Thursday, September 20, 2012
Maplewood Councilman Tim Dunn, who introduced the ordinance, said the law wouldn't protect peeping-toms.
Maplewood Mayor James White gave a scenario at the Sept. 11 city council meeting of a male "convicted sexual pervert" opening shower curtains in a women's locker room if a law were passed prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. He said if it passed, that person would be protected. A Sept. 12 Patch article on the meeting prompted an article in the Riverfront Times on Sept. 13. The reporter called White for clarification on the ordinance, and he said the city manager said the document couldn't be released. After the council meeting, White, who spent 30 years as an officer with the St. Louis County Police and 10 years as Maplewood chief of police said it could happen. "That's the old policeman in me," White …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
An amendment to the city's code to include sexual orientation and gender identity regarding discrimination is to be tabled for the second meeting, despite the school board's position.
For the second meeting in a row, the Maplewood City Council has tabled an ordinance that would include sexual orientation and gender identity in various sections of the city's code regarding discrimination. The ordinance is on the agenda for the June 12 meeting, but the Public Agenda Notes for the meeting state that it is being requested to be tabled. Don't miss updates on this. Get the Maplewood-Brentwood Patch e-newsletter! That, in spite of Maplewood mayor James White and the city council having received a letter, dated June 6, from the Maplewood Richmond Heights school board that supports the city council in making the amendment. "We felt very strongly about it," said school board president Maria Langston. "It came up for a discussion…
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Councilman Tim Dunn brought it to the city council, and it was on the May 22 agenda, but was tabled. Some Maplewood residents weren't happy about that.
Will Maplewood join some nearby communities and add gender identity and sexual orientation to its non-discrimination policies? Councilman Shawn Faulkingham said on his Facebook page on March 28, that he was interested in adding those specifics to Maplewood's non-discrimination policies. Get the Maplewood-Brentwood Patch e-newsletter and keep up with this issue. He said Clayton, Richmond Heights, University City, Olivette and The Clayton School District now include that language to their non-discrimination definitions, and asked for feedback. He got five positive public responses and one negative to his question. “I think it is sad it even needs to be written,” Chrys Fincannon Kramer said. “(In my opinion) it should be a given. However, I …
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7:37 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Don't be ashamed of Maplewood. This was not representative of our community. Mayor White received very little support from the council members and even less from the large audience in attendance. These statements were made by one man - NOT our community. more ›