Council Speaker Says She Would ‘Definitely Look At’ Gender Quota In City Government

New York Observer ^ | May 20, 2016 | Will Bredderman

[OddLane]

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said today that she would “consider” proposing a law mandating that the local legislature contain a minimum number of women.

Days after rolling out a $20 million plan to recruit more young women into city agencies and civic life, the speaker appeared on the Brian Lehrer show to lament underrepresentation of her gender in government. Ms. Mark-Viverito is one of just 14 female members of the 51-member Council—down from 18 a decade ago—and one of five term-limited in 2017.

She was receptive to the notion of a quota, which a number of countries in Europe, Africa and Asia have implemented in their national parliaments.

[MTsumi]

That’s easy, all the men can identify as a woman. Problem solved.

[BenLurkin]

[freedumb2003]

After sex, comes racial and LGBT quotas..

Too bad they are unable to just win elections — they are weak and enfeebled and need a big ass on the scale. Living the stereotype.

[drypowder]

she's obviously not a muslim

[AppyPappy]

Exactly. I’m surprised no one thought of it.

[lesko]

It’s that hyphenated name again

[LostPassword]

Will all 50-some genders have a representative? They could charge for streaming those meetings - not all of those “genders” agree with each other or even accept each other. My guess is that the conservative man (if allowed) would look exceedingly sane no matter what he says. I’m sure they will allow one “normal” man since they need someone to blame. And everyone else on the council will say he’s nuts but anyone watching will agree with him over the rest on most issues.

And there may be lots of fines as council members use the wrong pronoun in addressing each other.

[2banana]

Why no racial or female quotas for professional sports teams in yer city?

[AZLiberty]

Democrats believe in democracy — unless the voters don’t go along with the Democrat agenda.

[freefdny]

http://freebeacon.com/politics/new-hillary-clinton-supporter-refused-to-stand-for-pledge-of-allegiance/

[TLI]

The speaker warned that the alternative to a quota system, or an aggressive effort to encourage women to run for office, would be seeing the number of women in city government continue to shrink.

So they are "looking at" an AA quota for elected offices?

Sanity left the building long ago for these folks.

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[PATRIOT1876]

The feminazis want to do for Gender Relations what Obama has done for Race Relations.

[SunkenCiv]

Do Biological Facts No Longer Matter?
CNS News | May 20, 2016 | Nancy Pearcey
Posted on 05/20/2016 9:21:51 AM PDT by Petrosius
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3432361/posts