To the Editor,
The Lanesboro City Council approved a policy to provide women’s shelter contact information in the public restrooms in City buildings. The information is on 8×11 posters with small tear-off strips at the bottom containing the Women’s Shelter phone number: (507) 285-1010 or 1 (800) 438-6439. The posters have questions like: Does your partner hit, slap or choke you? Or control where you go or who you see? They posters have been up for over two months. Restrooms are particularly good places for this information because they are private. Someone can easily tear off an information strip without fear of being watched. Many people have taken tear-off strips. Several posters have been replaced. They are being used! That shows there is a need. Any other government agencies interested in taking this compassionate stand can find information online at the National Domestic Violence Hotline website. Lanesboro City Council made a compassionate stand.
Sandra Webb
Lanesboro, Minn.