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http://www.sptimes.com/20...ote_.shtml



Stanton revealed that he was a trangender man in the process of becoming a woman last week after the St. Petersburg times outed him.

The ramifications of this is that our city councel voted yesterday to fire him. You can leave your comments on the St. Petersburg times at the bottom of the article above.

I don't care if he is gay, straight, transgender, or a housequake member - people should not be fired for pursuing what they consider to be their true selves. It sends a truly sad message about Tampabay when this can happen. I mean, I'm ashamed we gave America Rhonda Storms, but this is truly sad. We could have been a progressive pioneering city--now we're just acting like the ignorant bastards that we are portrayed as being.

Whats your current fascination with like, jobs, and working, and firing, and stuff?

It's getting old, QUICK.

SureThing said:

If you can fag-hag this joint up, I can be a champion for workers rights!

Largo! means Go Away! in Spanish

Moving to P&R

Imago said:

In my org La La land, YOU are NOT a worker. So LAY OFF, the blue collar shit and go tanning or something.

He's on paid administrative leave right now, they still need to meet on the firing thing. From what I understand, if they do fire him, he can't do anything about it.

I'm unhappy at whatever friend was confided in and then ran and blabbed his mouth. That's some shitty move right there.

Well Well Well.

Looks like SOMEONE is sleeping with the Mods.

SureThing said:

jerseykrs said:

Dude, it makes me wonder if I'm living in world war II Germany. I mean, this is embarrassing. This will be on national news soon and human rights organizations are going to brand us.

Imago said:

Yup Florida is making a lot of bad press lately.

First ya's kill Anna Nicole, now THIS shit.

Imago said:

Oh, it's def. going national, and we will of course look like a bunch of uncaring fucks. Florida is sometimes too dumb to get out of its own way.

The sad part is the guy has done such a good job as city manager, he's been there for 14 years, and now his "colleagues" say they question his decision making. What does this have to do with his professional decision making process???

Trust me, I'm as skeptical as they come when it comes to topics like this, but I sure as hell don't believe in treating people like they are lepers.

Imago said:

If I get anything on it from HRC (Human Rights Campaign, I'm a member), I'll be sure to post it.

SureThing said:

We're hardcore honey!

First we're shooting German tourist, Then that little Elion Gonzolaz kid, then Miami Big8 riots, then Jessica Lunsford, then Terry Shivo, then this.

Imago said:

dude, how about the judge allowing that scumbag to COLOR with crayons during the trial?!?!?

How does that NOT sway the jury when they're making a case for the asshole being retarded??

jerseykrs said:

Fry him

Imago said:

well, I agree with that, but I'm just saying, for the judge to allow that shit, it again just speaks VOLUMES about this retarded state we call home.

Is that legal?

Sometimes I wonder about the US, actually I wonder quite a lot these days.

PREDOMINANT said:

Me too.

And yes, in florida it probably is.

CarrieMpls said:

that was my first thought too! i read this and thought well, there will be an e-mail from joe whatshisname soon.

CarrieMpls said:

unfortunately, there is no federal sexual orientation employment discrimination law, and only 17 states have private employment laws, and only 6 have public employment laws... florda is not in either category.

it's ridiculous.

cborgman said:

hahahahaha!

Joe sends me emails practially every day.

Imago said:

PREDOMINANT said:

Dude, you're friggen hot. I didn't realize how hot you were until the Huey post.




Anyways, The US sucks ass when it comes to equal rights. Human rights, we're fair to midland (compared to some other really gross violators of human rights), but when it comes to "equal rights" we suck ass.




My beef isn't a political beef. It's one about respect and decency. Why fire this man for being himself? This is embarassing!

They should have kept him on board, then they could have paid him less when he became a woman.

ya that sucks. I mean firing someone on the basis of their sexual orientation is not on.

it's a pretty serious issue for alot of ppl and it's prolly ruining lives cuz of this ignorance.

As a protest, all the people in Florida who support the fired city manager should change their sexes too!

Yikes! This is horrible!

Tom said:

as a woman this pisses me off

i think this speaks to the underlying notion of
people unwilling to let women hold office with power.

14 frickin years!! and now he's no good??