http://www.liberadio.com/2007/07/19/the-best-mayoral-forum-ever/ with Mary Mancini and Freddie O'Connell Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/07/19/the-best-mayoral-forum-ever/#comment-48363 Music City Bloggers » Blog Archive » Howard Gentry And The Elephant In The Room Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:11:26 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=836#comment-48363 [...] Mary Mancini (Liberadio) was there and discusses why she was impressed with Gentry’s performance: Howard Gentry was the last to make his statement. In 2003, Gentry, as Vice Mayor, cast the tie-breaking vote which defeated an anti-discrimination ordinance which would have outlawed employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and disability. I think everyone expected the vote to be brought up during the forum but I don’t think anyone, even Gentry, expected him to bring it up during his opening statement. But, he said, he knew he had to address it after he was “accosted” prior to the event by someone who scolded him for showing up. [...] [...] Mary Mancini (Liberadio) was there and discusses why she was impressed with Gentry’s performance: Howard Gentry was the last to make his statement. In 2003, Gentry, as Vice Mayor, cast the tie-breaking vote which defeated an anti-discrimination ordinance which would have outlawed employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and disability. I think everyone expected the vote to be brought up during the forum but I don’t think anyone, even Gentry, expected him to bring it up during his opening statement. But, he said, he knew he had to address it after he was “accosted” prior to the event by someone who scolded him for showing up. [...]

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