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Panama City mayor apologizes after NAACP members call remarks inappropriate; commission hears mixed public reaction
Summary
Mayor Michael Rowan apologized at the Feb. 11 city commission meeting for remarks he made during the Bay County NAACP Black History Month proclamation. The Bay County NAACP presented a formal letter demanding a public apology and written response; public commenters offered both criticism and support.
Mayor Michael Rowan opened the Feb. 11 Panama City Commission meeting by apologizing for remarks he made while addressing the Bay County NAACP’s Black History Month proclamation, saying he was not a racist and offering a public apology to anyone offended.
The apology followed a formal communication delivered during the meeting by the Bay County NAACP. NAACP leaders read a letter accusing the mayor of using phrases such as “those people” and “you people” at the Feb. 3 event and called those phrases “racial slurs” that were “incorrect and inappropriate.” The NAACP asked the mayor for a public apology and a…
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