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George Blakemore urges Black residents to 'tend to your own business,' criticizes officials
Business and Economic Development Committee · February 3, 2026
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During public comment, George Blakemore urged Black residents to start and run businesses rather than rely on government, criticized elected officials as politicians not businesspeople, and warned that lack of local economic development creates a 'toxic environment.'
George Blakemore, the meeting’s lone public commenter, urged Black residents to pursue entrepreneurship and criticized elected officials for failing to foster economic development in Black neighborhoods.
Speaking during the Business and Economic Development Committee’s public-comment period,…
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