ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) An Enfield education official is coming under fire after a photo of Abraham Lincoln was posted on his Facebook page with the caption ``Haven't seen the democrats this mad since we took away their slaves.''

WVIT-TV reports the photo was published last week on the personal Facebook page of Board of Education Chairman Tom Sirard.

Sirard, a Republican, said he couldn't meet with the station.

John Foxx says he felt the post was offensive and helped organize a petition calling for Sirard's resignation. Foxx says teachers and educators have to respect ``a certain level of decorum'' and elected officials should too.

J.R. Romano, the head of the state's Republican Party, spoke on Sirard's behalf, saying the petition's organizers are trying to create a controversy where there isn't any.