Removing Dei? Scottsdale City Council to vote – FOX 10 News Phoenix

Scotsdale, Ariz. – Thehe Scotsdale The City Council voted to remove Toe Programs and “guarantee that city employees are hired, evaluated and elevated based on merit.”

The residents are divided by the issue and the members of the council refuse to provide clarity why this is in their agenda on February 11.

The story:

Many people are packed in the mayoralty on Tuesday night and everyone has an opinion on DEI.

No member of the Council would say why they put this on the agenda or how this program adversely affects the city of Scotsdale.

What they say:

The idea of ​​getting rid of programs for diversity, justice and inclusion in Scottsdale causes fiery answers.

“DEI was actually applied so that mediocre white men could not hire more mediocre white men,” Christopher Owens, founder and executive director of CultureHub He said.

Members of the Council of Scottsdale believe that deleting DEI’s efforts in the city will benefit from residents, ensuring that its employees have been hired and elevated on the basis of merit.

As the agenda item reads“Make sure that the city employees are hired, evaluated and elevated based on the merit, protecting City of Scottsdale employees from illegal and antimeriticocratic forms of discrimination and guarantee that residents and taxpayers are serviced by the most qualified employees of the city.”

Here’s what some of them had to say about the problem:

“I don’t mind if people are different nationalities and different ethnicities, but they must be equally qualified.”

“There is no proof that DEI is not based on merit.”

Dig for a deeper:

FOX 10 wanted to ask Council members to explain why they decided to conduct a vote to remove the programs and staff of the city department, which includes Martin Luther King -Jr.’s festivities, but after numerous calls and emails, the article’s originator, Adam’s Advisor Adam Quasman, refused to speak.

The deputy mayor of Scottsdale Jan Dubauskas escaped when Fox 10 approached her.

Checking X though, a Post by Kwasman Read“You cannot enter the mayor’s office of Scottsdale without being bombarded with Day. This poison will be rooted by our beautiful city. No matter the race, orientation or belief, we appreciate the content of the character.”

“You just expose yourself to who you are”

“If you thought Scottsdale was white now, wait until the weekend when it starts,” Owens said.

He says that Dei programs are designed to open doors, not only for people based on the color of their skin, but also for white women who make up the bigger part of the city’s population.

“If you don’t want us, it’s good. You don’t hurt us. You just expose yourself to who you are, which most of us knew first,” Owens said.

The vote will happen on Tuesday night. This is the 14th item on the agenda. It will undoubtedly be fun with a passionate public comment.

More than 40 people have been registered to speak and they have a one -minute limit to the mayor of Scottsdale Lisa Borovski.

We will update this story after a vote is held.

Big look at the elder:

President Donald Trump order for all the variety, justice and inclusion (DEI) The staff will be released on paid leave and ultimately fired, part of his efforts to eliminate affirmative actions in the federal government.

The announcement came after the executive order, signed on his first day of service, which requires extensive dismantling of diversity programs and the inclusion of the federal government. This can include everything-from bias to the financing of farmers and homeowners.

The increased enforcement order overturns the legislation dating back to the 1960s and can have a widespread impact on more than 2.4 million federal workers.