A Chattanooga City Council employee who went to a Ted Cruz rally last week on city time said he’ll use leave time to square things with taxpayers.
Council legislative analyst Thomas Tansil said he was asked to offer the Pledge of Allegiance at the Aug. 10 political rally because he served with some of the five servicemen who were killed during the July 16 attack at the U.S. Naval and Marine Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway.
On Tuesday, he said he didn’t intend to break any rules or do anything inappropriate.
“I was asked to go. If it’s a matter of leave, then I’ll just submit leave and let that be the end of it,” Tansil said.
But Councilman Moses Freeman has asked the city attorney’s office to investigate. It’s his understanding that Councilman Larry Grohn, who also attended the rally, told Tansil to come.