From: Ashu M. G. Solo [mailto:amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us]
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 12:39 AM
To: amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us
Subject: MEDIA ALERT: Executive Committee resuming deliberations on Feb. 25 about my civil rights complaint regarding Christmas messages on buses
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 12:39 AM
To: amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us
Subject: MEDIA ALERT: Executive Committee resuming deliberations on Feb. 25 about my civil rights complaint regarding Christmas messages on buses
Dear Media:
At a public meeting on Monday, February 25, 2013, the City
of Saskatoon’s Executive Committee, which is composed of the mayor and city
councillors, will be resuming its deliberations about my civil rights complaint
regarding Christmas messages on buses. The meeting will be held in City Hall committee room A at 1:00 PM. The committee agenda can be seen at
The Executive Committee had referred this issue to the
Cultural Diversity and Race Relations Committee. Representatives on the
Cultural Diversity and Race Relations Committee had really different views
about what to do regarding my complaint. They couldn’t agree on a
recommendation for the Executive Committee. Therefore, the Cultural
Diversity and Race Relations Committee decided to take no action on my
complaint and simply send their comments to the Executive Committee, so the
Executive Committee can make a more informed decision. The agenda at the
link above includes comments from the last meeting of the Cultural Diversity
and Race Relations Committee on this issue. They also discussed this
issue at a private retreat.
The only practical, fair, and nondiscriminatory policy is to
not have messages for religious holidays on programmable signs of Saskatoon
Transit buses. You can see select correspondence with the City of Saskatoon and Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission on my complaints at http://atchison-discrimination.blogspot.ca.
Best regards,
Ashu M. G. Solo