Thanks, Bill?

It's ok, I don't my blog either, as you
can probable tell bye al the typos.

You know, it's actually pronounced "I apologize to everyone I hurt through my actions and promise to educate myself on the struggles faced by the trans community. Also, effective immediately, I resign as Pittsford Town Supervisor." But that's not what Town Supervisor Bill Smith said in a statement. Who? What? Great questions. You might recall I wrote about the town of Pittsford, where I went to high school, demanded $8,500 in security fees from a group planning to hold a Drag Story Hour at the town's community center.

Ok, I'm paraphrasing, but look at him and
tell me he wouldn't use a word like "ruckus."

No? Well I did, and they did, somebody put up fliers calling drag performers pedofiles, and also the Town Supervisor warned the organizers of the event, called Pittsford CommUNITY, not to cause a ruckus and then accused them of being attention seekers, who love to play the victim. Holy shit, right? Yes. Well, the event moved to a local bookstore, and CommUNITY received an outpouring of support not just for residents, but also The Human Rights Campaign and the NYCLU (the ACLU, but in New York).

The HRC called the board's move an attempt to curtail the rights of LGBTQ+ people and the NYCLU pointed out that the fees were levied because of the events content and were therefore an attempt to force Pittsford CommUNITY to cancel, so censorship. Ok, great, the fees were waved and everything's right with the world, right?

Bill Smith is still in charge, so no.

That's liberals for you, they never let you
trample their basic civil liberties without
making a federal case out of it.

Yeah, but there's still the matter of Bill Smith's egregious comments and his grudging statement regarding the waiving of the fees:

"Having to defend a controversial lawsuit easily could result in an expenditure of taxpayer funds far more burdensome than the costs involved in providing securit. It would negate the Town's good faith effort to spare the taxpayers the cost imposed by the event."

-Town Supervisor Bill "Won't somebody 

please think of the taxpayers?" Smith*

Controversial? Or they'd just lose. Badly.

So to sum up: liberals threatened to file a nonsense lawsuit that would bleed us dry in legal fees. "Controversial lawsuit"? I mean, I'm not sure what's controversial here. The Human Rights Campaign and the NYCLU weren't threatening to sue because they slipped on town property or because their neighbor put in a pool and didn't get the proper permit or whatever the board usually deals with. They're considering legal action because both are organizations whose purpose is to fight against injustices exactly like this. 

Pictured: A good faith effort.

(source: Bill Smith)

If they're coming after you for something, chances are you deserve it and should back down. Also, what good faith effort? They, the board, or Bill Smith personally, just made up fees because. Sure, a couple loons put up threatening flyers, but the shouldn't the move have been to figure out who did that? Not try to make CommUNITY cancel. Also, does Bill Smith appreciate the irony of the prospect of a massive financial disincentive forcing him to change his plans? I'm guessing no. I'm further guessing that he's not a deep thinker. 

Unsurprisingly, critics dumb fears went
un-realized and exactly zero children were
groomed. So maybe they can shut up now?

Anyway, the Drag Story Hour was held today at the bookstore and evidently went off without a hitch. Dozens (it's not a big town) showed up just to create a "wall of love," that is, they gathered to support and protect the attendees from anyone protesting or trying to disrupt the event. Even the Mayor came out to show her support. And yeah, protestors did show. Four in fact. One rando with a bullhorn, and some dude who brought his kids. Brought his kids to help protest. Because it's only grooming when liberals do it I suppose. I just can't with these people...

So after all that Drag Story hour happened, Bill Smith looks like (and is) an asshole, and the town board's ill-advised attempt to suppress Drag Story Hour only made sure it got even more attention. Which is all banning and censorship ever do. So in a way, thanks Bill? But in a much bigger way, resign. Just, resign.

What I'm saying is that if you're on the opposite side of a "wall of love," barking
out-of-context bible verses through a megaphone, it's probably time to reevaluate.  

*his name's not on the statement, but the local paper referred to this as his statement, and it does sound like the kind of