(Largo, FL) - One of five commissioners who voted to fire a transsexual city manager said his management style, not his lifestyle, led to the dismissal. Largo City Commissioner Gay Gentry said City Manager Steve Stanton was a "hard-nosed, my-way-or-the-highway" boss who expected more understanding of his personal situation than he showed to some of his roughly 1,200 employees in 14 years as the city's top official.
See also: Florida City Fires Transgender, Once and For All [4]
Note: The full article is in the Tampa Tribune [5]
