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The city’s Human Rights Commission has cast its vote on Jamestown High School’s mascot.
The commission approved a resolution in April supporting a change to the Red Raider name. The group also approved that members of the commission should attend a Jamestown Board of Education meeting to discuss their decision with school officials.
The commission’s discussion during their monthly online meeting on the JHS mascot started with a letter written to the group by Autumn Dahlgren, a member of Jamestown Justice Coalition Mascot Petition Task Force. Dahlgren wrote that a petition was started in June 2020 supporting the JHS mascot name change.
Apr 13, 2021
Complaints from two local women about the hassles married women face when applying for a new federal REAL ID should be forwarded to the federal government.
The women echo a complaint being made around the country that REAL ID laws burden women more than they do men because women have to show documentation for any name change. For some women, that could mean a birth certificate and then more than one marriage or divorce certificate. Older women have it particularly hard because they have to track down documentation going back decades.
REAL ID has roots from the 9-11 Commission convened to investigate the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and make recommendations about future policies. Commission members advocated for a way to make it more difficult for potential terrorists to get fraudulent photo identification and thus was REAL ID born. Now, states have to require that residents seeking licenses and ID cards provide more rigorous proof of their identity and their res
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The Human Rights Commission discussed its first complaint during a meeting last month.
P-J photo by Dennis Phillips
It’s unknown if the first complaint the re-established Jamestown Human Rights Commission discussed is under its purview, but the group is moving forward to see what can be done.
During the March meeting of the commission, Kimberly Knight, commission member, discussed an unofficial complaint she received from two women who needed extra paperwork to renew their driver’s license.
Since 2017, DMVs throughout the state have started issuing Real IDs, which is mandated by the federal government following the passing of the REAL ID Act in 2005. The REAL ID Act establishes minimum security standards for state-issued driver licenses, permits and ID cards. The act also prohibits federal agencies, like the Transportation Security Administration, from accepting cards for official purposes from states that do not meet these standards. Beginning o