What happens when no one really wants to put their name on legislation? They give it to the new person.
Representative what’s-her-face from Mitchell… Nolz, I think.. who was living in Brookings at the time of her appointment as a candidate, has her name on legislation which seems a little over the top in not only trying to stamp out DEI programs, but seems to be the stuff that puts police departments under investigation for hiring practices, and put under federal consent orders. The bill notes in part:
(8) Except as required by federal law:
(a) Advance or adopt any policy or procedure designed to influence the composition of the law enforcement agency’s workforce on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin; or
Whaaat? “Except as required by federal law?” That portion of the bill seems to be less about DEI practices, and more about inching towards an EEOC violation. And yes, there are still federal laws on hiring women and minorities.
I think we can agree that a DEI focus should not be the mission of a public agency with dedicated DEI staff. However, especially in key roles, such as law-enforcement, we should not be idiots who invite federal lawsuits against public agencies for violating federal hiring laws.
I’m all for going back to the 50’s and having women stay in the house, but MAGA will have to tell Elon and the rest of the billionaires to make that happen they will have to pay men more. Take your pick, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
actually, back before women were told true fulfillment could only be found on factory production lines, one income was enough to support a family.
Men were paid more. But American industry looked around for a source of cheap labor and discovered women. So they invented feminism.
At the time it was legal to pay women less than men for the same job, so it was a really good deal. The influx of women into the workforce drove down the wages of men, especially when it became necessary to pay men and women the same, so now everybody is paid less.
Is meritocracy not an extremely mainstream Republican view anymore?
Exactly. The most qualified period.
As conservatives, we believe in the best government is one that governs the least, right?
So we can ignore the EEOC.
This is the “Baptism By Fire” phase of her development as a legislator.
She never should have been put there in the first place…what a joke! If your the best qualified for a job you should get the job…should not matter if your a women or a minority