April 1, 2010

Gender neutrality sought for city charter

The city charter, written a century ago, lays out the duties of the mayor with the assumption that mayors are men.In Section 16 of the charter, which details the mayor’s duties, it says, “He shall preside ... he shall have the power ... he shall exercise ... he may ... he shall sign ...” and so on a couple of dozen times.
For Jim Hopkins, a member of the Charter Revision Commission, it’s time to update the wording.
He said he doesn’t want his granddaughter to read the city government’s blueprint and come to the conclusion that the mayor “has to be a man.”  Click here for the story.


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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

This lady was a nut when she ran for BOE and she's still a nut

Anonymous said...

Sounds like old Rome: Nero fiddling while Rome burned.

And these people vote???

Hope, Hope, Hope said...

2:05 - are you referring to Ryding-away? We can only hope.

Anonymous said...

he/she .......

maybe the smelly sneaker winner should be the mayor. ;-)

Whine, whine said...

9:03 - HOPE THAT SHE DOES

Anonymous said...

Isn't she a player on the Democrat Town Committee?

i a loser, 2 a loser said...

7:15 - she thinks that she is but hasn't done anything but mimic the thoughts of that uschinski guy who was kicked off the charter commission. 2 losers.

all roads lead ????? said...

this ridingwhale woman needs to take the first commuter bus leaving bristol in the morning and get out of town