specific or present concern. they re cloaking bigotry, per say, in the name of god. there is an easy thing for republicans to walk away from. a growing list of companies. it can boil down into a simple business argument. apple, intel, yelp, at&t and petsmart are all come out against this bill. our society is undergoing many dramatic changes. we have to reach out and tell our stories. it s the only way we can break down the myths and the lies and the stereotypes that have been told for generations. after weighing all of the arguments,er i have vetoed senate bill 1062 moments ago. just before midnight east coast time last night, arizona governor jan brewer tweeted this, i assure you, as always, i will do the right thing for the state of arizona. tonight, she did. senate bill 1062 does not
advertising entirely separate at yelp. it s kind of like a separation between church and state, if you will. darnell holloway is the yelp manager. in addition to their clear-cut deni denialse denials, he s been hosting meetings. many small business owners like matthew and kelly remain unconvinced. if you re making a living on advertising sales for the people that you re reviewing, there s an inherent conflict of interest there. these are our customers. honest to goodness customers that are leaving thoughts about us, good, bad or indifferent. there s a mix and we re fine with that. we just want it to be an accurate representation. what the calandros did was to take their case to the media. these bigger companies that come in and bully the smaller family owned businesses. and today if you visit their
think of you. and you normally don t make any public reference to it at all. but this was one of those cases where you felt you had to bring your personal experience into a debate where, i guess it felt for you like simple reason and references to the constitution were not enough. you re absolutely right. i feel that, you know, talking about my sexuality on this platform really gave an opportunity to put a face to an issue. this whole debate, you know, i really hope that arizonians, foremost have woken up and they ll start to pay attention to the toxic legislation that moves through our house and senate on a regular basis. luther lowe, you re with yelp. what was this decision like at the corporate level to come out publicly and say we want this bill vetoed. what kind of meetings did you have to have? how many people needed to be collected within the company around this issue? sure, lawrence. well, you know, this moved very quickly through the house and
luther lowe, you re with yelp. what was this decision like at the corporate level to come out publicly and say we want this bill vetoed. what kind of meetings did you have to have? how many people needed to be collected within the company around this issue? sure, lawrence. well, you know, this moved very quickly through the house and senate and arizona. and we re alerted to it frankly late last week by some of our concerned employees in scottsdale where we have a huge office, about 650 engrowing, about a third of our corporate employees globally. by friday evening we decided to circulate an e-mail with our executive team. by monday evening we had a draft of a letter that he put up on our blog on tuesday morning, impori imporing governor brewer. delta airlines in there, marriott, a lot of other