Gladwin mayor challenges city administrator contract clause, calls it a ‘gag order’

Gladwin Mayor Sarah Kile says a city administrator’s contract provision restricts elected officials’ free speech and government transparency.

GLADWIN, Mich. — Gladwin Mayor Sarah Kile is challenging a provision in the city administrator’s contract that she says restricts elected officials from criticizing the administrator and prevents them from freely discussing how city government operates.

The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation issued a demand letter on Kile’s behalf challenging a non-dispara…