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When Lisa J. Schkolnick '88 walked into the offices of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) in December, 1987 to file a gender discrimination complaint against the all-male Fly Club, she expected to spark long-term debate over the fate of the final clubs. But she probably had no...
MCAD normally takes 288 days to complete an investigation. Already, the Fly Club case has greatly exceeded that period, and Kathleen M. Allen, the commissioner assigned to the case, declines to speculate on when the investigation will end. She had originally expected to wrap up the proceedings last spring, but lawyers for both sides kept submitting more and more briefs for the commission to examine...
When the commission finally rules on the case,Allen says that decision will rest ondetails--information on who comes in and out ofthe club, and how and from whom the club receivesmoney.
"It is proper for the commission to keep up theinvestigating process, if it will make it morecomplete," says Baker. But he adds that the FlyClub's efforts to get in the last word are"petty," saying they have unnecessarily delayedthe case.
In perhaps the strongest action yet, Senator Albert Gore last week introduced a bill that would empower local communities to set rates for basic cable services. To increase competition among cable-system operators, the Tennessee Democrat would allow telephone companies to enter the cable business. In addition, the bill asked...