“The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic.”
― Minority Report
― Minority Report
The city of Portland has banned urinals in its remodeled administrative building to “remove arbitrary barriers in our community,” KGW-TV reported.
Chief Administrative Officer Tom Rinehart emailed employees last February, saying, “We will continue to have gender-specific (male and female) multi-stall restrooms that are readily available to any employee that prefers to use one. But there will be no urinals in any restroom in the building,” the station said.
"I am convinced that this is the right way to ensure success as your employer, remove arbitrary barriers in our community, and provide leadership that is reflective of our shared values," he added, KGW reported.The station added that the city has redesigned all the restrooms to be gender-neutral, which means urinals are banned even in the men's restrooms.
Larson added to the station that urinals use far less water than toilets.
The building's first, third, and 15th floors will have large multi-stall restrooms that men and women will use together, KGW said, adding that other floors will have separate men's and women's restrooms — but each floor will have at least one any-gender restroom.
There will be 42 "all-user stalls," the station said, and 104 gender-specific stalls.
The Portland building remodel will cost taxpayers $195,000,000, KGW said, adding that a spokeswoman said she didn't have a dollar figure on the cost of the restroom work.
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