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| Teaneck Firemen Told To Remove 9/11 Stickers |
| 08.25.05 (12:12 pm) [edit] |
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Aug 25, 2005 6:34 am US/Eastern (1010 WINS) (TEANECK, N.J.) Teaneck firefighters have been told to remove stickers -- even the ones remembering nine-eleven -- from their helmets. Township Manager Helene Fall says the policy does not permit personal adornments on township property and prevents employees from wearing anything that might be considered offensive. The only thing that is permitted is an American flag sticker that the township provided. Teaneck fire officers union president Mike Hunter tells The Record of Bergen County the order is ridiculous. Many of the firefighters helped search through debris at ground zero after the terrorist attacks. Fall says the union can submit a request to wear a particular sticker. http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_stor y_236072340.html" title="http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_stor y_236072340.html" target="_blank"http://1010wins.com/topstorie... |
posted by: gesn (reply)
post date: 08.26.05 (7:36 am)
This report seems like a correct enforcement of a standing policy with a process included to allow exceptions to it.
Seems like a pretty non-issue bit of news to me.
posted by: mblog (reply)
post date: 09.15.05 (9:08 am)
If the local government incorporates the stickers into the standards, then they would be advocating policy, identifying themselves, and expressing an innocuous but potent statement. While those terms may seem incongruent, the statement would be innocuous in the sense that it's completely non-offensive, but also powerful for obvious reasons. It would be sensible for them to consider that.
If they leave it up to the individual fire fighters to use their helmets as a venue for personal expression, then they would be in no position to pick and choose. A fire fighter with a KKK sticker or a Hitler sticker would have the same right as somebody who wishes to commemorate 9/11. It's reasonable for a local government to dictate how a firefighter dresses, with exceptions for reasonable accommodation of their religions.
posted by: mblog (reply)
post date: 09.15.05 (9:08 am)
If the local government incorporates the stickers into the standards, then they would be advocating policy, identifying themselves, and expressing an innocuous but potent statement. While those terms may seem incongruent, the statement would be innocuous in the sense that it's completely non-offensive, but also powerful for obvious reasons. It would be sensible for them to consider that.
If they leave it up to the individual fire fighters to use their helmets as a venue for personal expression, then they would be in no position to pick and choose. A fire fighter with a KKK sticker or a Hitler sticker would have the same right as somebody who wishes to commemorate 9/11. It's reasonable for a local government to dictate how a firefighter dresses, with exceptions for reasonable accommodation of their religions.
