spoke out at county commission meetings and wrote letters and columns in local newspapers about a variety of topics, including landfill user rates, the cost of obtaining county documents from the county, alleged violations by the county commission of the Kansas Open Meetings Act, and a number of alleged improprieties, including mismanagement of taxpayer money, by the county road and bridge department. Defendants Joe McClure, Glen Heiser, and George Spencer were all members of the Wabaunsee County Commission in 1990, when the commission voted to terminate the contract with Mr. Umbehr. Mr. Spencer and Mr. Heiser voted for termination, whereas Mr. McClure voted against termination. In fact, the attempted termination was not valid, and the contract continued for another 66 (N.D.Ill.1992) (<HOLDING>); see also Lundblad v. Celeste, 874 F.2d 1097,
holding that independent contractor claiming termination of contract in retaliation for petition was not protected by first amendment holding that independent contractor claiming denial of public contract because of political affiliation was not protected by first amendment holding that independent contractor claiming termination of contract because of political affiliation not protected by first amendment holding that independent contractor claiming termination of contract because of lobbying and other political activities not protected by first amendment holding that independent contractor claiming loss of and denial of contracts because of political affiliation was not protected by first amendment