The Arlington City Council this week took its first step toward suspending the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance and amending its Unity Goals with a 6-2 vote to do so on Tuesday, Sept. 2, according to a report Chris Moss for KERA’s Arlington Report. The council will take its final vote on the suspension next week.
The council took up the issue to protect its federal funding, put in jeopardy by Donald Trump’s executive order threatening funding for government entities that don’t suspend “all radical and wasteful government programs” as part of the administration’s ongoing efforts to eliminate all DEI efforts across the country
City Manager Trey Yelverton said during the Tuesday council meeting that the council is “taking steps that are all intended to pursue capital in this community with over $65 million worth of assistance coming here,” according to the KERA report…