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call to order this regular scheduled

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meeting of the 31st 35th Dearborn City

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Council for August 18th, 2026 at 7 PM.

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Just a kind reminder to everyone in

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attendance, please silence your cell

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phones, communication devices as to not

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disturb the meeting. Mr. Clerk, can we

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have the role?

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>> Yes. Council member O'Reilly

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>> Council member Enos.

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>> Council member Paris

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>> Council member Abraham

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>> Council member Hammud here.

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>> Council member Alafi.

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>> Council President Sereni

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>> here. We have a quorum. All right. Thank

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you, Mr. clerk. At this time, I'd like

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to turn the meeting over to Councilman

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>> Thank you, Council President Serini.

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Ladies and gentlemen, special guests and

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visitors, welcome to Dearborn. Before we

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start our regular city council meeting,

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I want you to know that I've served this

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community for almost 25 years in this

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capacity. And at every single council

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meeting, it has been a tradition of the

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Dearborn City Council and the

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administration

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to begin in prayer and recite the pledge

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of allegiance of the United States of

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America.

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This is us. This is who we are. This is

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the city of Dearbornne and this is the

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United States of America.

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Now, it is my honor to introduce Pastor

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Jerry Reno from Grace Presbyterian

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Church. deliver the invocation tonight.

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before, I will ask all who are able to

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please stand for tonight's invocation

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and remain standing for the pledge of

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allegiance of our great country.

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>> Well, thank you council. It's an honor

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to be here again. My name is Jerry

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Riando and I serve as pastor of Grace

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Presbyterian Church in Dearborn. Thank

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you so much for having me. Let's pray.

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Almighty God, thank you for the members

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of the city council before me. I thank

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you for the fact that you have raised

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them up to lead this city to sacrifice

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for this city and to love the city. God,

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we thank you for each member of this

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council and I would pray that you would

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bring blessing to them in their

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individual lives. I pray that you would

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bless their families and give them

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health and protection. We know that most

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of them work outside of these council

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chambers. And so I pray that you would

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bless the work of their hands and make

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their labor fruitful.

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pray for them this evening is this. I

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pray that you would draw each of them

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closer and closer to yourself and that

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they would come to know you more and understand your immeasurable

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love that you offer both tonight and all

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the days of their lives.

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Lord, we know that there is a great deal

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of work before council this even some of

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it is complex. Some of it is tedious.

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of it affects the lives of thousands of

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people. On some matters there is

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On others disagreement. And so my prayer

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this evening for this council is that

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you would grant them wisdom. In James

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chapter 1, you give us an astounding

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promise that when we lack wisdom, we We

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ask you and you give generously. And so

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we do that just now. Please God, grant

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these men wisdom. Grant them patience

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and understanding and forbearance.

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Grant these things so that they can

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effectively do what you have called them

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to do, which is to lead and love the

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city. God, we know we can ask these

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things of you because no matter how much

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we love the city, and we do, we know

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that you love the city and her people

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even more. We desire her well.

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Father, we pray all these things in

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Christ's holy name. Amen.

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» United States of America

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for all.

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» Thank you, pastor.

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All right, Mr. Clerk, can we have the

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first item of business?

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>> Uh, item number four is a resolution by

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Council President Sereni, supported

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unanimously offering condolences to

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family of Ronnie L. Chandler and

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requesting immediate effect.

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>> Thank you, Mr. Clerk. We are deeply

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saddened by the past passing of Ronnie

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Chandler, a resident of Dearborn,

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Michigan, who was born on July 16th,

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1944, and passed away on July 28th of

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this year at the age of 82 years old.

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Ron leaves behind his beloved wife

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Sandy, his children Amanda, Bridget,

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Katie, and Megan, his grandchildren, and

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many family members and friends who will

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ever forever cherish his memory. After

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attending Fortune High School, Ron's

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love for baseball led him to pursue a

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professional career as a pitcher from

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1963 to 1970. Played in the minor

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leagues for several teams, uh,

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dedicating himself to a sport that he

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loved. Following his baseball career,

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uh, Ron uh, briefly worked in the

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drywall industry before returning to

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school in 1976 where he went on to earn

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his bachelor's degree from the Wayne

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State University. After graduating, Ron

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built a successful career as a financial

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adviser for Sigma Financial. He was a

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dedicated to helping others plan for

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their futures and was respected by his

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colleagues and clients for his

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integrity, wisdom, genuine commitment to

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helping others succeed. Above all, Ron

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cherished his family. He and he shared

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an extraordinary marriage with his

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beloved wife Sandy, a testament to a

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lifetime of love, devotion, and an

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unwavering commitment to family. Ron

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also had a gift of of finding joy in the

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simple pleasure such as a fresh cup of

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coffee, a good meal with his loved ones,

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and of course, watching a baseball game

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and enjoying his nearby golf game. Uh

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Ronnie Chandler uh will be remembered as

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a man who who found happiness in every

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moment in everyday moments and took

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great pleasure in sharing those moments

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with people that he cared about. His

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legacy lives on through the family uh

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his family members that he cherished and

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the many many lives that he touched with

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kindness, integrity, generosity

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and uh quiet leadership. We extend our

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deepest condolences to Sandy, his

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children, grandchildren, extended

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families, friends, and to all that had

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the privilege of knowing Mr. Chandler,

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as I always called him. And uh on a

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personal note, his wife uh taught uh

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every one of my children through uh

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elementary school. Tremendous people uh

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that u believed in hard work, paying

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your dues, respecting others, and living

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a clean, honest life. Tremendous man.

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eternal peace. A unanimous role shall be

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uh attached. All right, Mr. Cook. The

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public comment, I just want to give some

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ground uh ground rules that we do every

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meeting. The public comment under the

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term of the 34th council was changed to

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allow 30 minutes prior to our regular

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business items which we will do here

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today. We have comment cards we'd like

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you to fill out. U unfortunately we will

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only allow 30 minutes in the beginning

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of the meeting. Then after the business

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items, we will then pull the rest of the

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cards for those to speak. Kind reminder,

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we do not allow any outbursts. If you

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truly want to be heard, you need to be

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able to be heard by uh the council. We

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ask you others that are in the audience

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not to have any out outbursts

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whatsoever. And just keep in mind also

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that um you will have a threeinut time

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limit. The clerk will let you know when

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711. Okay. All right. So we do have some

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cards and then those who did fill out a

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card, you will be called but it will be

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at the end of the meeting if you don't

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make the first uh 10. All right. Uh

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officer? Is there a pathway through this

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rear. Yeah. Is the rear clo better access to go around? All right.

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to get that thing. Miss Stokes, thank

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>> Okay. Um, council members, mayor, my

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name is Paula Hamilton Stokes and I

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reside on Lynon Street.

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I am here this evening to show support

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for my beloved hometown.

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I thank you for the privilege of your

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Dearborn has one of the most diverse

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populations in our country and I will

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not stand idly by as outsiders attempt

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to sew division and hate. They would

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have you believe our city is under

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siege.

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This is no more than an attempt to fear

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and could not be further from the truth.

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I have served three different mayors

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and was blessed to be mentored by each

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one, making me the woman I am today.

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Strong,

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confident,

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and incapable of backing down when I see

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injustice.

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Dearborn has always been there for me,

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and I remain grateful.

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Some of the kindest, caring, and

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open-minded people I have ever known

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live right here. We share our

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differences. We do not fear them.

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God bless you, dear neighbors.

