County Clerk Grubb faces criticism
As Toni Scott reported in the Enterprise-Record yesterday “Regardless if you are a same-sex couple or a traditional bride and groom, the Butte County Clerk's Office is one place where you can no longer get married.
“Butte County Clerk Candace Grubbs said the action has nothing to do with gay marriage and everything to do with money. “
The problem is this decision made Statewide news reports on KGO radio out of San Francisco. Last night Christine Craft did an hour on Grubb's announcement. Craft called this an act of prejudice and excoriated Grubb, suggesting she should resign her post and hire on as a church clerk,
In the only time that Butte County makes statewide news aside from the Oroville fire, this decision makes us a laughing stock. As Craft said Grubb is not working for a religious organization, but for the government which represents everybody, and is responsible to all citizens of Butte County.
Grubb is right about one thing. This is about money. Same sex marriage is a new funding source for local government, as Craft pointed out. So one of the poorest counties in California is doing this?
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Mr. Brune should look at the Clerk-Recorder's budget, the empty positions that cannot be filled, and the salaries paid to that department's employees before he (and Christine Craft) form such unsupported opinions. Even Chico City Councilman (and gay man) Scott Gruendel acknowledged that the Clerk-Recorder's decision was budget-based.
Posted by: Kris Simpson | June 11, 2008 04:31 PM