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Advocate asks meeting participant to refrain from commenting on another’s hearing
Summary
An advocate for people with disabilities urged a meeting participant to stop making comments about another attendee’s hearing ability, saying such remarks in a public forum can be unlawful.
During public remarks, Dominic, who identified himself as an advocate for people with disabilities, asked a meeting participant named Tom to stop making comments that reference another person’s hearing. Dominic said the remarks at a prior meeting were inappropriate and warned that singling out individuals in a public forum could be unlawful.
Dominic told the meeting, “it’s illegal, right, for that kind of comments, especially in a public forum that you single out individuals like that.” He said this was the second meeting in which Tom had made a comment referencing someone’s hearing and asked that those remarks cease going forward.
Dominic also offered praise for another meeting participant, saying to Lyric, “What a wonderful job today… you’re like a veteran over there already.” The presiding speaker acknowledged Dominic’s comments and said, in part, “I disagree with tonight about that, but that’s okay.”
The transcript records Dominic’s concerns and his request that the participant refrain from similar remarks in the future. The excerpt does not include any formal complaint filing, staff action, or disciplinary motion arising from the remarks; no enforcement action was recorded in the available excerpt.
