CharlotteDeac1
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I know people find it fun to pile on 2&2, but this isn't a bad take. He appears to be blaming the NC Legislature a lot more than the City Council.
I agree to an extent. The City Council of Charlotte does have the power to create such an ordinance, if the reasoning was to provide safety for a certain group of people. The legal definition of Ordinance is "An ordinance is a law enacted by a municipal body, such as a city council or county commission (sometimes called county council or county board of supervisors). Ordinances govern matters not already covered by state or federal laws such as zoning, safety and building regulations." If they had public hearings at a Council meeting and repeatedly had someone (or likely multiple people) get up to speak on the issue and they had proper reasoning to believe that this was a safety concern, they did have the right to enact this ordinance. The part where I agree with him is where the NC Legislature went completely overboard in the opposite direction, making a law that not only reversed the City of Charlotte's decision but added other discriminatory laws on top of that in the same bill. A lot of people aren't 100% familiar with how local government works. It's not a partisan organization, they don't make decisions based on "hey, look at us - we're so PC" they make decisions based on what will make the city itself better. There are very, VERY few opportunities for a City Council to make a partisan decision.