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Sandpoint council hears passionate public comment and staff plan to bring ordinance aligning NDO with state and federal law
Summary
Public commenters and councilors debated Sandpoint's nondiscrimination ordinance after YMCA-related concerns. Mayor Jeremy Grama said he will present an ordinance next week to mirror federal and state civil-rights law and remove local enforcement provisions; council members expressed differing views on timing and liability.
Public comment at Sandpoint's Nov. 12 special council meeting was dominated by concerns about the city's nondiscrimination ordinance and YMCA policies, with speakers on both sides urging the council to consider safety, privacy and legal risk.
Heather Haggard, who identifies as a disabled veteran, told the council she feared losing women-only privacy in locker rooms and urged the preservation of single-sex spaces. "I am also a woman who has been sexually assaulted ... and I should be given the ability to consent to anybody that sees my body," she said. Andrea Marcaccio, reading for the Sandpoint Alliance for…
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