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Re: SPPS: Area Superintendent Job Description > (Tim Erickson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:17:43 -0600 > From: "PAUL CASSIDY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [StPaul] Re: [GPM] Stopping Home Depot > To: "David Strand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dan Dobson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Pamela Joy Ellison" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Dan Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Thune > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Donna Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, St > Paul Forum > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jay Benanav > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pat > Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jane Prince > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Pam & Dan win...David is wrong. I am sure HD does > not have a corporate mission statement (web site is > pretty clear-"everyone has value, regardles of > gender, ethnic or educational background")that says > they support or oppose sexual orientation. They > simply do what every good company should do-support > their employees, regardless of who they are or what > they believe. Hiring practices, benefits, etc. HD > walks the talk. So why would we turn them away? Go > over to the HD in the Quarry in Mpls and take a > look at the diversity of the employees, managers and > customers (remember Knox?...never again) and the > development that it has fostered in that area of > Northeast. > > Paul-St. Paul > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pamela Joy > Ellison<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: David Strand<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Dan > Dobson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: Pat Harris<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ; Dave Thune<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Donna > Swanson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; St > Paul Forum<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Jay > Benanav<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Dan > Dobson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Jane > Prince<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 5:45 AM > Subject: Re: [StPaul] Re: [GPM] Stopping Home > Depot > > > Index of SPPS Budget Discussion > > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/spps-posts.html<http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/spps-posts.html> > _________________________________________ > > > I thought it was stated somewhere that local mom > and pop hardware stores and > activists that supported them stopped the store, > so which is the accurate > account of what really happened? > > Anyone have any other insights? I know of gay > friends that work for Home > Depot and love it, and appreciate the benefits > package, so the account from > David Strand doesn't resonate with what I know, > but I could be very wrong on > this. > > Can anyone else shed any light on this topic? > > Pamela Ellison > Como Park > Saint Paul > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Strand" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > To: "Dan Dobson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Cc: "Dan Dobson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>; > "Dave Thune" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>; > "Donna Swanson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>; > "St Paul Forum" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>; > "Jay Benanav" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>; > "Pat > Harris" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>; > "Jane Prince" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:30 PM > Subject: [StPaul] Re: [GPM] Stopping Home Depot > > > > Please Introduce Yourself > > What's your connection to St. Paul public > schools? > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _________________________________________ > > > > > > Actually Dan, We spoke with the city > councilperson > > representing the ward where the Home Depot was > looking > > to build and pointed out that city policy in St. > Paul > > required that companies recieving business from > the > > city provide for nondiscrimination on the basis > of > > race, sex, sexual orientation, etc. > > > > At the time, Home Depot was subject of a > national > > campaign to get the company to add sexual > orientation > > to their nondiscrimination policy. Both current > and > > former employees alleged that their was a > definite > > need to address such discrimination within the > > company. Blakey staff stated that they would > bring > > this argument against the development forward > among > > other reasons to oppose the project. Other city > > council people were called about this issue. > > > > I did not say that the nondiscrimination issue > was > > decisive. It did however play a role. > > > > Having a city ordinance that required that any > > companies recieving city business or subsidy of > any > > notable size needed to provide domestic > partnership > > benefits would disqualify Walmart from recieving > such > > subsidy as Walmart does not offer domestic > partnership > > benefits as Target, and many other retailers do. > > > > I am not saying this would be the reason such a > > project would be stopped cold as the company > could > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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