Don't fall for it Charlotte City Council.    Raleigh made the mess, let them clean it up.  As you said last time Kenny Smith proposed repealing the ordinance there is nothing to repeal.    Charlotte's new ordinance was never allowed to go in effect, because Raleigh pulled a special session at 10's of thousands of dollars to come up with the Lovely HB2 also knows as Hate Bill 2. 

You voted 7 - 4 last time not to repeal because as you said there was nothing to repeal.

Anyway with no protections what makes anyone think business and sports would return.   It want return until HB2 goes away without the use of the Governors Black mail scheme.   This is nothing but the Governor running afraid of 11/7/16    Everywhere I go people say how much that dislike Governor McCrory.  This includes even  people that are not normally political. 

Vote Roy Cooper and be done with it.

Also I watched last weeks city council meeting and you guys already said that you had voted earlier in the year to not go past 10 pm for any meeting.   You already stated publicly you were not sure you would be able to hear all the zoning cases on the agenda for this coming Monday night.   You said you were going to discuss starting your meeting at 4 PM, and if you could see you could wrap up the cases all by 11 PM you would extend by an hour.  Otherwise people that came down to speak on zoning cases might not be heard on some zoning cases until a month later.  So how are you going to squeeze in this discussion.    You would do good to end by 11 PM the following day if you add this to the agenda.

Everybody blaming Jennifer Roberts Charlottes' Mayor are wrong.    This entire ordinance came up for a vote by the previous council when Jennifer was just a Charlotte Citizen.   Council that night had one person that shall go unnamed that changed her mind.   Well ok it was a female.   The hold  up was the bathroom portion.  So instead of passing an ordianance that was slightly different that left just the bathroom out in 2015 two of the most vocal supporters of the entire ordinance John Autry, LaWana Mayfield decided they would not support the partial ordinance that did not provide protections for Transgender citizens so the ordiance did not pass.    So to blame Mayor Roberts who didn't even vote in the 2016 vote that passed 7 to 4 is crazy.  She did campaign that she supported the ordianace .    She was one of the many citizens that spoke out in favor of the ordinance in 2015.   However she didn't bring it up in 2015 other did.    The only 4 people that voted against the current unenforcable ordinance was the R's and Claire Fallon in 2016.    

Even before the 2016 vote Charlotte had already made it public that transgenders could use the bathroom of their choice when visiting or working at the goverment building.

It really goes back to this for me.     HB2 is just stupid.   Take Bruce Jennier now Caitlyn Jenner.    He still has a penis according to him.   That said his Drivers License states he is a female and he had his birth certificate changed to female.   So under HB2 he could use the female bathroom.....so the law did nothing in this case to keep a person with male parts out of a female restroom in NC.    He has legal documents that state she is female, even with male parts. 

Who is going to check anyway in a bathroom.  

Charlotte mayor calls for NC General Assembly to repeal HB2 without preconditions

Posted by Steve Lee, Editor Online Only, Top Highlights, Around the Nation Monday, September 19th, 2016

Jennifer Roberts

Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, Council member John Autry, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC have joined together to denounce Gov. McCrory’s latest ploy to deflect blame for his disastrous and hateful HB2 law. As Gov. McCrory and Republican legislative leaders continue to face intense public backlash over the damaging consequences of HB2, they have mounted another effort to pressure  Charlotte into repealing its citywide LGBTQ protections as part of a so-called “reset.”

Leading North Carolina editorial boards are also speaking out against the thinly-veiled effort, led by the Charlotte Chamber and a hospitality lobbying group on behalf of McCrory and state Republicans. The Charlotte Observer called it “a step backward, both symbolically and practically” and urged the City Council not to “sell out” Charlotte’s LGBTQ community. WRAL put it just as bluntly: “The problems that have befallen North Carolina after the hasty and poorly conceived passage of HB2 fall squarely on the shoulders of Gov. McCrory and the legislature’s leadership. They should have the conscience and integrity to repeal the bill, acknowledge and apologize for the terrible consequences at their hands and move on. Charlotte should change nothing.”

Notably, the so-called “reset” wouldn’t even fix the problem. Earlier this year, the NCAA renewed its commitment to ensuring that all fans and players, including LGBTQ people, are able to enjoy NCAA events without fear of discrimination.. Without Charlotte’s nondiscrimination ordinance in place, North Carolina will not win back games.

“Mayor Roberts has made it clear that the rights of LGBTQ people are not up for grabs, and that Charlotte won’t sell out our community,” said JoDee Winterhof, Senior Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs.  “Not only is this scheme to repeal Charlotte’s protections wrong, it won’t fix the problem. The fact is, Governor McCrory and his allies in the state legislature have had six months to fix the mess they’ve created, and they could repeal HB2 tomorrow without any action from Charlotte. And, like the majority of North Carolinians and businesses across the state, we believe that’s exactly what they must do.”

“One hundred other cities across the nation, including Orlando and Atlanta, have similar non-discrimination protections as Charlotte. These ordinances are common sense local protections that actually create a competitive advantage for Charlotte,” said Equality North Carolina Executive Director Chris Sgro. “Instead of repealing HB2, Governor McCrory is reprising his role as Blamer in Chief. Not a single entity has left North Carolina because of the Charlotte ordinance – they’ve all left because of HB2. We all know what must be done – and that is to immediately repeal HB2.”

More than 100 communities across the country, including major cities like New Orleans and Atlanta have non-discrimination protections like Charlotte — as do 19 states and hundreds of Fortune 500 companies. In fact, more than 135 million Americans — or 42 percent of the U.S. population — live in cities with non-discrimination ordinances like Charlotte.

This morning, Roy Cooper joined the chorus of business and civic leaders who have called for the General Assembly to fully repeal HB2 without precondition.

Last week, the NCAA and ACC joined more than 200 major business leaders in calling for full repeal of HB2. Repealing Charlotte’s non-discrimination ordinance would leave North Carolina without an “inclusive atmosphere for all college athletes, coaches, administrators and fans,” which the NCAA called for when it announced it was pulling it’s championship games from North Carolina.