Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Human rights ordinance fails when borough council cannot overturn mayor's veto.
After nearly two hours of heated debate from a standing-room-only crowd, Hatboro Borough Council fell one vote shy of overturning Mayor Norm Hawkes' veto of an anti-discrimination ordinance. The issue attracted about 60 proponents and opponents of the ban. Hatboro resident Tim Newborn, who spoke in favor of the ordinance and shot video of Tuesday night's meeting, said the council's failure to override Hawkes' veto would create more "visibility" of the issue. In the end, "diversity will reign supreme," he said. Councilwoman Nancy Guenst, whose daughter is gay, had spearheaded the ordinance creation several months ago. Even though it has been applauded by the gay and lesbian community, Guenst said, "our ordinance does cover everyone." …
Monday, December 6, 2010
More interviews, and the final selections, will follow on Dec. 16.
Twelve applicants for Doylestown Borough's Human Relations Commission begin the interview process tonight in front of town leaders. The borough's personnel committee will begin interviewing candidates tonight at a meeting at borough hall at 7 p.m. The three-person committee consists of Don Berk, who is the chairman, and Dennis McCauley and Lou White. Other borough council members are expected to attend, as well. Interviews will continue on Thursday Dec. 16; council members are then expected to discuss the applicants and select those they'd like to appoint to the commission. The 12 applicants include borough residents Susan A. Gordon, Michael J. Loughran, Eric G. Marttila, Marlene Pray, Lisa Pretecrum, Nancy L. Reilly, Hayden Saunier, …
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Three of the 16 original applicants to Doylestown's new Human Relations Commission have been disqualified and a fourth still may be.
Three of the people who applied to sit on Doylestown Borough's new Human Relations Commission do not meet the residency or work requirements. A fourth also may not be eligible, borough manager John Davis said Wednesday. Town leaders are awaiting more information from that person. That leaves Doylestown with 12 confirmed applicants of the 16 who originally had applied to sit on the commission. Rules require that the commission members live or work in Doylestown Borough. One applicant's employer, Keenan Honda, is outside the borough border, and another didn't realize there was a residency/employment requirement, while a third "considers Doylestown his town and was hoping that sufficed," Davis said. The confirmed applicants include borough …
Ginny Davis
12:22 am on Friday, December 17, 2010
Pray tell, what do you mean "there is no cost"? This kind of thing slips into our communities with hardly any notice or effort and ends up robbing you of your right to have a differing opinion or thought. It's not a matter of any crime being committed here, but a usurping of power by these people who want to make a law against anyone disagreeing with their agenda. Why are they not content to live… more ›