Saturday, May 30, 2009

Ok, So Once Again, St. Petersburg Hurrah!

While this article shows the history of St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker's history with the local gay community, I don't know that I feel the St. Pete City Council is completely in the wrong here. I think that what Ms. Herendeen is saying, it's not that Pride can't put up the banners, it's just that they have to meet some criteria that ALL banners have to meet. I see no problem with having the word PRIDE put on the banners...I mean, isn't that the point?

And I'm sure that while it may not be EXACTLY what the folks at pride want aesthetically, I'm sure there can be SOME sort of happy middle ground between the two groups.

(note: the views presented here are those ONLY of Taylor the Latte Boy. No other members of Pod Is My Copilot were harmed in the making of this post.)

3 comments:

Drum Riley Calhoun said...

The mayor's name is Rick...

Taylor The Latte Boy said...

Whoops! You're right! Noted and changed!

MattyMalone said...

Umm...This might not be popular, but: REALLY? Somebody at St. Pete Pride needs to get whacked up side the head. It's a simple zoning issue-if you had asked beforehand-the city would have explained the policy. As for holiday decorations, (here we go-sorry Taylor) while Christmas has obvious Christian roots, it is now a cultural holiday. I assume St. Pete isn't hanging little baby jesus' everywhere-lights and holly have roots in solstice celebrations. Get OVER yourselves, SPP. You're giving the rest of us a bad name.