County leaders encourage county employees to frequent clean hotels

September 8, 2010

In 2000, ADA wrote a letter on behalf of a number of pro-family organizations to the largest hotel chains in America urging them to get out of the in-room pornography business.

There wasn’t a great deal of fruit to say the least (at least it seemed)  However, that seed effort continues to grow and expand.  See the website: http://cleanhotels.com/

The following article shows the positive steps being exerted by Winona County (Minnesota) to encourage county employees to frequent clean hotels as opposed to those involved in the in-room porn business.

The move is targeted at reducing sexual and domestic violence, which studies have linked to pornography, according to the WinonaDailyNews.com

“‘In and of itself, this policy is not a cure-all,’ the document reads, ‘but it is an important effort to help prevent a social disease and its related costs to the public.’

The state of Minnesota spent $221 million in 2006 on costs related to sexual violence, according to county documents. That total did not include costs related to domestic violence. Meanwhile, local tax dollars support several county departments directly impacted by these crimes.

‘It is logical to assume that prevention of certain criminal activities would reduce the costs of providing these services,’ the issue paper states. ‘Prevention would also prevent the much greater social cost to the community.’

Using Winona County taxpayer dollars to support those businesses does not help address the problem, a proposed county board resolutions states.

Many county employees routinely travel as part of their duties, County Administrator Duane Hebert said, though travel totals were not immediately available Friday. Training and certifications for social workers, law enforcement officials and other employees often require they spend the night in a hotel, he said.

In those circumstances, employees would typically be reimbursed only if they choose a hotel that does not offer pornography, according to a draft county policy. More than 480 hotels in Minnesota meet that criteria, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

The no-pornography rule would not apply if a hotel is the ‘host site’ for a conference the employee is attending or if staying at a pornography-free site would cost more than 15 percent over another hotel.

http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/article_d7505ec6-b8a0-11df-9878-001cc4c002e0.html

In a day when time-honored standards of decency are being decimated, what an encouragement to see county leaders encourage fiscal responsibility and decency in such a common sense manner.

Express appreciation to the board of commissioners:

http://americandecency.org/take_action_form.php?msg_id=60

Mailing address:

Winona County
County Administrator
djohnson@co.winona.mn.us
Government Center
177 Main Street
Winona, MN
507-457-6547

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