes.
2007-11-16 10:52:57 · answer #2 · answered by rac 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are City Employees. They work for the city in which they were elected Mayor.
2007-11-16 10:33:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mayors are heads of city government, so they are city employees. They do not answer to anyone other then the people of the city they represent - not federal, or state.
2007-11-16 10:18:04 · answer #4 · answered by Beau 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What would make you think that they are a federal employee? They are an elected offical for a municipality (eg: local govt.).
2007-11-16 10:18:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think they would be considered a state employee
2007-11-16 10:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by leeyo32 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
They are state or civil employees
2007-11-16 10:18:42 · answer #7 · answered by QBeing 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
No thet are not and have no term limits.
2007-11-16 10:21:47 · answer #8 · answered by Jan Luv 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