Edwardsville s Race Relations, Equality Committee offers 10-point proposal
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net
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EDWARDSVILLE While most of the city council’s final meeting of 2020 was routine, Mayor Hal Patton added a new element.
Patton announced the findings of his race relations and equity report and copies were placed on the city’s website for residents to review, discuss, print and share.
He recounted that back in late May, after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, there were nationwide protests, including about 600 people in downtown Edwardsville.
“As mayor, my first and second thoughts were, ‘We need to keep our officers and our residents safe and we need to protect our downtown’ but this group had a lot to say and they did so peacefully.