Debate surrounding the ordinance stretched into Tuesday night and commissioners did not make their decision until about 8:45 p.m. The ordinance was introduced by McDaniel. I want to reiterate. This was not done in a vacuum,” McDaniel said before the ordinance was voted down. “There was an enormous amount of time put into this with the sheriff s lawyer.”
McDaniel and LoCastro both said that fear of unintended consequences from the ordinance should not have stopped commissioners from adopting it.
“I don t think any elected official can sit here and compromise their beliefs because of possible lawsuits,” LoCastro said.
The commissioners who voted against the ordinance voiced concerns of how and who would enforce it as well as possible unintended consequences attached to it.