City attorney, state lawmaker at odds over LGBT ordinance

More fallout from the LGBT non-discrimination ordinance passed this week emerged Wednesday when a Republican state lawmaker called the move a “blunder” that “prohibits all sex-specific bathrooms and showers” across the city. The city attorney issued a response calling the legislator’s conclusion “incorrect” and rebutting the basis of that argument. Bob Hagemann, the city attorney, detailed the legal basis for the ordinance passed on Monday night by a 7-4 City Council vote. One of the…

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