Note to public officials throughout the state: It’s not appropriate to use government e-mail addresses for campaign purposes.
Every time I start thinking that goes without saying, someone proves me wrong.
This time it’s Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield, who, according to the Clovis News Journal, asked a secretary to forward an e-mail to city commissioners inviting them to a fundraiser she is hosting on Friday for Lt. Gov. Diane Denish’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign.
It’s also not appropriate, by the way, to ask your government employees to do such political work for you.
The mayor was quoted by the newspaper as saying she “didn’t know” she couldn’t use government e-mail for campaign purposes.
“I sent it out,” she said of the e-mail. “It’s my fault, I’m learning. I don’t know what else to say.”
“I won’t do that again,” she added.
Good.