The draft ordinance, whose leading sponsor has been Eastside Councilman José Huizar, would allow for the creation and preservation of original art murals and "public art installations," but not commercial advertising on private property.
Referring to the former nude dancing club whose owner challenged the ordinance, Justice Stevens said: "The City of Erie has totally silenced a message the dancers at Kandyland want to convey.
"You have more than 40 different towns in Westchester, and each one has a different tree ordinance," said Kenneth G. Almstead, whose family owns Almstead Tree and Shrub Care in New Rochelle.
As a result, the media attention and the plea by the residents at Renton Woods effected by the "non-renewals" to the city council and Mayor was cause for the government to consider a "Source of Income Discrimination" ordinance protecting renters whose income comes from Social Security, Social Security Income, Disability, TANF or Section 8 subsidy.
Seattle in 1977 was a liberal city that had passed a gay rights ordinance in 1973, and whose mayor had just declared a Gay Pride Week for June.
Those televisions are all broadcasting reports that voters in Dade County, Fla., have voted to overturn a local gay-rights ordinance, giving momentum to a backlash whose most visible public face belongs to Anita Bryant, an erstwhile singer and orange-juice pitchwoman.
HERO opponents have formed the Campaign for Houston, a group whose members have dubbed the initiative a "bathroom ordinance" and say the law should not protect sexual orientation and gender identity.
Supporters cited the example of a church whose relocation had been blocked by a local zoning ordinance.
"It's actually going to be an ordinance and not just a recommendation," said Dedekind, whose company specializes in industrial space and has one of the few Orlando-area spaces that is environmentally certified.
The ordinance was sponsored by City Councilman Chad Manspeaker (D), whose district includes Westboro.
