Noted absence from Monday’s Winston-Salem City Council meeting, when council member Molly Leight sought to place a resolution opposing Amendment One on the agenda:
Seven of the eight members were present. Mayor Allen Joines, smart guy that he is, was absent.Perhaps he had inkling of the minefield ahead and wisely took a powder.
Winston-Salem Journal columnist Scott Sexton says he stands “with those who find it an abomination to use the constitution to restrict, rather than protect, the rights of the minority.” But he concludes local governing bodies have better things to do than “popping off on divisive social issues that the voters themselves will decide on May 8.”
