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Public comment session yields calls to divest from companies tied to Israel/Palestine violence and complaints about county responses
Summary
Speakers urged Boulder County to divest from companies they said fund violence in Gaza and the West Bank; the exchange included heated language, interruptions, and commissioners' requests for decorum and civility.
Several members of the public used the Board of County Commissioners' public comment period to call on Boulder County to divest county funds from companies they said contribute to violence in Gaza and the West Bank, and to press commissioners for apologies and policy changes.
"We the Boulder City alone invest $37,000,000 a year in companies that directly contribute and pay for the genocide," said Laura Gonzalez, who addressed commissioners and asked them to divest from…
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