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Anna advisory commission debates Pride recognition, votes to take no action on name change
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The Anna Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Commission met to consider how the city should acknowledge lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents and whether to ask the City Council to restore the panel's prior name.
The Anna Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Commission met to consider how the city should acknowledge lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents and whether to ask the City Council to restore the panel's prior name.
Commissioner Jody Foster said the commission should consider some form of official recognition for Pride Month but acknowledged political sensitivity: "I don't even know with the political atmosphere the way it is, what they could do to acknowledge it without it becoming ... a really political hot button," she said during the discussion. Foster urged the commissioners to gather examples of what other nearby cities do and to return with concrete proposals.
Why it matters: the commission's role is advisory to Anna…
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