Gale, your opinion is shared by many of us in the museum world and in other
workplaces.
    There is no justification for search without cause, regardless of the legal
manipulations that have allowed this abhorrent practice to proliferate.
Furthermore, if we continue to tolerate the practice, administration types will
expand their usurped authority until we have no influence in our own workplaces.
    "Resist much, obey little."

    Michael A. Lewis
    Fairbanks, Alaska

Exhibits Department wrote:

> At 07:10 AM 5/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Many if not most of the people in the private sector have been subject to
> >drug testing for years. As is the military. Other places are just now
> >getting around to implementing the policy.
>
> That doesn't make it right.
>
> It's not like we make lots of money to be treated like common criminals. If
> it's being done randomly it is indeed a slap in the face-"you're doing a
> great job, hey, let's see if we can catch you doing something..." If there's
> a problem with somebody's performance, deal with the problem on an
> individual basis, not by insulting the reputation of everyone on the workforce.
>
> This opinion is entirely my own.
>
> Gale Motter                          E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> Creative Exhibits Designer
> Bays Mountain Park
> 853 Bays Mountain Park Road
> Kingsport, Tenn. 37660
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