In a recent letter to scouts’ families, the Central Florida Council’s board president acknowledged the change, writing: In the past, this has included Boy Scout troops. Walt Disney World’s “ Ears to You” grant program functions like an employer matching-gift program, but instead makes donations to charitable organizations for which employees volunteer their time. As a result, out Scouts will be kicked out of the organization after their 18th birthday. While the Boy Scouts of America’s National Council voted last May to end the group’s long-time ban on openly gay youth, it also reaffirmed its ban on openly LGBT adults serving as volunteers or professionals in the organization.
As a result, the Florida theme park will no longer help fund local Scout units in support of employees’ volunteer work. Walt Disney World became the latest business entity to end its support of Boy Scouts of America over its continued refusal to end its ban on openly-LGBT adults. Brown, who should immediately enact a statewide moratorium to protect all Californians.” “We urge the city attorney to stand by the motion’s strong language and set a powerful and positive example for other communities and Gov. fracking moratorium motion, a strong step toward protecting the people of Los Angeles from severe health and environmental impacts,” said Adam Scow, California’s director of Food & Water Watch. “We congratulate the Los Angeles City Council for supporting the L.A. The vote also makes Los Angeles first oil-producing city in California to ban fracking technologies. Who knows when, if ever, that will take place. That could come in the form of state or federal regulators providing protections or declaring fracking to be safe. #NeighborhoodsFirstįriday’s motion places a moratorium on fracking and other “well stimulation” practices at drilling sites until the city verifies that fracking does not compromise residents’ personal safety or the drinkability of their water.
Los Angeles just became the largest city in the nation to support a moratorium on #fracking & other dangerous drilling. It will then return to council for a final vote.Ī tweet from city councilman Mike Bonin moments after the vote expressed the gravity of the action: to place a moratorium on fracking.Ĭity council unanimously voted Friday afternoon to send a moratorium motion to the city attorney’s office to be written as a zoning ordinance. Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S.
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