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My name is Pastor Lorenzo Sula. I have

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the honor and the privilege of being the

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senior pastor of 180 church where

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President Donald Trump came for his

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birthday weekend. And it was there that

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I had an opportunity to pray over the

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president. And it was at that moment

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that he told me I would pray at the

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inauguration and I would be able to

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preach at the rededication.

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The reason why I'm here today because

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dearbornne

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in all of your prosperity

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and everything that you've done the

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spirit of Hubard is still in this city.

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The The spirit of racism still dwells

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in this city. This is a CITY THAT HAS

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PROSPERED WITH YOUR mosque and your call

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to prayer. But yet, it's on the back of

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my people. It's on THE BACK OF BLACK

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people that we have funded everything

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you do. You look down on us. Your police

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enact injustice on us. And when Jake

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Lane talked about Jesus,

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HE WAS ASSAULTED

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BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT UP UNDER AMERICAN

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LAW. YOU ARE UP UNDER SHARIA LAW. THAT

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IS THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE MADE NO

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ARREST. YOU LAUGH. YOU ARE THREE

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GENERATIONS OF RACISM IN THIS VERY CITY.

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YOU KNOW IT. YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT HAS

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HAPPENED IN THIS CITY. AND IT IS MY

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PEOPLE THAT HAVE FUNDED YOU. IT'S MY

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PEOPLE THAT MADE SURE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT

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YOU HAVE. AND YOU SPIT on us. YOU

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DEGRADE US. BUT YOU'RE ONLY 1% OF THIS

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NATION. WE ARE NOT A NATION OF MUSLIMS.

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WE ARE A NATION OF CHRISTIANS. WE ARE

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ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. THE

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GOD OF THE BIBLE, THE GOD [screaming] OF

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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. THAT'S THE GOD IN

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WHOM WE SERVE. I WANT YOU TO PROVE TO ME

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WE'RE NOT UP UNDER SHARIA LAW. WILL YOU

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DENOUNCE COUNCILMAN O'REILLY? WILL YOU

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DENOUNCE SHARIA LAW?

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Will you den I KNOW YOU WON'T. WILL YOU

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DENOUNCE SHARIA LAW? ABRAHAM, YOU WENT

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TO HILLSDALE. WILL YOU RENOUNCE SHARIA

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LAW? WILL YOU RENOUNCE SHARIA LAW?

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AMERICA, WE HAVE LOST THIS CITY. THIS IS

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A CITY THAT IS NO LONGER UP UNDER

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AMERICAN LAWS. WE ARE UP UNDER SHARIA

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law and we will not HAVE IT ANYMORE.

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ENOUGH [screaming] IS ENOUGH.

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[cheering]

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» All right. All right. Order. We got to

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have We're gonna have order in the

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meeting. We're gonna have order in the

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meeting, folks. Okay. I just would like

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to remind everyone there is a microphone

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system in the city of Dearbornne. We can

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afford one. So, when you're speaking, if

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you'd like to raise your voice, you like

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to raise your voice, guys. You can, but

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it's not doing anything else. So, we

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we'd like we're going to give you a

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warning. Speak. We can hear you. We want

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you to be heard. We understand passion.

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We're all about passion. But keep in

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mind that be respectful to to people

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that are here that want to be heard. So,

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please try to contain yourself if you

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can. Um, can we have our uh Sam beers

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tonight? I speak not only as a resident

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in your Wayne County Commissioner, but

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as someone who has been selling real

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estate in Dearborn for four decades. For

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the last 40 years, I have witnessed

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firsthand the transformation of this

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great and diverse city. I have watched

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families build their lives here,

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businesses grow, neighborhoods change,

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and generations come together to make

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Dearborn the community it is today. And

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that is why I want to say this very

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clearly. Dearbornne is America. The

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Constitution of the United States is the

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highest law of the land, not the law of

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any religion. It protects every one of

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us, whether we pray in a mosque, a

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church, a synagogue, or somewhere else.

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To those who came to Dearborn looking to

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spread fear and division, I say to you,

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come see the real Darbone. Look at our

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neighborhoods, our businesses, our

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schools, in our houses of worship. You

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will see people from different

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backgrounds living, working, worshiping,

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and raising their families together. You

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will see a nativity tradition that has

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been part of this great community for

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more than 70 years. You will see

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businesses selling pork products. You

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will see religious freedom in action.

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That is not Sharia Allah. That is

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America. And those who came here

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intending to desecrate the Quran to

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provoke or insult our community.

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Understand this. Muslims honor Jesus

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Christ, Mary and Moses, peace be upon

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them. Jesus is honored throughout the

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Quran. Mary, Miriam is so deeply honored

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that an entire chapter is named after

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her and Moses is mentioned more than any

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other prophet 136 times. Those figures

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are not strangers to Muslims. They are

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part of our faith. You have the

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constitutional right to disagree with

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us, protest peacefully, and speak your

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mind. And we have those same rights to

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worship, to speak, to assemble, and to

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live our faith openly. Let me tell you

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who the people of Dearborn are. We are

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doctors, teachers, judges, lawyers,

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business owners, police officers, public

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servants, first responders, and members

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of United States Armed Forces. We pay

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our taxes. We create jobs. We educate

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our children. We care for our neighbors.

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We came from different places, but we

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build something together. That is the

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beauty of America. So to anyone who

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comes to the air when looking for

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division, I say you may not understand

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us but you will not define us.

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>> You have 30 seconds remaining.

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>> You may try to divide us but you will

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not succeed. We are Americans. We are

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proud of our heritage. Come to Dearborn

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peacefully. Come respectfully. Exercise

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your first amendment rights and we will

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defend your right to do so. But don't

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mistake our diversity for or for

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division or our faith for something

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foreign to America. The urban is

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America. The constitution is our law.

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Our diversity is our strength and once

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again we don't have Sharia Allah and

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dear one we have shawarma law and we

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proudly claim we proudly claim

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>> you have your time has expired

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>> shawarma outside the middle east

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[applause]

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we have some of the best shawarma

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outside the middle east so try some

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while you are here thank you may god

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bless dear one and may god bless the

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United States of America

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>> thank you thank you Mr.

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All right.

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[applause]

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All right. Thank you, Mr. Bayon. Uh,

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next we have Mr. Eric Mgo.

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Yes, sir. Sorry about that.

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All right. Now, I'm listening to you

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guys come up here. You guys want to talk

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about how you're being honest and you're

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speaking from the heart. Not one of you

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people that come here and speak without

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a freaking script in your hands, word

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for word reading it. You got a mayor

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that says tells an American citizen that

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he cannot be welcome at Dearborn,

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Michigan if he doesn't want a damn

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terrorist on the name of a street. You

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got you got members on the board over

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there laughing at American citizens when

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they're concerned about Jira law and the

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Muslims that are telling us we're going

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to take over your city. We have Assan

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saying, "We're going to do things

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to your women." And we're saying, "Oh,

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this is peaceful that you people came

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here to give us peace. YOU GUYS CAME

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HERE TO CONQUER US. THIS IS THE CRUSADES

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all over again. You're going to think

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you're going to take this country

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without FIRING A SHOT." HOW ABOUT THIS?

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HOW ABOUT THE AMERICAN CITIZENS SAY,

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"NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO do this. WE'RE

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GOING TO STAND UP. WE'RE GOING TO TELL

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YOU EVERYBODY HERE FROM EVERY SINGLE

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from felons TO NORMAL PEOPLE, BIBLE

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THUNDERSTORMS

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MUSLIM INVASION, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

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HAPPEN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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NOT WHILE CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS ARE

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STANDING HERE BLOCKING YOU. THAT'S ALL I

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got to say.

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>> Thank you.

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» Okay.

