This is great news! This required support of a majority of the county commission and demonstrates possible openness to broader public policy proposals at the county level relating to domestic partners.
It would be great to see a county wide domestic partnership registry similiar to that in Minneapolis as it would extend the protections provided by such a registry over a greater geographic area and to more people and more situations. I am thankful to Peter McLaughlin to bringing this forward. It should be mentioned that RT Rybak has signed more items into law as mayor directly related to domestic partners than any other mayor in Minneapolis history and has a strong record on these issues of which we can all be proud. Whether the timing of this gesture appears politically calculated to some, it certianly took some political skill to move enough county commissioners to a position of support of this resolution and the outcome is welcome. It would be interesting to know the break down of the vote. It's good to see both of these candidates demonstrate support of these issues though one could argue that this might be one reason to have Peter continue serving us on the county commission in light of his success in bringing this forward in that political venue. David Strand Loring Park --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > Hennepin County Offers Insurance to Domestic > Partners > > > Tuesday afternoon the Hennepin County board passed a > resolution, offered by > Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, expanding eligibility > for long-term care and > life insurance to include domestic partners of > county employees. > > âAllowing domestic partners to be covered by life > and long-term care > insurance is smart business practice, but itâs > also the right thing to do,â > said McLaughlin. > > Both benefits are optional and paid for entirely by > employees. > > > ### > > > Brian Shekleton, Principal Aide > Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin > 612-348-5204 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > A-2400 Government Center > Minneapolis, MN 55487-0240> REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at > http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a > member is in violation, contact the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: > http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused > Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
