Sigh.  Another skirmish in the on-going battle to convince public officials that they work for the people, in the broadest of terms.

County attorney official to get counseling for language

Eugene Scott
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 1, 2006 12:00 AM

The spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office will be counseled and possibly reprimanded for "inappropriate" language in an e-mail exchange with an Arizona State University professor.

Bill FitzGerald, the county attorney's public information officer, and Stephen Doig, an ASU journalism professor, were discussing whether journalism students should have the right to attend the press conferences of County Attorney Andrew Thomas.

For more see http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1201dispute1201.html