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05-03-2007, 02:38 PM
Fired transsexual city manager is a front-runner for new job as manager at City of Sarasota
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Largo city manager who was fired after revealing his plans to have a sex change has become a front-runner for the same job in Sarasota.
Steve Stanton, 48, submitted his resume last month under his future female name, Susan A. Stanton, with an asterisk that the name change was pending.
Stanton was one of three applicants that all five Sarasota city commissioners chose Wednesday among their top candidates.
A consultant will continue to narrow the field of applicants, and the commissioners will interview the final six on May 29.
If Stanton makes the final cut, he told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that he would interview as a woman.
"It would be a dream job," Stanton said.
"The fact that the commission has enough faith to look at someone for their credentials speaks miles of the inclusive nature of Sarasota."
The Largo City Commission voted 5-2 in February and again in March to fire Stanton from the $140,000-a-year job he held for 14 years. Commissioners said it was Stanton's judgment, not the revelation he planned a sex change, that prompted the votes.
Stanton had pleaded for an opportunity to show that being transgender wouldn't interfere with his ability to do the job.Its: here (http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070503/APN/705030629) :roll:
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Largo city manager who was fired after revealing his plans to have a sex change has become a front-runner for the same job in Sarasota.
Steve Stanton, 48, submitted his resume last month under his future female name, Susan A. Stanton, with an asterisk that the name change was pending.
Stanton was one of three applicants that all five Sarasota city commissioners chose Wednesday among their top candidates.
A consultant will continue to narrow the field of applicants, and the commissioners will interview the final six on May 29.
If Stanton makes the final cut, he told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that he would interview as a woman.
"It would be a dream job," Stanton said.
"The fact that the commission has enough faith to look at someone for their credentials speaks miles of the inclusive nature of Sarasota."
The Largo City Commission voted 5-2 in February and again in March to fire Stanton from the $140,000-a-year job he held for 14 years. Commissioners said it was Stanton's judgment, not the revelation he planned a sex change, that prompted the votes.
Stanton had pleaded for an opportunity to show that being transgender wouldn't interfere with his ability to do the job.Its: here (http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070503/APN/705030629) :roll: