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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- There is caller outrage implicit rainbow-wrapped condoms, arsenic Fresno County Supervisor Garry Bredefeld claims they outgo taxpayers thousands.
"Taxpayer wealth should not beryllium utilized to facilitate lube and condoms truthful radical tin prosecute successful intersexual activity," Bredefeld said.
The condoms were custom-ordered with "Fresno County" printed connected the wrapper. Health officials distributed them, on with lube, stylized fans, and pamphlets, astatine the pridefulness parade past Saturday.
They each totaled $6,000, per Bredefeld.
"It got beyond conscionable providing immoderate accusation to radical from Public Health, (and it) became advocacy, and that's not the presumption of the county," helium said.
Many presumption it arsenic a preventive measure, a captious portion of the Health Department's mission.
Condoms are highly effectual astatine preventing STDs similar HIV.
"It becomes an insurmountable load for Fresno County taxpayers if we're not preventing HIV oregon sexually transmitted infections," advocator Diana Oliva said.
Oliva argues it was a tiny terms to pay, calling the condoms a "cost-effective" mode of reaching the community.
"When you person the Fresno County Department of Public Health sponsoring oregon promoting - They person a large level of spot and rapport already with Fresno County residents," Oliva said.
The contention prompted a treatment astatine the Board of Supervisors gathering connected Tuesday erstwhile others said they besides had questions.
"I would similar to spot what we've utilized successful the past arsenic a criterion for what events supervisors and region resources are expended," Supervisor Luis Chavez said.
County Administrative Officer Paul Nerland is present drafting a argumentation that could necessitate region departments to get the board's support earlier spending wealth connected assemblage events.
"It's wholly unacceptable, and truthful we volition get this changed truthful this doesn't hap successful the future," Bredefeld said.
The projected caller argumentation could beryllium acceptable by the Board of Supervisors' archetypal gathering successful July, and supervisors would person to ballot connected it.
The nationalist would besides person a accidental to measurement in.
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