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we need

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>> folks, we need some we need order in

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here. The next uh

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speaker we have is uh Mr. Joseph Barro.

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You here?

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>> Bario,

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do you want me? We could call you later

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if you like. Can

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there is a pathway right there?

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>> There's a pathway. You could come this

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way. Yes.

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It was one from the middle.

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» All right. Thank you.

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My name is Joseph Barajio, citizen of

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the good city of Dearborn.

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I am a I'm a professional in the sense

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of teaching history, writing history,

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and reading history.

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And I'd like to say that there was a

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formidable year in the seventh century

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when a new country came aboard.

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was the country Russia and the uh

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equivalent of George Washington Vladimir

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wanted to consolidate this new country

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of his by adopting a religion.

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He first went to Christianity but the

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schism the differences between Rome and

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uh Orthodox Eastern Orthodox made him

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shy away from it. He didn't want

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anything to do with this kind of a

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trouble. He looked at Islam, but he had

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to defer from it too because his people

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love drinking vodka. So he looked at

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Judaism and he said, "Yeah, this is the

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right religion for my people." And a a

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Turko Finnish nomadic tribe out of Kev,

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Ukraine,

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opted to become Jews. Jews, our Judaism

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adopted Judaism. They're not necessarily

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Jews because these were people that were

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not Seemitic people. They were not had

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no direct historical connection to

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Palestine.

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And the descendants of these people

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became the Ashkanazi Jews who ruled uh

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apartheid Israel. The same text context

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with them. They're not a Seemetic

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people. They have no historical

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connection to Palestine. And it's the

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same group that's responsible for

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murdering, systematically murdering

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79,000

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Palestinian Seemetic people, 20,000 of

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whom were children. And as documented

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that the IDF actually turned off fuel to

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incubators that killed and suffocated

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Palestinian children to death. You talk

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about evil. Raw, pure evil.

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unforgettable evil. That was it. Well,

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at any rate, there's it's notable about

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one thing, too. There was a a comment

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made in the last council meeting I

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attended with the quote was, "What is

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Israel to do? I'm here to tell Israel

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what to do. You need to give back the

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land that you took from the Palestinian

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people, the Semitic. You need to give it

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back to the Cathartic Jews who were

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seemetic to the

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>> You have 30 seconds remaining

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>> that were a part of that whole theme.

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>> All right, I'm closing out with this

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brief statement. The first the

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constitution of the United States is

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national law. There's a section dealing

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with the freedom of religion, all

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religions in this country, and that

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involves Islam. And I say this to the

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xenophobes, the anthropobes, and the

536
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,039
Islamophobes. I have one thing to say to

537
00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:01,600
you. You can take your hateful,

538
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,000
blackhearted ways and shove it up where

539
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,279
the sun doesn't shine.

540
00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:07,172
>> The time has expired.

541
00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:14,710
[applause and cheering]

542
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,320
» Okay.

543
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,279
All right. Uh, next speaker we have next

544
00:25:19,279 --> 00:25:22,240
speaker we have is uh

545
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:30,087
>> Okay. Next speaker Jake Jake Lang.

546
00:25:30,097 --> 00:25:33,430
» [cheering]

547
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:45,750
» I can't listen to Jake.

548
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,440
Sir. Sir.

549
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,000
>> All right. We're going to There's no

550
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,080
books or props allowed. So, you either

551
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:53,760
put them down or you'll be removed. You

552
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,080
got one second and you'll be removed.

553
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:57,520
What do you want to do?

554
00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:58,720
>> Put them down or you're going to be

555
00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,679
There's no books. No paraphernalia.

556
00:26:01,679 --> 00:26:04,158
That's the council rules.

557
00:26:04,158 --> 00:26:08,950
[applause]

558
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,440
» Hey, let's go. For three years straight,

559
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,159
the number one name in the country of

560
00:26:16,159 --> 00:26:20,400
England for newborn babies is Muhammad.

561
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,799
Tell me that white Christians are not

562
00:26:22,799 --> 00:26:25,279
being invaded. How can you lie to our

563
00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:28,480
faces with your tea? This is an invasion

564
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,960
on all fronts. Our people are being

565
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,039
pushed out of the workplace. We're being

566
00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:35,440
pushed out of city councils. That smug

567
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,000
face of the tea Muslims needs to be

568
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,400
wiped off these people's faces. These

569
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:44,480
people are looking to destroy us. These

570
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,440
people are looking to outbreed us. The

571
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,279
Muslims have not come here to

572
00:26:49,279 --> 00:26:52,000
assimilate. They have come here to steal

573
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,320
the wealth of this land to rape our

574
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,279
women. What about the 250,000

575
00:26:57,279 --> 00:27:00,559
women in England that WERE RAPED BY

576
00:27:00,559 --> 00:27:02,960
PAKISTANI MUSLIMS and they got little

577
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,279
slaps on the wrist from the woke

578
00:27:05,279 --> 00:27:08,559
democratic regime. The Muslims are being

579
00:27:08,559 --> 00:27:11,679
used by the Democrats to instill

580
00:27:11,679 --> 00:27:15,120
SOCIALISM IN AMERICA. We know it. Look

581
00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:17,360
at all of your top Muslim leaders. They

582
00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:20,159
all pander to homosexuality, the trans

583
00:27:20,159 --> 00:27:23,200
agenda, and to socialism. You're fake

584
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,360
Muslims. You're just using the

585
00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:27,840
Democrats, these woke liberal idiots,

586
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,039
the women in New York to gain power. And

587
00:27:31,039 --> 00:27:32,880
once the Muslims have power in this

588
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,200
country, then they will start throwing

589
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,600
the homosexuals off the roofs just like

590
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,480
they do in Palestine. You guys all cry

591
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,880
about Palestine. Try being a white

592
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,120
Christian man, preaching the word of God

593
00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:47,120
in Palestine. Guess what MIGHT HAPPEN TO

594
00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:50,000
YOU? THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME

595
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,080
HERE IN DEARBORNNE, MICHIGAN. YOU WILL

596
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,960
BE STONED FOR SAYING THE NAME of Jesus

597
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,159
Christ in Palestine, in Afghanistan, in

598
00:27:58,159 --> 00:28:01,679
Yemen, in Iraq. JESUS CHRIST IS OUTLAWED

599
00:28:01,679 --> 00:28:04,240
IN THOSE countries and we will stand.

600
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:08,159
The crusade has begun. Your time in this

601
00:28:08,159 --> 00:28:10,720
country is running short. The time of

602
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,720
stealing FROM THE DETROIT BLACK

603
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,200
CHRISTIAN AMERICANS IS OVER.

604
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:16,080
>> OVER.

605
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:17,760
>> IT'S OVER.

606
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,880
>> MUSLIMS, GO HOME BEFORE WE SEND YOU

607
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,240
HOME.

608
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,120
>> WE HAVE CRUISE SHIPS. WE HAVE PLANES. WE

609
00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:26,880
HAVE TRAINS. AND WE'RE GOING TO PACK

610
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,520
THEM OUT WITH ALL OF THE ARABS. You have

611
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,399
to go home. We don't want you here. Our

612
00:28:32,399 --> 00:28:35,360
founding fathers gave this country to

613
00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:38,159
their posterity. WHITE CHRISTIANS AND

614
00:28:38,159 --> 00:28:39,840
THEY BROUGHT ALONG WITH THEM THEIR BLACK

615
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,600
FRIENDS. AND NOW WE'RE HERE TO RECLAIM

616
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,679
AMERICA FOR THE BLACKS AND THE WHITE

617
00:28:43,679 --> 00:28:44,080
PEOPLE.

