The Authority To Hang Or Not To Hang

“This was a "no-brainer" decision for Gormley or any competent administrator: tell Perrotti that he has no authority to take down pictures in a public building and tell him to put the picture back on the wall.”

If Middlebury Fire Chiefs have no authority to take pictures off the wall at Fire HQ then it should hold true that they do not have the authority to put them up either.  Since Chief Ed St. John put his own picture up on the wall, then it must come down, because he had no authority to put it up in the first place.

I guess it is only certain Chiefs who have the authority to decorate the Firehouse, and others do not.  This is a perfect example of why the BOS should have stayed out of the matter.