During yesterday's NorCo Council Personnel Committee hearing, attended by five Council members*, a list of 13 nominations for the newly established Human Relations Commission was considered. Since I can only go by phonetic spelling of some of these hopefuls, I'll forego naming them until tomorrow. Things were going smoothly until member Nadeem Qayyum decided he had some questions.
Qayyum, who has a very annoying habit of refusing to use his mike, decided he wanted to know how many of these selections are persons of color and wanted to know details like religion, etc.
Zrinski, who is increasingly getting irritated by questions that Qayyum has written out in advance because his English skills are so subpar, said she declines "to specifically identify who is ... who is a person of color, who is Muslim, who is gay, who's trans. I am supposed to identify those individuals on this list? I would think that that is almost discriminatory."
I'd say it is definitely discriminatory.
"For the record, I need to ask these questions," explained Qayyum.
"Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure sure," responded Zrinski. "For the record, I'm not going to specifically identify people."
In the desire to be inclusive, we often make the mistake of being exclusive.
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* This meeting was attended by Council members Nadeem Qayyum, Jason Boulette, Tom Giovanni, Dave Holland and Kelly Keegan.
Necessary corrections on errata:
ReplyDelete"...questions written out by his wife in advance."
"For the record, I must ask these questions because my wife told me to."
Kudos to the Commissar on her reaction.
Both funny and accurate!
DeleteAnd Happy Birthday Bernie! Hope you have a great one.
The Banker
I'm inclined to agree.
ReplyDeleteThe whole idea and all involved are discriminatory. Checking boxes is discriminatory, by definition and design. Hate won't go away because government officials keep checking boxes. Promoting division is sinful and unpatriotic. Yet, they continue to do so. Disgusting and depressing.
ReplyDeleteSurprised Kelly K didn't ask how many were MAGA
ReplyDeleteSeems like he’s there just to be an obstructionist. What a shame.
ReplyDelete“I am supposed to identify those individuals on this list? I would think that that is almost discriminatory.”
ReplyDeleteThis statement is hilarious.
The whole point of the Human Relations Commission is to discriminate and to stack the deck in favor of politically-favored minority groups in exchange for votes, while undermining the impartial system already in place under the federal and state constitutions - the judicial system.
For Zrinski to act like the information requested is unknown or unimportant to her is the most egregious example of gaslighting possible, at least for county government.
I believe the HRC is intended to prevent, not cause discriminatory behavior and practices.
DeleteWe already have a system for that, and it’s called the court system. The HRC is there to put a thumb on the scales of justice, and taint the presumption of innocence prior to someone actually getting their day in court.
DeleteAs much as I hate to agree with Qayyum, the public has an absolute right to know the backgrounds and biases of these unelected appointees who are being given the ability to impose penalties on others by county government.
I agree. We have fiscal problems and Gracedale is circling the drain. This HRC seems like a solution looking for a problem.
DeleteThis is what these incompetent people spend their time on!
ReplyDeleteIn the Left's attempt to be more 'inclusive' it has reverted policy back to pre-Civil Rights era thinking.
ReplyDeleteWill the new Human Relations group have any real power?
ReplyDeleteYes, it can impose fines that can be appealed and are subject to judicial review.
DeleteOK, I'm confused. Fines for what, specifically. My apologies in advance if you already wrote about this, you can refer me to a previous article. Otherwise, wth is Tara doing now?
DeleteI have written several times about this, both before and during enactment. I will link to what Council member Jason Boulette wrote in response to various online criticisms. https://lehighvalleyramblings.blogspot.com/2026/05/boulette-responds-to-criticism-of-human.html
DeleteA fine can be imposed for discriminatory behavior, but I think that sort of thing is highly unlikely. To me, this is not a solution looking for a problem, as some suggest. Discrimination is real and should be addressed. Having said that, there is a true danger of being too caught up in this matter. To me, this is far from the most important issue in the county. The biggest problem, is Gracedale, followed by finance, followed by poor morale and high turnover, followed by continuing election snafus, followed by what might be a state budget shortfall for human services. We need to focus on those matters
Soon the political teutonic plates of the entire LV will shift as the Crown Prince Ed and Princess Lisa return from exile with His Eminence Cardinal Jennings in the retinue.
ReplyDeleteThis will be a clash of cultures as pre-woke Identity Politics ideology confronts High Wokeness. The PR Department of the tattooed globe trotting Mayor PeeWee weren’t in high school yet when this cabal was sent into exile and the whole pronoun gender thing wasn’t a thing.
Cardinal Jennings will insist on the compensate amount of attention for the unfolding proceedings, Praise Jesus, as survivors of the exiled administration scramble to rewrite their personal involvement, deny, prevaricate and flat out lie concerning that unfortunate time in the history of the once All American City.
This post is parody, right? We can't possibly be this woke and stupid.
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