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Vacaville meeting erupts over mayor’s refusal to sign Pride Month proclamation; council votes to review policy and allow vice mayor to submit proclamation
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the Vacaville City Council on May 20 to issue a Pride Month proclamation after Mayor John Carley told the council he would not sign a proclamation this year.
Dozens of residents urged the Vacaville City Council on May 20 to issue a Pride Month proclamation after Mayor John Carley told the council he would not sign a proclamation this year.
Public-comment speakers included LGBTQ advocates, veterans and residents who said the mayor's refusal signals exclusion. Will McGarvey, executive director of the Solano Pride Center, told the council his group had followed the city's application process but had not received timely communication and called the treatment discriminatory: "You are treating us differently, so you are breaking your oath of office to us." Several speakers described bullying and harassment they said would be exacerbated by the…
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