"Gilded Heart"

From the desk of His Honor the mayor comes one of the most craven acts in Alaskan politics - and that's really saying something in a long list of absolutely amoral opportunists and hypocrites. Matherly has now effectively lost any right he will ever have to the term "leader" - this is an act of a coward and a bully. It hurts real people in our community, including many personal friends of mine.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - The mayor of Alaska's second-largest city vetoed a new local law that gave sweeping equal rights protections to the LGBTQ community.He says he arrived at his decision "after much soul searching." [...]
The Fairbanks City Council approved the equal rights ordinance on Monday by a 4-2 vote. The hotly debated measure extended anti-discrimination protections for employment, housing and public accommodations. - KTUU 

Mind you, this is being brought to you by the maker of such recent hits as…

… and let’s not forget this classic from a couple years ago:

News of the veto was picked up by sites ranging from NBC to The Hill to the New York Times - but by any metric you know the notoriety is gonna burn when you earn an "Asinine" topic tag on FARK.