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Commission sends public‑accommodations complaint alleging race and disability discrimination to public hearing
Summary
The Davenport City Commission voted Nov. 18 to move case PA0009325 — a public‑accommodations complaint alleging race and disability discrimination and supported by witness recordings — to a public hearing; Director Lacy recommended the hearing, citing probable cause and community impact.
The Davenport City Commission voted Nov. 18 to send a public‑accommodations complaint identified in the record as PA0009325 to a public hearing after the director recommended further formal proceedings.
Director Lacy told commissioners the complainant in PA0009325 is “an African American man, with a disability,” who “encountered this public accommodation and needed an accommodation because he had been hospitalized,” and that witnesses and a video and audio recording corroborate the complainant’s account. Lacy said one respondent told staff the complainant…
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