To Wallace Gibson, I'm going to share what my Uncle said to me about all this:
"One's greatness can be defined by one decision....No matter how many good decisions and actions Mayor Tom Hanel has made up to two nights ago, are nullified by his decision to not support NDO. Rosa Parks made one critical decision - to not give up her seat on the bus. Governor George Wallace stood in the doorway at the University of Alabama vowing "segregation forever". I'm sorry, rhetoric, rationale can't cover up the decision that the Mayor and the City Council made. I am optimistic that the NDO will eventually be supported. But, the Mayor and the Council's feet should be held to the fire for in my opinion, a vote for discrimination and hatred."
As I read comments left in response to Tom Hanel's vote. I see very little that makes me believe anyone who voted for the NDO. Has even a slight clue who they work for or for that matter why. There are already plenty of laws on the books to take care of discrimination. Now comes along a loose knit group with little to gain. Other then to cry discrimination every time they get a hang nail. My hats off to Tom Hanel for standing his ground & voting against these degenerates. I couldn't imagine some ass deciding he's a transvestite for the day. And using the same bathroom as my wife/daughter/or grand daughter. For this tiny, tiny fraction of degenerates I hope you learned your lesson and go somewhere else.
IMHO * 1 vote will not STOP the discrimination. It will add a layer of bureaucracy between the housing providers and community it is designed to assist....there needs to be dialogue on the real issues including the financial rammifications of a tenancy!