Boughton/city council disrespect Jewish community

From the WTF was Boughton and the city council thinking files..

The regularly scheduled City Council meeting for September will be held this Thursday.

According to city officials, while the meetings are typically held the first Tuesday of every month, the meeting for September was pushed forward because of the Labor Day Weekend.

[...]

Paul M. Simon, president of the Congregation B'Nai Israel on Clapboard Ridge, said he was surprised city officials would schedule a council meeting during the holiday.

"I would like to hope they didn't realize what they were doing," Simon said, adding that the holiday starts on Wednesday and ends at sundown on Friday. "It's a very unfortunate situation. It shows that our own local government doesn't have respect for some of its citizens. For me it would be tantamount to scheduling the meeting on Christmas or Easter. I wish the mayor and the City Council would reconsider."

So Boughton and City Council President Joe Cavo decide to move the date of the city council's meeting from tonight to the middle of Rosh Hashanah...in other words, Labor Day is more important than one of the most important Jewish observances.

Ugh!

UPDATE: True to form, Boughton "apology" is a load of crap...

Boughton on Tuesday was apologetic about the error.

"The meeting schedule is set years in advance and we certainly didn't want to offend anyone," he said. "We will make sure it doesn't happen again."

Meeting schedule is set years in advance?!? I call bullshit...I guess Boughton, Cavo, and the anti-immigrant moron who laughably calls herself the "Legislative Assistant" don't know how to use a calendar.

Courtesy of Wikipedia:

Rosh Hashanah occurs 163 days after the first day of Passover (Pesach). In terms of the Gregorian calendar, the earliest date on which Rosh Hashanah can fall is September 5, as happened in 1899 and will happen again in 2013. The latest Rosh Hashanah can occur relative to the Gregorian dates is on October 5, as happened in 1967 and will happen again in 2043. After 2089, the differences between the Hebrew calendar and the Gregorian calendar will result in Rosh Hashanah falling no earlier than September 6.[12]


Rosh Hashanah will occur on the following days of the Gregorian calendar:

* Jewish Year 5771: sunset September 8, 2010 - nightfall September 10, 2010
* Jewish Year 5772: sunset September 28, 2011 - nightfall September 30, 2011
* Jewish Year 5773: sunset September 16, 2012 - nightfall September 18, 2012

As you can see, the dates of Rosh Hashanah are known YEARS IN ADVANCE...and Boughton and his ilk would have known this if they really gave a damn in the first place.