End Times or New Beginnings?
I’m almost reluctant to post this one, fearing, of course, that it could inspire somebody from local government to go on a social justice jag and conclude that to be world class inclusive demands Charlotte-Mecklenburg follow suite.
This from FoxNews.com: “Is Berkeley Ready to Pay for Sex-Change Operations?” Apparently, it’s not a rhetorical question and “Berkeley City Council members will soon decide whether to set aside taxpayer dollars for city workers to get sex-change operations.”
Though the council was initially set to take up the matter Tuesday, officials postponed the vote until Feb. 15. The proposal would permit the city to dole out $20,000 in cash stipends from its general budget to pay for the surgeries – even as a city auditor warns of ballooning employee benefits costs.
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Berkeley city spokeswoman Mary Kay Clunies-Ross told FoxNews.com that Tuesday’s resolution — if approved — brings those workers wanting a sex change procedure closer to making it a reality. The city’s two insurance providers — Kaiser and Health Net — do not cover sex-change operations.
It would establish the Sex Reassignment Fund, a discretionary fund, in which individuals could get as much as $15,000 before their sex-change surgery and $5,000 post-surgery. The money will be available for city employees on a first-come, first-served basis to pay for one-time expenses.
According to Berkeley’s Sex Reassignment Surgery Policy, to receive the payout, employees would have to have lived as the opposite sex for at least one year and undergone hormone therapy. They also would have to have worked for the city at least a year. Employees can’t have other insurance that covers the procedure, must spend all the money on the sex reassignment and must use the funds within one year of the request.
Well, at least there are some restrictions. That has to count for something, right? I mean in Berkeley, right?
Extra credit: Char-Meck Sex Reassignment Fund = Bill James’ head exploding live on television. Solid. Gold. Tabloid. Fodder. Just sayin’
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