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Domestic Partner Registry

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

City Officials Look to Support Countywide Domestic Registry

City Attorney Tom Trask and City Clerk Denise Schlegel present a draft resolution Thursday expressing city support for a countywide domestic partnership registry ordinance to be read for the first time on Jan. 15.

Pinellas County Commissioners are gearing up for a public discussion of a countywide domestic partnership registry early next week. And Dunedin officials are planning to lend support for its passing during Thursday's city commission meeting, starting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Tom Trask, city attorney, and Denise Schlegel, city clerk, present a draft resolution expressing city support for a countywide domestic partnership registry ordinance to be read during a public hearing for the first time on Jan. 15. "There are a significant number of residents within Pinellas County, and specifically within the City of Dunedin, who maintain important personal, emotional and economic relationships with persons to whom they are not married," draft …

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Pinellas Domestic Registry: What's Dunedin Saying?, Should Florida Counties Allow Domestic Registry?, Commissioners Offended By Domestic Registry Comment, and 1 more ›

Jerry Wayne

2:36 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013

This is awesome! Cannot happen soon enough!   more ›

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Pinellas Domestic Registry: What's Dunedin Saying?

The provision would allow, in part, domestic partners to make health care decisions for each other, including for end-of-life care, among other things.

Dunedin Patch's story last week asking readers what they think about Pinellas adopting a countywide domestic partner registry caught lots of attention. Pinellas County expects to vote in 2013 on a proposal for a domestic registry that grants domestic partners — gay and straight — many of the same rights as married couples. The provision would allow, in part, domestic partners to make health care decisions for each other, including for end-of-life care, among other things.  A public hearing is scheduled for Jan. 15. Dunedin city leaders have not created a local registry like some other cities in Pinellas have (Gulfport, Clearwater and St. Petersburg). City leaders have said they wanted to wait and see what action Pinellas County leaders …

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Should Florida Counties Allow Domestic Registry?, Commissioners Offended By Domestic Registry Comment, Lori, and 4 more ›

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Ron Barnette

7:39 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013

Update: We on the City Commission have received copy of the Pinellas County Commission draft proposal for their Jan 15 meeting, and we will discuss this for our support on Jan. 10. I mentioned that I would get back to you, and this is what I learned. Their proposal looks to be very positive as I read it, and I look forward to hearing from my colleagues on the Commission. www.Dunedingov.com is a …   more ›

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