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Residents raise concerns about Labor Day parade contingent and East Diamond street and sidewalk conditions
Summary
At the Sept. 2 public-comment period, a resident said an unidentified group carrying pro-Palestinian complaints marched in the Labor Day parade and made him feel threatened, and another resident asked the city to restore trash receptacles, address speeding and repair uneven sidewalks on East Diamond.
Two residents used the public-comment period at the Sept. 2 Gaithersburg Mayor and City Council meeting to raise separate concerns about a Labor Day parade contingent and conditions on East Diamond.
Jonathan Rich, who identified himself as a physician living in North Potomac, told the council he was concerned about "an unidentified black clad group representing complaints on behalf of the Palestinian people" that marched in the city’s Labor Day parade. Rich said he and his family felt threatened and that the parade should not be…
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