The new mayor has repeatedly solicited for resumes both in person and on his website for ANYONE interested in partaking in his administration's employ. Secondly, I believe traditionally that the mayor gets to choose their immediate staff, or often a chief of staff to assist them in doing so. Thirdly, it's my understanding that most employees at City Hall are civil servants and as such, have a negotiated union contract that must be adhered to by management with relation to hiring, salaries, etc. The last point I wanted to make is that regardless of ethnicity, women still make a whopping 75 cents to a man's dollar, and I've yet to attend a meeting where a woman says, "could you fetch us some coffee?" or "where are the bagels?" Race is used as an inequity yes, but it's one of many that take place in workplace sectors, both public and private. If three women are seen chatting near the water cooler it's a "hen party" - if it's men gaffawing (or to keep with the crows thread, cawing) about their golf game, it's healthy, stress-relieving banter due to their demanding workloads that has proven to result in measurable increased productivity... This sort of behavior can make a non-gender specific person wanna just stay home, barefoot and pregnant. :) JHarmon Cleveland
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