This a copy of the E-mail I sent Jay Miller Executive Director of the ACLU of Illinois:

Dear Mr. Miller,

I have a web site (/ ) in which I discuss situation at my work place as I see it. I do not claim that My take on the events I talk about are truth I only voice my opinion. Now I do have, I admit, a very outrageous opinion on things. And If you look into my web site you will see every thing that I have posted up to today(09/27/98).

Ok, here’s the question, my problem is that on the morning of the 26th of this month I was told by the General Manager Of my Hotel that if I continued to post what he called “pertinent hotel information” that I could be fired. And when I asked the General Manager what his definition of “pertinent hotel information” was and if that included my opinion he stated that “If you want to put your opinion on your web site then you can use your web site to look for a new job.”

So this is my dilemma. Can I not write about my experiences at work? When I do write about work I only refer to the people that are my friends by first name. Those I don’t trust or if they are managers at the hotel I only refer to them by job titles. Now I think that I’m being wronged. I do believe that I am entitled to freedom of speech and press? Or am I wrong and these ideals do not mean anything in today’s day and age. I would think that this is something our forefathers had in mind when they created the constitution. Because in essence I am running a underground newspaper and I am being attacked by the fascists in charge.

So to end this letter I again state that I do not believe that I am doing anything wrong. So please if you can help please reply as soon as you can. I do not like to think that my personnel freedoms are being oppressed by the fascists I work for.

Thank you for your time.

Turk

I let everyone know if I hear back from them.