618
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,640
>> We have 30 seconds remaining.

619
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,760
>> WE WILL NOT ALLOW THESE THIRD world

620
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,320
mongrels to run rough shot over us

621
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,799
without a fight. THE BODY OF CHRIST IS

622
00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:57,039
ONE. IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST, YOU ARE MY

623
00:28:57,039 --> 00:28:59,760
BROTHER. IF YOU STAND AGAINST ISLAM, YOU

624
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,240
ARE MY BROTHER. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO

625
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,960
STAND UP AND TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK, YOU

626
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,520
ARE MY BROTHER. JOIN THE CRUSADES AND

627
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,399
EXTRICATE THIS FILTH FROM our country.

628
00:29:10,399 --> 00:29:13,440
We will have our way. Come blood or

629
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,919
sweat, we will have our way.

630
00:29:15,919 --> 00:29:18,640
>> This is a Christian land. Christ is

631
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:19,760
king.

632
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:20,240
>> Thank you.

633
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,080
>> Christ is [cheering] king.

634
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,830
>> Christ,

635
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,679
» Jason. You can

636
00:29:27,679 --> 00:29:50,549
>> applause.

637
00:29:50,559 --> 00:29:53,440
Okay, folks. Let's have order. We have

638
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:54,720
the best police department in the state

639
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:59,295
of Michigan. They're handling it.

640
00:29:59,305 --> 00:30:04,070
[applause]

641
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,200
» All right. Uh, next. Thank you.

642
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,080
>> Thank you. Next, we have uh Mr. Alabas

643
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:16,549
Far Hat.

644
00:30:16,559 --> 00:30:19,440
Good.

645
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,960
evening, council. I um you know,

646
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,000
I'm disappointed that we continue and

647
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,679
there are folks that continue to stand

648
00:30:27,679 --> 00:30:30,799
behind this guy Jake Lang, a man who

649
00:30:30,799 --> 00:30:32,960
tried to sleep with a 15-year-old who

650
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,440
defends a pedophile like Donald Trump

651
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,000
WHO STANDS UP FOR JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

652
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,840
somebody who wants to question how

653
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,080
American we are yet sells our country

654
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,080
out every single day in the White House.

655
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,000
I understand the clicks are nice and the

656
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,440
headlines are nice, but this is an

657
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,080
American city. And when you go and bring

658
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,399
this type of hate and rhetoric to this

659
00:30:52,399 --> 00:30:54,240
city, have a nice day, sir, to this

660
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,640
city. All you're doing is dividing this

661
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,399
neighborhood and you're dividing our

662
00:30:58,399 --> 00:30:59,360
community.

663
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,880
>> You can do that where you are. Don't

664
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,200
come here cuz DEARBORN IS A SHINING

665
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,440
beacon of unity and coexistence. Amen.

666
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,279
>> We're a place where neighbors check in

667
00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:09,200
on neighbors, where they share meals

668
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,039
over fence lines, where they stand

669
00:31:11,039 --> 00:31:13,360
together and they support each other.

670
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,360
But if folks want to come here and

671
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,600
preach hate and division, bring their

672
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,080
ARs and their drum magazines and stand

673
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:21,600
in the face of little children at the

674
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,399
school on Ford Row, the ICA, or

675
00:31:24,399 --> 00:31:26,480
terrorize the church next door, don't

676
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,760
come here

677
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,720
>> plainly because this is a city where we

678
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,720
believe in coexistence and unity. where

679
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,960
we believe that to be American is about

680
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,720
the values you preach and believe and

681
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,200
stand for and not about your religion or

682
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,120
birthplace. That is what it is to be

683
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:42,480
American. That is why our founding

684
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,960
fathers gave us a constitution and bill

685
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,880
of rights that protects your freedom of

686
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,039
speech just as much as our freedom of

687
00:31:49,039 --> 00:31:51,200
religion. This is a city where we build

688
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:52,640
the bestselling pickup truck in the

689
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,960
world, the F-150. We root for the Lions

690
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,360
on Sunday and the Tigers when they play.

691
00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,840
We love America, but to question our

692
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:01,840
Americanness and how much we will defend

693
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,200
and die for this country when we have

694
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,200
service members up on that dis when we

695
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,279
have service members in our military is

696
00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:09,200
unacceptable. Take the time and learn

697
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,720
about your neighbors. Don't follow the

698
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,640
clickbait. Don't follow the attention.

699
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,240
Don't follow these paid agitators paid

700
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,799
by Donald Trump and the Republican

701
00:32:18,799 --> 00:32:21,600
party. Paid to preach hate and divide

702
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,600
neighbors cuz they got an election that

703
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,372
they're going to get sent packing in.

704
00:32:25,372 --> 00:32:27,982
[clears throat]

705
00:32:27,992 --> 00:32:35,830
» [applause]

706
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,799
» Thank you. Next speaker we have is

707
00:32:38,799 --> 00:32:54,710
uh Mike Dean.

708
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,159
Thank you, distinguished councilmen and

709
00:32:58,159 --> 00:33:00,399
mayor. I just want to start out by

710
00:33:00,399 --> 00:33:02,720
saying the measure of a man isn't how

711
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,279
loud he can shout, especially when he's

712
00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:06,960
shouting out nonsense because even a

713
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,440
donkey can shout really loud, but at the

714
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:10,799
end of the day, he's still just a

715
00:33:10,799 --> 00:33:13,679
donkey. So, I just have one thing that I

716
00:33:13,679 --> 00:33:15,760
would like to say in regards to Jake

717
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,399
Lang and Pastor Lorenzo. First, let's

718
00:33:18,399 --> 00:33:20,159
start with Lorenzo. He gave a very

719
00:33:20,159 --> 00:33:23,679
eloquent impassioned speech that didn't

720
00:33:23,679 --> 00:33:25,919
make any sense because he said that the

721
00:33:25,919 --> 00:33:28,480
poor black people of Dearborn for which

722
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,320
he does not represent because he doesn't

723
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,360
live here. His church is not here are

724
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,559
oppressed by Arabs doing well in this

725
00:33:36,559 --> 00:33:37,919
community. Well, I'm not even from this

726
00:33:37,919 --> 00:33:40,000
community. I came here today. I have

727
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,600
ventured all throughout this entire

728
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,679
community. And you know what I didn't

729
00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:46,720
see? I didn't see any signs that said

730
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,320
Arabs only or whites only. I seen black

731
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,320
business owners. I seen black people

732
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,120
driving nice cars in this city. And I

733
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,039
just have one thing to say to you. Since

734
00:33:57,039 --> 00:33:58,960
you're so obsessed with gas stations,

735
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:00,399
Pastor Lorenzo, why don't you take some

736
00:34:00,399 --> 00:34:02,720
of that Israeli money and buy a gas

737
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,240
station and give it to YOUR BLACK

738
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:09,030
NEIGHBOR? HOW ABOUT THAT? [applause]

739
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:10,800
NOW I have one other thing that I need

740
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,040
to say here and that is when it comes to

741
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:17,040
Jake Lang, Jake Lang loves to proclaim

742
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,320
that he is a crusader against Muslims.

743
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,440
Jake Lang loves to wear timu armor

744
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,760
without any plates in him to pretend

745
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,240
that he's a soldier when he never served

746
00:34:28,240 --> 00:34:31,440
in the United States military. Jake Lang

747
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,079
is such a tough guy. Then I have a

748
00:34:34,079 --> 00:34:36,000
suggestion for the council to take into

749
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,399
consideration. I'm from Las Vegas. Go

750
00:34:38,399 --> 00:34:40,879
Raiders, by the way. I feel sorry for

751
00:34:40,879 --> 00:34:42,399
your Detroit Lions cuz we're going to be

752
00:34:42,399 --> 00:34:45,119
better this year. With that being said,

753
00:34:45,119 --> 00:34:47,359
since Jake Lang loves Dearborn so much,

754
00:34:47,359 --> 00:34:50,240
I challenge him to face me in the ring

755
00:34:50,240 --> 00:34:53,200
in 90 days right here in Dearbornne,

756
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,919
Michigan, WHERE WE CAN SELL TICKETS that

757
00:34:55,919 --> 00:34:59,839
will benefit the city of Dearbornne. And

758
00:34:59,839 --> 00:35:02,640
if he wants TO PUT HANDS ON a Muslim,

759
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,320
let him do it to me. A white redblooded

760
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,960
American Muslim. That's all I got to

761
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,440
say. Jake Lang, I know you can hear me.

762
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,440
And if you can't, I know you'll see my

763
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,984
video cuz you follow me.

764
00:35:16,984 --> 00:35:20,069
[applause]

765
00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:22,240
» All right.

766
00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:24,720
Okay. Uh, next we have Mr.

767
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:31,910
Scott.

768
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:36,000
He gave me this. Is there a Mr. Scott?

769
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,630
>> Jackie, take this back.

770
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,000
» Is he sir? Sir, hold on. Go to the

771
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,280
officer. Show them your identification

772
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,720
that your name is Scott. Mr. Scott.

773
00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:50,880
>> Okay. You sit back in your seat or we'll

774
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,240
have you removed.

775
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:55,599
>> Which one you want?

776
00:35:55,599 --> 00:35:58,790
>> All right.

777
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:04,240
Sir, sir, if you if you filled out a

778
00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:05,440
card, you'll have your opportunity. If

779
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:06,880
not, have a seat, sir. Okay. Or you can

780
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,520
leave. All right. We have uh Robert

781
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:15,270
Pollowski. Yes, sir.

782
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:16,720
Yeah, there is a path here. Yeah. Or you

783
00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:18,240
can come this way. Whatever's easiest

784
00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:26,870
for you, sir.

785
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,440
Thank you, council. My fellow neighbors,

786
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,760
my name is Robert Plowski. I am from

787
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:33,440
Southgate, born and raised in Wayne

788
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,440
County, Michigan. I am not 10 minutes

789
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,440
from Dearborn. I am close to Dearbornne.

790
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,839
I spend my money, resources, and support

791
00:36:39,839 --> 00:36:42,640
our community. And I stand in solidarity

792
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,560
with all of our residents, elected

793
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,760
officials, mayor, and city council. This

794
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,400
city is a beacon of hope. You have an

795
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,320
amazing administration all the way from

796
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,480
Mayor Hammud to our city council

797
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,640
president Sereni and our wonderful chief

798
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,960
of police Issa Shaheen. It would be my

799
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,119
dream to have leadership like you in my

800
00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:03,839
community. But most of all, we are the

801
00:37:03,839 --> 00:37:06,240
future. We built the F-150. We're home

802
00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:08,560
to Ford. But most of all, we are home to

803
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,560
a community of diverse people. We have

804
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,560
the most diverse smart bus lines here in

805
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,240
our community that transport people back

806
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:16,240
and forth from downtown to the airport.

807
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:19,520
Two, we have the best food in the entire

808
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,680
United States of America.

809
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,960
>> And three, we have the amazing group of

810
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,359
people that are working class just like

811
00:37:27,359 --> 00:37:29,760
us. And if Jake Land can see me, which I

812
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,560
know he will watch this video, be scared

813
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,280
because us Americans, we are the future

814
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,760
and we are not going anywhere. So speak

815
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,480
up. Speak your heart. But most of all,

816
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,200
no hate is allowed here and solidarity

817
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,599
with you all. But don't forget that

818
00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:48,480
Dearbornne is the future. May God bless

819
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,040
America and God bless United States of

820
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:54,186
America and Dearbornne.

821
00:37:54,186 --> 00:38:07,349
[applause and cheering]

822
00:38:07,359 --> 00:38:09,440
» Okay, we have time for one more which is

823
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,079
Ronald Dwire.

824
00:38:12,079 --> 00:38:24,630
>> Sure. Yes, sir. Thank you. Of course,

825
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:29,599
» dear esteemed council and mayor.

826
00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:31,599
>> Okay.

827
00:38:31,599 --> 00:38:36,550
All right.

828
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:40,230
» Okay.

829
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:42,240
» All right, folks. Folks, we have a

830
00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:46,230
speaker ready to speak.

831
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:47,599
» Okay.

832
00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:49,599
>> All right. Let the officers just make

833
00:38:49,599 --> 00:38:51,119
sure they go out and then if there's

834
00:38:51,119 --> 00:38:52,960
people now that we have room for others

835
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,320
that may want to come in, please make

836
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:55,760
sure there's afforded the opportunity

837
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,599
for others to come in. There's probably

838
00:38:57,599 --> 00:39:00,000
about 15 or 20 seats. All right, sir.

839
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,040
Sorry. I apologize.

840
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:02,400
>> That's okay. I guess I just didn't want

841
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,079
to hear the truth that I'm about to

842
00:39:04,079 --> 00:39:04,800
unveil.

843
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:05,599
>> You may begin.

844
00:39:05,599 --> 00:39:06,079
>> Thank you.

845
00:39:06,079 --> 00:39:08,160
>> All right. Uh my name is Ronald Dwire.

846
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,640
I'm actually uh the president of

847
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:14,400
American uh Council for Interfaith and

848
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,960
Cultural Relations. My organization

849
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:18,640
works with Christians and Muslims

850
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:19,760
bringing them together. We also work

851
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,119
with Native Americans and people of

852
00:39:21,119 --> 00:39:23,920
other faiths. That being said, I was

853
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:25,839
involved in kind of what brought up this

854
00:39:25,839 --> 00:39:28,720
brewhaha on August 2nd. I worked with uh

855
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:32,640
Shik Hasham who uh we put together the

856
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,760
Arbine Festival which is the festival

857
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,320
that honors Imam Hussein. And the reason

858
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:39,839
I got involved, I'm I'm an Irish

859
00:39:39,839 --> 00:39:41,359
Catholic. Reason I got involved is

860
00:39:41,359 --> 00:39:43,680
there's a lot of mixing between

861
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,760
Christians and Muslims throughout

862
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,000
history. In fact, if you study Imm

863
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,640
Hussein's story, he was a he was a hero

864
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:52,960
that stood up against an evil caliphate

865
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,720
and uh gave up all riches and defended

866
00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:58,880
truth and honor and lost his life

867
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,359
because of it. That's what everybody was

868
00:40:01,359 --> 00:40:03,359
celebrating. They honored this man every

869
00:40:03,359 --> 00:40:06,240
year annually. And I was proud to be a

870
00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:08,960
part of this event now through my

871
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,960
organization bringing Christians and

872
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,720
Muslims together. And I want to say

873
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:15,760
something, pastor. Oh, I see you left. I

874
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:16,800
guess he couldn't handle the truth

875
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,520
either. You know, you know, he he's got

876
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,960
a church of 12 people, so do do a little

877
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,640
research on him. He kind of stole the church from the previous uh

878
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,480
congregation. But anyways, uh I what I'm

879
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,839
saying is there's a lot of mixing

