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Residents criticize mayor’s past social-media language during Isanti City Council public comment
Summary
At the Isanti City Council meeting, residents accused the mayor of using dehumanizing language on social media and urged his removal as a school liaison; the mayor acknowledged a past mistake but no formal action was taken. Public commenters called for accountability and staff offered follow-up options.
Josh Bosma, a resident speaking during the public-comment period, told the Isanti City Council that a social-media post the mayor had linked to from his mayoral page compared marginalized people to historical atrocities and was unacceptable for an elected official. "You don't get to hide behind that," Bosma said, calling the mayor's language “abhorrent and disgusting” and asking the council to remove the mayor as the school-district liaison.
The mayor responded at…
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