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City Council introduces rule to bar certain slurs in public comment; vote deferred after extended testimony
Summary
A proposed change to council rules that would bar two specific slurs during public comment drew more than an hour of testimony from students, educators, neighborhood councils and other community members. Council took no final action under Rule 77 and will consider the proposal at a later date.
Council members introduced a proposed amendment to council rules that would prohibit the use of certain racial and gender-based slurs during the public-comment portion of meetings. The measure drew sustained public testimony from students, educators and neighborhood councils before the council, under Rule 77, declined to take final action and laid the matter over for at least one week.
Council President Harris Dawson said the proposal will not be adopted today: "Council will take no action on item 16 today. That is only to introduce the rule and that is pursuant to council rule 77." The rule means the item was introduced but must be held over for at least one week…
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