Maybe Bill James will show up at a City Council meeting to complain. Just a week after County Commissioner James made an ass of himself — *there’s a shock — during debate over the new county policy offering same-sex partner benefits, he’s being given another chance to shine. Mayor Foxx has let it be known that the City Council will soon begin discussing a similar policy for city employees, probably as early as next month.
It’s unclear at this time whether the council will also discuss benefits for heterosexual domestic partners, but we certainly hope they will, considering that such a policy, combined with same-sex partner benefits, would, you know, reflect present-day reality and all. Seriously, don’t put it past James to show up before City Council to argue that public policy should be a reflection of his own archaic, *Leave It To Beaver-based views. It ‘d be quite a show.
This article appears in Dec 22-28, 2009.
Bigger question is, why are taxpayers forced to pay for same-sex or even hetero benefits? Gov’t worker should get a small stipend and be part-time.
What about single people? why must they be forced to pay for the benefits of married folks?
I’d rather see James fight to cut tax-funded benefits to EVERYONE in local gov’t altogether rather than just gay bashing. Of course that is a principled stand that he cannot take. That is the essence of welfare statism.