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Resident criticizes council president Bowers over celebratory resolutions and cites city charter nondiscrimination clause
Summary
Kathy McCorkle used the public-comment period to criticize Council President Marissa Bowers, alleging partiality in the city's celebratory resolutions and citing the charter's nondiscrimination language; she asked why her proposed recognition for 'natural families' had not been advanced.
During public comment, resident Kathy McCorkle of 677 Piccadilly told council she felt Council President Marissa Bowers had refused to advance a celebratory resolution recognizing what McCorkle called "natural families," while having supported a prior mayoral pride proclamation and a council resolution recognizing the LGBTQ community.
"Last year's mayoral pride proclamation claims, the city of Gahanna and its residents, as reflected in…
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