880
00:40:31,839 --> 00:40:34,079
between Christians and Muslims. Muslims

881
00:40:34,079 --> 00:40:36,400
believe a lot of the same things

882
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,960
Christians do. They believe in Jesus as

883
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,599
the Messiah, born of the Virgin Mary,

884
00:40:41,599 --> 00:40:44,079
and that he will come again at the end

885
00:40:44,079 --> 00:40:47,760
of time. Uh Mary is honored like uh

886
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,560
councilman or commissioner Bun said Mary

887
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,560
is mentioned in the chapter in the Quran

888
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,960
there's a lot of mixing a lot of mixing

889
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,880
Muslims and Christians if people just

890
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:00,720
started studying and and and getting to

891
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:03,040
know one another you would see that we

892
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,599
are a lot alike okay we have maybe a few

893
00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:08,319
little differences in beliefs but

894
00:41:08,319 --> 00:41:10,240
truthfully we have a lot more in common

895
00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:12,640
than we do in difference and I want to

896
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,079
say another thing too even though I'm

897
00:41:14,079 --> 00:41:16,960
part of internet interfaith organization

898
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,839
that I am president of uh pastor

899
00:41:19,839 --> 00:41:22,640
Sealwell and another person I don't mean

900
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,200
any disrespect but there are a split

901
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,520
just like there is in the Democrat party

902
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,520
there's a split in the Republican party

903
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,680
and the Republican party had nothing I'm

904
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,119
a Republican I serve on the 11th

905
00:41:33,119 --> 00:41:35,280
congressional district had nothing to do

906
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,359
with this event in fact many of the vice

907
00:41:37,359 --> 00:41:39,520
chairs came out and spoke out against

908
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,359
this they said this is not what we

909
00:41:41,359 --> 00:41:44,160
wanted to hating.

910
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:44,720
>> I'm sorry.

911
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:45,680
>> You have 30 seconds.

912
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,920
>> Oh, 30 seconds. Okay. So, they I want

913
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:49,760
people to know that too that don't hate

914
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,520
every Republican. I don't hate every

915
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,440
Democrat. Look at I'm a Republican. Sam

916
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:55,839
Bun is a Democrat. I consider Sam a

917
00:41:55,839 --> 00:41:57,520
friend. Look, I'm going to after I

918
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,280
finish this speech here, I'm going to

919
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,440
come down and shake uh Abdullah Hammud's

920
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,119
hand. Okay? You know what? He's got a

921
00:42:03,119 --> 00:42:06,240
lot of unfair treatment. He got beaten

922
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:09,280
up because he chastised a guy that has

923
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:10,400
been a known

924
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,720
>> I'm sorry your time has expired.

925
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:14,079
>> Okay. Thank you, sir. Got to shake your

926
00:42:14,079 --> 00:42:23,109
hand. [applause]

927
00:42:23,119 --> 00:42:25,200
» After after Ron you got it. Yeah. Just

928
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:26,880
have a seat there. Thank you. All right.

929
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,040
At this time, we have completed our 30

930
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:30,960
minutes. Mr. Clerk, is that correct?

931
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:31,440
>> Yes.

932
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,599
>> Okay. the council rules um completed our

933
00:42:33,599 --> 00:42:37,040
first council uh public speaking uh

934
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:38,480
opportunity. There'll be another one at

935
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,480
the end of the meeting once um we

936
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,400
complete our business agenda items.

937
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,359
Anyone here um curious to wait till the

938
00:42:45,359 --> 00:42:47,440
end and then they will be called uh in

939
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,520
the cards we will call you after. Okay.

940
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,680
If you are leaving sir there's no

941
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,280
outburst. Okay. If you you have Connie

942
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:56,640
this gentleman has a question see if you

943
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,640
can help. They'll help you sir. Okay.

944
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:01,680
And um

945
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,280
uh just keep in mind if you are leaving

946
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,960
the auditorium just to try to do it in

947
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:08,640
an orderly manner. All right. At this

948
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,880
time before we move on to our consent

949
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:12,800
agenda, are there any uh items of which

950
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,040
any member would wish to remove from the

951
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:19,280
consent agenda and discuss individually?

952
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:20,960
>> All right. Hearing uh hearing none, Mr.

953
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,599
Clerk, can we proceed? Item number six

954
00:43:23,599 --> 00:43:25,520
is a resolution in need of offer and

955
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:27,839
support approving all the items of the

956
00:43:27,839 --> 00:43:28,240
consent.

957
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:30,240
>> Sorry, I didn't hear offered

958
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:31,119
>> Councilman Abraham.

959
00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:32,000
>> Councilman Enos.

960
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,440
>> Enos. Okay. We have an offer by

961
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,520
Councilman Enos supported by Councilman

962
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,160
Robert Abraham.

963
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:39,680
>> All right. Uh, Mr. Clerk, can we have

964
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:40,560
the roll call?

965
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:41,359
>> Council President.

966
00:43:41,359 --> 00:43:42,800
>> Yes, sir.

967
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:43,200
>> Mayor,

968
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:45,359
>> I just wanted Oh my god.

969
00:43:45,359 --> 00:43:47,280
>> Yeah. I'm sorry. All right. Um, we do

970
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,319
have an offer in support

971
00:43:50,319 --> 00:43:52,480
um for this item. We're gonna pause real

972
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,319
quick. Mayor, go ahead.

973
00:43:54,319 --> 00:43:57,440
>> Uh, thank you so much. Um,

974
00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,200
before we get into the agenda, I wanted

975
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:00,800
to take a moment just to offer some

976
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,400
reflections and some words over the

977
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,720
events that have unfolded.

978
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:08,480
And I actually would like to share

979
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,720
a story regarding a moment that happened

980
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:14,480
earlier today. Um, I was out on one of

981
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:15,760
our neighborhood walks. And for those

982
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:17,680
who follow me on social media or follow

983
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:18,960
the work of the city, we do many of

984
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:20,480
neighborhood walks week in and week out,

985
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,240
especially throughout the summer. It was

986
00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:23,920
an ordinary morning in Dearborn, just

987
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,920
like any other day. Residents were

988
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:27,839
outside. We're talking about sidewalks

989
00:44:27,839 --> 00:44:30,880
and tree stumps and property maintenance

990
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,280
issues, all the things that make up the

991
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:36,319
everyday work of building a city. And

992
00:44:36,319 --> 00:44:38,240
while we were at the park, a group of

993
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:40,800
children walked up and amongst them was

994
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,839
a young boy, not older than six or

995
00:44:43,839 --> 00:44:47,520
seven. and he looked at me and he asked

996
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,240
if the quote unquote crusaders that were

997
00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:53,839
coming were coming to kill him.

998
00:44:53,839 --> 00:44:57,119
And I paused. I I paused longer than I

999
00:44:57,119 --> 00:44:58,560
probably should have, long enough for

1000
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:00,160
the neighborhood police officer that was

1001
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,480
with us to actually interject and to

1002
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,079
assure the young child that he would be

1003
00:45:04,079 --> 00:45:05,760
safe, that he should go about his day

1004
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,839
and enjoy the park like he would any

1005
00:45:07,839 --> 00:45:10,720
other day. I paused because I never

1006
00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:12,960
expected that question.

1007
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,599
And as a father, I I haven't been able

1008
00:45:15,599 --> 00:45:17,920
to stop thinking about it.

1009
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:19,839
Children that age should be thinking

1010
00:45:19,839 --> 00:45:21,599
about what game they're going to the

1011
00:45:21,599 --> 00:45:23,680
park to play.

