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Lynnwood council vice president returns from NLC conference, criticizes divisive remarks and outlines housing, youth and equity takeaways
Summary
Council Vice President Bridal said he left a National League of Cities session led by Vice President JD Vance in protest of remarks he described as "villainizing" immigrants, and reported back on housing, youth-program funding strategies and equity workshops he attended at the conference.
Council Vice President Bridal said he left a National League of Cities (NLC) general session led by Vice President JD Vance after hearing what he described as divisive remarks about immigrants, and used a city work session to summarize workshops and meetings he attended in Washington, D.C.
Bridal said he attended several NLC workshops on housing, youth programming and equity and leadership. "I did get up and I did leave, and I did not listen to the rest of the session at all," he told the council, describing his exit from the session as a personal protest to comments he said "villainize[d] our immigrants and ... criminalize our immigrants."
Bridal spent the remainder of his…
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