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Lorain mayor reads city value statement urging dignity, confronting hate
Summary
Mayor Bradley presented a formal value statement at the Dec. 15 Lorain City Council meeting, urging the city to "lead with integrity" and pledging to "confront hate swiftly"; council voted to receive and file the statement and the mayor said it will be posted at city hall and online.
Mayor Bradley on Monday read a formal value statement to the Lorain City Council and the public, urging local officials and residents to "lead with integrity, listen with humility, and govern with fairness." He told the council the statement would be posted at city hall and that it reflects a commitment to protect "the dignity of all our residents."
The mayor framed the statement as a civic response to recent national and international incidents and said the city must "confront hate swiftly, clearly, and without hesitation" and support people targeted by intimidation. "Every person has dignity and every person belongs," he said as he read the text aloud.
Council members moved to "receive and file" the statement and the motion carried unanimously. One council member asked that the mayor's statement also be posted on the city's website.
No formal policy change accompanied the statement; council treated it as a symbolic and public-communications item. The next administrative step, according to council discussion, is for the mayor's office to post the statement online and at city hall.
