3/8/16 – Tomas Strouhal just wanted to openly support Donald Trump.
The 23-year-old Quarryville resident put a Trump bumper sticker on his 2003 Chrysler Sebring and hung up a newspaper clipping inside his locker at the Leola post office, where he works.
But Strouhal’s employer took issue with them. Citing the Hatch Act, which governs political activity by federal employees, his supervisor said the “Trump: Make America Great Again” bumper sticker must go if his car is parked in the post office parking lot.
USPS backed down after a few days when they realized the rules allow one bumper sticker, even if the car is parked at the post office.
The Leola post office deferred comment to postal service spokeswoman Karen Mazurkiewicz. She referred to a 2011 letter from the postal service’s ethics department that reads, in part, “If the car is parked on postal or other government property, the Hatch Act limits to one the number of visible bumper stickers that can be placed on the vehicle.”
Strouhal thinks it was his support of Trump, rather than some other candidate, that ticked off his supervisor. According to Strouhal, it’s caused his co-workers to treat him differently and have a general “attitude” toward him.
“(Trump) is not a politician,” Strouhal said. “He’s a normal, working-class American, and my views are just like his.”
True.
Been there, done that. They hate it when Govt, union employees support GOP candidates. Fact is, 37% of union members vote GOP.
Bill – you hit the nail on the head. Rick