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trans2009-11-19 07:24 am
pikake.livejournal.com) wrote in trans2009-11-19 07:24 am
tampa, fl - transgender city ordinance vote today
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33989300/ns/local_news-tampa_fl/
http://blogs.tampabay.com/baybuzz/2009/11/transgender-issue-fills-tampa-city-council-inboxes.html
"Transgender issue fills Tampa City Council in-boxes"
With the Tampa City Council set to take a final vote tomorrow on expanding its human rights ordinance to protect "gender identity and expression," opponents of the move are sending a barrage of e-mails to council members. Council member Mary Mulhern has received more than 1,891 e-mails blasting the measure since the board preliminarily approved the new language on Nov. 5, according to Mulhern's aide. She has received only 354 in support of the change. Other council members have received a similar number of e-mails. Council member Joseph Caetano, though, has received fewer than 500 e-mails. Caetano initially cast the lone vote against the expanded protections, but later changed his vote.
Many of the e-mails are coming from outside the city and even Hillsborough County, with a handful coming from other states. And many are form e-mails distributed by David Caton, executive director of the Florida Family Association, to his supporters. The vote is scheduled for 9:30 a.m.
Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer
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BLAH. so this might be a really intense day. i plan on attending this meeting in about an hour and a half, and i plan on speaking out in favor of the expanded ordinance. any last minute words of wisdom for me from those who are up and on here?
i have a pretty good idea what i am going to speak about and how i am going to say it. i also have lots of experience lobbying and speaking out at these kinds of meetings. with that said:
specific talking points are what i am looking for, as well as just general ones on how to like, not freak out at the prospect of being in a giant room full of what will probably be some seriously hateful people
i am posting one of the news segments behind the cut. *sigh* .. we've got so far to go....
http://blogs.tampabay.com/baybuzz/2009/11/transgender-issue-fills-tampa-city-council-inboxes.html
"Transgender issue fills Tampa City Council in-boxes"
With the Tampa City Council set to take a final vote tomorrow on expanding its human rights ordinance to protect "gender identity and expression," opponents of the move are sending a barrage of e-mails to council members. Council member Mary Mulhern has received more than 1,891 e-mails blasting the measure since the board preliminarily approved the new language on Nov. 5, according to Mulhern's aide. She has received only 354 in support of the change. Other council members have received a similar number of e-mails. Council member Joseph Caetano, though, has received fewer than 500 e-mails. Caetano initially cast the lone vote against the expanded protections, but later changed his vote.
Many of the e-mails are coming from outside the city and even Hillsborough County, with a handful coming from other states. And many are form e-mails distributed by David Caton, executive director of the Florida Family Association, to his supporters. The vote is scheduled for 9:30 a.m.
Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer
+++
BLAH. so this might be a really intense day. i plan on attending this meeting in about an hour and a half, and i plan on speaking out in favor of the expanded ordinance. any last minute words of wisdom for me from those who are up and on here?
i have a pretty good idea what i am going to speak about and how i am going to say it. i also have lots of experience lobbying and speaking out at these kinds of meetings. with that said:
specific talking points are what i am looking for, as well as just general ones on how to like, not freak out at the prospect of being in a giant room full of what will probably be some seriously hateful people
i am posting one of the news segments behind the cut. *sigh* .. we've got so far to go....