For those of us who were aware of Steve Stanton prior to the public revelation this is NO surprise!
Let me preface this statement by pointing out that I attended and spoke on the record in favor of Steve Stanton being retained as city manager for the city of Largo.
However, my speaking in favor of his retention was completely due to the fact that he was being fired for all the wrong reasons, when in fact there may have been more than a couple of legitimate ones that I would not have objected to.
They weren't firing Steve because of poor job performance but simply because he had revealed that he was a transgender person.
I spoke on the record, on behalf of my United Church of Christ congregation in support of transgender rights and fairness.
This IN SPITE of the fact that I knew for a fact that Steve was a COMPLETE asshole, right-wing conservative and homophobe.
I have two very close personal friends, who are openly gay, who had the misfortune of working under him.
Gay people were denied advancement opportunities and were treated very poorly as were others who didn't fit into his very narrow world view.
Because of what I know about Stanton this latest revelation is not at all surprising.
The Unfortunate Statements of Susan Stanton, a *very* extensive collection of comments (at Pam's House Blend)!!