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| Emily Kane |
From KOB-TV.com - By: Mike Daniels, KOB Eyewitness News 4 - Emily Kane is used to fighting fires. Now the Albuquerque fire captain is fighting City Hall. Kane is running for state legislature, but the City has thrown down the gauntlet - either forget about running or leave the department. Kane is not backing down. "We don't have the working class common class perspective that I wanted to bring to the legislature," Kane said. This year, Kane decided to run as a Democrat in the June primary to fill the vacant State House District 15 seat. "Why wouldn't a fire fighter run for office, why wouldn't someone like me, a public servant all my live, serve in the legislature." In March, the City of Albuquerque said not so fast and warned Kane she could not run and was violating her job duties. "City employees can't run for office, while a city employee. Ms. Kane has been told that," said Rebecca Wardlaw, an Albuquerque assistant city attorney. In 1989, voters passed a city charter making it illegal for a city employee to hold a state elected office. City policy went a step further with a personnel rule, prohibiting even running for state office. "There are rationales like conflict of interest and funding your own job." On Thursday, Kane will ask a judge for a temporary order so the city cannot discipline or fire her. She said her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights are being violated. "I just don't want the fact that I’m a candidate to affect my employment." Read more
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