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Resident urges council to change Collin Park bandshell policy, alleges city manager influence
Summary
Anne Henriksen told the Holland City Council during public comment that the Collin Park bandshell policy restricts religious expression unless a city department sponsors the event and alleged City Manager Keith Van Beek has been steering the council against a policy change.
Anne Henriksen, a resident, used the public comment period to urge the Holland City Council to revise the Collin Park bandshell policy so religious organizations are not effectively barred from performing there.
Henriksen said the current policy “states clearly a religious organization must have a city department sponsor in order to use” the bandshell and argued that requirement amounts to religious discrimination. She recommended the Human Relations Department be designated to evaluate such requests, saying that office is the appropriate place to resolve possible conflicts with the city’s…
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