Columbia lawyer Clarke Ahlers, who recently battled Howard County Police Chief Wayne Livesay in court, said he believes Livesay, by running for a County Council seat, is violating the federal Hatch Act, which prohibits county employees from running for partisan office if they oversee federal funds.
“What we have is a police chief who is running for County Council and is using his position to censor political speech unless it comes through him,” Ahlers said.
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