1012
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:24,800
They should be thinking about whether

1013
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:26,240
they can have another scoop of ice cream

1014
00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:28,560
at the end of the night. They should be

1015
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,160
wondering if they'll get an extra hour

1016
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,520
before time for bed. They should not be

1017
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:34,960
wondering whether someone wants to kill

1018
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,319
them because of how their family prays.

1019
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:40,960
But our children are listening. They

1020
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:42,880
hear our conversations. They see the

1021
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:44,960
headlines and they notice when their

1022
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,200
parents are worried. And that little boy

1023
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:48,720
reminded me that what is happening

1024
00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:52,000
outside is not just political theater.

1025
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,040
Fear has consequences.

1026
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,119
So tonight, I want to speak directly to

1027
00:45:57,119 --> 00:45:59,280
him. And I want to speak to every

1028
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:01,280
resident of Dearbornne who has felt that

1029
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:05,040
fear. I want to boldly say that you

1030
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:07,760
belong here. That you belong here as

1031
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:10,720
much as anyone else. And generations of

1032
00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:13,280
people who built this city prove it.

1033
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,040
Dearbornne was built by people with

1034
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:17,760
different names, different accents,

1035
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,839
different traditions, and different ways

1036
00:46:19,839 --> 00:46:22,400
of worshiping God. Some traced their

1037
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,880
roots here generations. Others arrived

1038
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:26,880
with little more than a suitcase and

1039
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,680
hope. They worked the assembly lines.

1040
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:31,760
They opened small businesses. They

1041
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:33,359
taught our children. They have served

1042
00:46:33,359 --> 00:46:35,760
our country. They built houses of

1043
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,079
worship. They built homes next to people

1044
00:46:38,079 --> 00:46:39,440
who did not look like them. And

1045
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,680
somewhere along the way, strangers

1046
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:43,760
became neighbors. They shared a meal

1047
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:45,839
across the fence line. That is

1048
00:46:45,839 --> 00:46:48,000
Dearbornne. And that is the story of

1049
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:49,599
America.

1050
00:46:49,599 --> 00:46:51,839
Yesterday, I stood alongside Christian

1051
00:46:51,839 --> 00:46:54,319
clergy from across our city. People

1052
00:46:54,319 --> 00:46:56,000
whose theological traditions may be

1053
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,079
different, but whose message yesterday

1054
00:46:58,079 --> 00:47:00,480
was remarkably similar. Love thy

1055
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,680
neighbor. Care for the vulnerable. Feed

1056
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:07,520
the hungry. Welcome the st the stranger.

1057
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:10,640
and stand against hatred. Dearborn is

1058
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,319
home to more than 30 churches and

1059
00:47:12,319 --> 00:47:14,800
roughly a dozen mosques. And each and

1060
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:16,640
every single week, tens of thousands of

1061
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:18,880
people walk through those doors to

1062
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,880
participate with their congregations.

1063
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,280
They may pray differently, but they pray

1064
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,760
for many of the same things. for their

1065
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:28,640
children to be safe, for their families

1066
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:32,560
to be healthy, for peace, for justice,

1067
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:35,119
for dignity, for the strength to leave

1068
00:47:35,119 --> 00:47:37,599
this world a little better than they

1069
00:47:37,599 --> 00:47:40,160
inherited it. So when people portray

1070
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:41,599
Dearbornne as some place that have been

1071
00:47:41,599 --> 00:47:44,160
overtaken by Muslims, they aren't simply

1072
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:45,599
attacking our Muslim and Arab

1073
00:47:45,599 --> 00:47:47,920
communities. They're also trying to

1074
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:49,920
erase our Christian brothers and sisters

1075
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:51,920
who have contributed immeasurably to the

1076
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,240
city and folks of other faith of other

1077
00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:56,560
backgrounds or of no faith at all who

1078
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:58,079
have all contributed to the Dearborn

1079
00:47:58,079 --> 00:48:00,720
that we all love and cherish today. And

1080
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:02,880
ultimately they're attacking something

1081
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,720
much larger than any one faith or

1082
00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:07,599
community. They are attacking the idea

1083
00:48:07,599 --> 00:48:10,000
that all of us can belong to America at

1084
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:11,839
the same time.

1085
00:48:11,839 --> 00:48:14,000
There are people outside tonight whose

1086
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:16,480
idea of America is much smaller than

1087
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,200
ours. An America where belonging comes

1088
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,200
with conditions. Where your name

1089
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,319
matters. Where your ancestry matters.

1090
00:48:24,319 --> 00:48:25,680
Where the direction which you pray

1091
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:27,040
somehow determines whether you are

1092
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,760
sufficiently American. I reject that

1093
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,000
vision for our country. Because what

1094
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,079
matters is not the articles of your

1095
00:48:34,079 --> 00:48:36,720
faith. What matters is the content of

1096
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:38,800
your character, the kindness in your

1097
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,760
heart. Do you provide for your family?

1098
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:44,319
Do you check in on your neighbor? Do you

1099
00:48:44,319 --> 00:48:46,240
help someone when they're struggling?

1100
00:48:46,240 --> 00:48:47,680
And do you leave your community better

1101
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:49,920
than how you found it? Those are the

1102
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:51,440
things by which we should measure one

1103
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,079
another. I've always believed that there

1104
00:48:54,079 --> 00:48:56,240
is something exceptional about the

1105
00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:58,480
American experiment. Not because

1106
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,079
Americans are inherently better than

1107
00:49:00,079 --> 00:49:02,319
anybody else, but because of the

1108
00:49:02,319 --> 00:49:04,319
audacity of the promise that we have all

1109
00:49:04,319 --> 00:49:06,960
made to one another. that people could

1110
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,359
come here from every corner of the earth

1111
00:49:09,359 --> 00:49:10,720
carrying different stories and

1112
00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:13,280
traditions, worshiping God differently

1113
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,000
or not at all and somehow build one

1114
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:17,839
country together.

1115
00:49:17,839 --> 00:49:19,920
That promise has never been perfectly

1116
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,319
fulfilled. But every generation has had

1117
00:49:22,319 --> 00:49:24,480
to fight to make it more real. And now

1118
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:27,599
it is our turn to carry on that fight.

1119
00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:30,480
Tonight, the choice before us is

1120
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:33,440
actually quite simple. We can allow fear

1121
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,240
to make our lives smaller or we can

1122
00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:39,359
allow community to make us stronger.

1123
00:49:39,359 --> 00:49:41,119
I know some families are afraid right

1124
00:49:41,119 --> 00:49:43,680
now. Many families have reached out and

1125
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:44,880
told me how they have changed their

1126
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:48,319
plans for the day. Practices for youth

1127
00:49:48,319 --> 00:49:50,800
football has been cancelled. My daughter

1128
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,839
was not taken to daycare today. Some

1129
00:49:53,839 --> 00:49:55,200
parents kept their children at home who

1130
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:57,200
wanted them a little closer. Some

1131
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:58,960
residents decided not to open up their

1132
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:00,480
business stores today because of the

1133
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,960
events unfolding. And I understand that

1134
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:05,599
instinct. But we cannot surrender our

1135
00:50:05,599 --> 00:50:08,880
everyday lives to someone else's hatred.

1136
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:10,640
Our police officers are doing their

1137
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,200
jobs. I will do my job. This council

1138
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:15,359
will do its job. They are protecting

1139
00:50:15,359 --> 00:50:17,200
this community and protecting the

1140
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:19,280
constitutional rights of everyone in it.

