Just two days prior to the racially motivated mass shooting that claimed the lives of three Black Jacksonville residents, a city council committee pulled funding for the mayor’s Chief of Diversity and Inclusion.
Finance Committee members cited fiscal responsibility and a 28 percent increase in the mayor’s budget when they voted to nix the $232,000 intended to fund the new position.But after this weekend’s racist violence, which claimed the lives of three Black residents in New Town, Mayor Donna Deegan is hoping the council reconsiders.
The committee decided to redirect the funds to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission and the Public Works Department, suggesting they serve a similar purpose.Funding for Mayor Deegan’s new Chief of Diversity and Inclusion nixed by council committee“The Human Rights Commission, they take complaints, they make observations, but he is the point man that goes to the community and allows opportunities for people to learn about each other,” Carlucci said.
“That allowed her and him to start, show what he can do. That’s what politics is. It’s compromise. I was disappointed that compromise was not taken,” Salem said.
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