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Resident urges Mesa council to remove DEI policy, citing national rollbacks and lawsuits

3153619 · April 30, 2025
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Summary

During citizen comments, a Mesa resident urged the council to remove the city's diversity, equity and inclusion policy and said recent federal and corporate actions show DEI is being rolled back nationally; the council took no action at the meeting.

A Mesa resident used the Feb. 3 citizen comment period to urge the City Council to remove the city’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy, citing recent federal contract cancellations and corporate decisions as reasons to rescind the policy.

“Ideas have consequences and bad ideas have victims,” the resident said,…

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