Jennifer Crossley is unfit to serve on the Monroe County Council

It is shameful for an elected official to turn her back on a taxpayer exercising her First Amendment rights.

Note: I submitted this letter to the Bloomington Herald-Times.

To the Editor:

The city council's resolution on "gender affirming healthcare" on June 12 was always predestined to pass unanimously. Person after person spoke in favor of the resolution, and both City Clerk Nicole Bolden and Monroe County Council member Jennifer Crossley spoke in public comment supporting the resolution.

Exactly one person spoke against the resolution, out of love and concern for gender-confused people. In response, both Bolden and Crossley turned their backs on her. Both of them have proven themselves unfit for office with this childish behavior. If you cannot even bear to respectfully listen to someone who has been a member of this community for decades respectfully state her opinion on matters before the city council, you are not qualified to serve the people of Bloomington and Monroe County. Crossley, as a member of the County Council, has an obligation to listen to all viewpoints. She abandoned that obligation.

The people of Monroe County deserve better. The people of Monroe County deserve representatives who will respectfully listen to their constituents when we exercise our First Amendment rights to address government for redress of grievances. This principle applies even when people say things in opposition to the policies of those elected officials. Voters should turn their backs on Jennifer Crossley in 2026, and put someone on the county council who respects the views of all constituents of Monroe County.