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Public commentator urges Cotati planning commission to stop land acknowledgment, calls it 'racist' and 'political pandering'
Summary
Former Cotati councilman George Barich used the public‑comment period at the Aug. 18 Planning Commission meeting to call the city’s land acknowledgment "racist" and urge it be moved to the end of meetings.
Former Cotati councilman George Barich used the public‑comment period at the Aug. 18 Planning Commission meeting to criticize the city’s land acknowledgment and urge the commission to cease reading it at the start of meetings.
Barich told the commission he supported moving the land acknowledgment to the end of meetings “as has the city council,” saying that would mean “most likely there'll be less if no citizens in the room to have to endure this racist and asinine land acknowledgment.” He criticized the text’s historical claims and said the acknowledgment amounted to “political pandering” that, in his view, could benefit casino interests seeking…
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