Public employees. Less than half of the states include state employees in their definitions of public official and of those, most only include high-level employees. Effective June 2008, Illinois added sworn law enforcement or peace officers to their definition. Excluding legislators.
Definition of dogwood winter. South & Midland. : a brief spell of wintry weather in spring.
The flower buds on this dogwood develop over the summer and if you prune the tree in later summer or fall, you cut off the buds and the tree won't flower next spring. That's the main reason reason that the best time to prune spring-flowering trees and shrubs is just after they finish blooming.