Posted on 03/27/2016 12:43:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
As predictably as the arrival of the seasons, San Francisco decided to jump into the debate over North Carolina’s new privacy law less than 48 hours after it was signed. Rather than commenting on it or criticizing the message, the city elders decided to punish North Carolina by banning any official government travel to the state except in cases where it can’t be avoided.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said in a statement Friday he doesn’t want any city workers to travel to North Carolina unless necessary in wake of its legislation which blocks anti-discrimination for gay, lesbian and transgender people.
“We are standing united as San Franciscans to condemn North Carolina’s new discriminatory law that turns back the clock on protecting the rights of all Americans including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals,” Lee said in the statement.
“Effective immediately, I am directing City Departments under my authority to bar any publicly-funded City employee travel to the State of North Carolina that is not absolutely essential to public health and safety.”
Thus far there hasn’t been any official response from Raleigh as to how the heartbroken citizens of the Tarheel State will get over this devastating loss.
It’s no surprise that a single city had to do this via executive fiat. If this type of initiative had any legs outside of the City by the Bay they wouldn’t have even needed to do it. The state of California already took up legislation banning such travel earlier this year but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Of course, that bill was geared more toward Indiana, but would be inclusive of any states or cities which the Left Coast deemed insufficiently politically correct.
The funny thing is that when it comes to their own actions on the “transgender” bathroom issue, even San Francisco didn’t pass a law nearly as intrusive as the Charlotte ordinance. Theirs only mandates the inclusion of “gender neutral” bathrooms, locker rooms and showers which anyone can use, rather than insisting that men be allowed to use any single-gender women’s facility the way it was supposed to happen in Charlotte. The reason for the irony here is that the San Francisco legislation, while still falling somewhat under the You Will Be Made to Care doctrine, at least provides for privacy while making allowances for those looking for more non-conformist facilities. Had the mayor of Charlotte gone the same route they likely wouldn’t have faced the type of backlash they saw from the Governor’s office and various citizen groups and churches.
How much effect will this travel ban have on the North Carolina economy? Well, somebody might have to cut back on their office coffee budget this year to make up for it, but not much beyond that. This is just the SJW making the same noises they always do when they wrest control of an entire city. From establishing sanctuary city status for illegal alien felons to shutting down the last gun shop within the city limits, San Fran is just going to be San Fran. It’s a dog bites man story.
LOL!
I’ve banned travel to SF for about 30 years now.
Wow, is that all that needed to be done?
The AIDS capitol of the US will force its people to not visit your state? That’s a complete “win!”
Netflix is going off on NC too.
I cancelled today.
lousy selection anyway.
here’s an idea for a company. ST# up and just sell what you sell.
At this point, the best outcome this nation can hope for is an amicable divorce with federal government that has been effectively neutered in the country I would like to live in. Of course, that country will have to make certain it is geared up to deal with the inevitable invasion coming from the people’s republic on the other side of the border.
Or NYC.
Pee on the street.
Its called Fascism. San Franciscan Fascism
Thinking about NY streets.
Are the Male and Female streets to pee on?
Or gender neurtal streets to pee on?
Do they go by the street name?
Washington, Gay, Cabrini?
Or do Queers pee on Odd street addresses?
When exactly, was the last time an “official” from San Fran went to North Carolina? And why?
Rite - go pee on Gracie mansion , I guess its now legal !
Go Figure !
Call it freedom of speech !
Or freedom of voiding on the incontinent and imbicile
With the result that there will be a measurable lessening of sexually transmitted diseases in North Carolina.
San Francisco and a few other cities managed to get Indiana to cave on this issue last year. I hope NC doesn’t cave also.
From a city where we can all pee in the street.
Is it racist to pee on Martin Luther King boulevard?
Gee...isn’t the Left the first to rail against “Collective Punishment”?
North Carolina should simply declare through law or executive order that use of any state funds, directly or indirectly may not be used for travel to tany state, city, or municipality that bans travel to the state of North Carolina. Further, any business that public ally speaks out against laws of the state of North Carolina are banned from doing business with the state. Firms such as Apple, Delta, CocaCola and most cities would drop the ban in short time.
Pee and Poop too.
Equal opportunity.
Damned if I’d let the city of SF tell me where I could or couldn’t go, just because I was a city employee. I’d be booking a vacation to NC as we speak and making sure my boss knew where I was going!
When exactly, was the last time an “official” from San Fran went to North Carolina? And why?
= = =
Well, they used to charter a jet, during congressional breaks, just to go to NC to pee.
That will all stop now.
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