From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 21, 1974:

Lawrence city employees were restricted by policy from “political activities that would impair [their] performance as a city employe,” according to the city personnel rules and regulations. However, the written rules were not clear about the rights of city workers to speak as a citizen or professional in public. A recent incident the previous week in which long-range planner Martha Soler-Munczek had spoken before the Pinckney Neighborhood Association had rattled some at city hall. In her speech, Soler-Munczek had advised the association to prepare for upcoming meetings on the new city comprehensive plan. According to City Manager Buford Watson, who had met with Soler-Munczek and with planning director Dick McClanathan after Soler-Munczek’s speech, there were two items about her talk that had disturbed city officials: the recommendation that the neighbors plan, and references in the Journal-World story about the meeting to the controversial city maintenance garage.