A Michigan county official's use of the N-word at a public meeting prompts the governor, other officials, and residents to call for his resignation. - NBCBLK
"We do not condone the racist comments you made in the Leelanau Road Commission meeting room on August 4th," the letter to Eckerle said."We will not tolerate any kind of racism in our meeting room or in our organization.""His comments are atrocious," she said in a statement."The Governor has been very clear — there’s no place for hate and racism in Michigan.
An online petition that says it was started by a Leelanau County resident and which calls for Eckerle's removal had garnered more than 2,900 signatures as of Friday morning. "He confirmed to me he did use the racial slur. After some discussion I asked Mr. Eckerle to resign. He refused," O'Malley wrote.
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