1141
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:22,160
So let them do their job. And you live

1142
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:25,280
your life. Let the kids chase each other

1143
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,760
at the splash pad. Play another game of

1144
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:30,079
soccer. Grab coffee with a friend. Fire

1145
00:50:30,079 --> 00:50:31,760
up that grill and open up your business

1146
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,160
tomorrow morning. Sit on the porch with

1147
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:36,000
your neighbor. Break bread and share in

1148
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:38,880
that meal. Visit your parents. Go to

1149
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:41,359
church on Sunday. Go to the synagogue on

1150
00:50:41,359 --> 00:50:43,119
Saturday. Go to the mosque on Friday. Or

1151
00:50:43,119 --> 00:50:46,079
sit at home. Pray exactly as you have

1152
00:50:46,079 --> 00:50:49,040
always prayed. Don't bother changing for

1153
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:51,599
anyone because the greatest victory we

1154
00:50:51,599 --> 00:50:53,680
can hand those who seek to divide us

1155
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:55,599
would be allowing them to convince us to

1156
00:50:55,599 --> 00:50:58,720
be afraid of being ourselves. and we

1157
00:50:58,720 --> 00:51:00,880
will not give them that victory.

1158
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:02,880
Instead, we're going to do what Dearborn

1159
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,880
has always done. We're going to keep

1160
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,359
opening our doors because one of the

1161
00:51:07,359 --> 00:51:09,440
most powerful antidotes to fear is

1162
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:11,839
simply knowing one another. I've met

1163
00:51:11,839 --> 00:51:13,280
people over the years who have come to

1164
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:16,559
Dearbornne genuinely nervous. They have

1165
00:51:16,559 --> 00:51:18,319
watched something on television. They've

1166
00:51:18,319 --> 00:51:20,559
read something online or followed some

1167
00:51:20,559 --> 00:51:22,480
of the comedians that were here earlier,

1168
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:24,240
heard someone describe the city as a

1169
00:51:24,240 --> 00:51:25,920
place that they should fear. And then

1170
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:27,920
they came here. They walked our

1171
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:30,079
neighborhoods. They met our residents.

1172
00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:32,160
Someone welcomed them welcomed them into

1173
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,079
their businesses. Someone started the

1174
00:51:34,079 --> 00:51:36,319
conference. And ultimately, as is the

1175
00:51:36,319 --> 00:51:38,160
tradition in Dearborn, put a meal in

1176
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,079
front of them. And somewhere between

1177
00:51:40,079 --> 00:51:41,839
that first handshake and the last bite

1178
00:51:41,839 --> 00:51:44,720
of that meal, something changed. The

1179
00:51:44,720 --> 00:51:47,920
caricature of who we are disappeared and

1180
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:51,359
dissipated because a stranger became a

1181
00:51:51,359 --> 00:51:53,520
person. and fear gave away to

1182
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,319
understanding because hatred needs

1183
00:51:56,319 --> 00:51:58,160
distance.

1184
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:01,359
It needs us to remain strangers.

1185
00:52:01,359 --> 00:52:03,200
Community closes that distance. So to

1186
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:05,599
anyone watching tonight who doesn't know

1187
00:52:05,599 --> 00:52:07,440
Dearbornne but thinks they know

1188
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,520
Dearbornne, I have an invitation for

1189
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:13,119
you. Come visit us. Come experience this

1190
00:52:13,119 --> 00:52:15,280
city and come experience this community.

1191
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:16,960
And most importantly, come break bread

1192
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:19,359
with us. Ask questions. Tell us your

1193
00:52:19,359 --> 00:52:23,359
story and listen to ours. Our doors are

1194
00:52:23,359 --> 00:52:26,400
open. Our table as h has room because

1195
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:28,640
the longer the table, the stronger the

1196
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:31,520
table. Dearbornne welcomes everybody and

1197
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:33,680
that will not change under our watch.

1198
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:35,359
And to that little boy that I met this

1199
00:52:35,359 --> 00:52:39,119
morning, I want you to go be a kid.

1200
00:52:39,119 --> 00:52:41,520
Go play with your friends. Laugh too

1201
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:45,520
loudly. Get in trouble at home. Push the

1202
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:46,960
time limit in which you have to come

1203
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:49,200
back to the house.

1204
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:50,640
Because the response to those who

1205
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:52,319
believe America's promise should belong

1206
00:52:52,319 --> 00:52:54,960
to fewer people is not for us to retreat

1207
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:56,480
into our homes or make ourselves

1208
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,960
smaller. It is to demonstrate each and

1209
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:00,480
every single day just how beautiful

1210
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:02,960
America can be when that promise belongs

1211
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:05,280
to each and every single one of us. This

1212
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:07,359
is the Dearborn that we will protect and

1213
00:53:07,359 --> 00:53:08,880
that is the Dearborn that we will pass

1214
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:11,680
on to generations and generations. God

1215
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:13,920
bless this city. God bless the most

1216
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:15,280
beautiful people I've ever met who

1217
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,359
reside in the city, who patronize the

1218
00:53:17,359 --> 00:53:19,440
city, and God bless this country. Thank

1219
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:21,021
you.

1220
00:53:21,021 --> 00:53:34,390
[applause]

1221
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:36,742
All right. Thank you. Thank you, mayor.

1222
00:53:36,742 --> 00:53:38,870
[applause]

1223
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:40,880
Thank Thank you, Mayor. Okay. Thank you,

1224
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:42,960
mayor. Thank you.

1225
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:45,520
All right. Uh, Mr. Mr. Clerk, you had an

1226
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:47,119
offer in support on resolution number

1227
00:53:47,119 --> 00:53:48,800
six. Can we have a roll call vote,

1228
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:49,119
please?

1229
00:53:49,119 --> 00:53:50,559
>> Council member O'Reilly,

1230
00:53:50,559 --> 00:53:50,960
>> yes.

1231
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:51,920
>> Council member Enos,

1232
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:52,240
>> yes.

1233
00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:53,599
>> Council member Paris,

1234
00:53:53,599 --> 00:53:53,920
>> yes.

1235
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:55,119
>> Council member Abraham,

1236
00:53:55,119 --> 00:53:55,440
>> yes.

1237
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:57,280
>> Council member Hammude,

1238
00:53:57,280 --> 00:53:59,359
>> Council Member Alawi,

1239
00:53:59,359 --> 00:54:01,200
>> Council President Sereni,

1240
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:02,240
>> yes.

1241
00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:05,200
>> Seven yays. The resolution passes.

1242
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:06,720
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Can we

1243
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:09,680
have the next item of business?

1244
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:12,880
We will move on to item number 31.

1245
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:14,720
Resolution by council members Paris and

1246
00:54:14,720 --> 00:54:16,319
O'Reilly approving the minutes of the

1247
00:54:16,319 --> 00:54:18,640
previous special open meeting of July

1248
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,119
22nd, 2026.

1249
00:54:21,119 --> 00:54:23,040
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Mr. Clerk. Are

1250
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:24,160
there any additions, deletions, or

1251
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:27,359
modification to these minutes?

1252
00:54:27,359 --> 00:54:29,760
All right. Hearing and see none. Any

1253
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:32,240
objection to unanimous role?

1254
00:54:32,240 --> 00:54:33,599
Unanimous ro shall be attached. Next

1255
00:54:33,599 --> 00:54:33,920
item.

1256
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:35,920
>> Item 32. Resolution by council members

1257
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:37,599
O'Reilly and Paris approving the minutes

1258
00:54:37,599 --> 00:54:39,359
of the previous regular meeting of July

1259
00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:41,839
14th, 2026.

1260
00:54:41,839 --> 00:54:45,440
Um, open meeting, I'm sorry, the

1261
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,160
previous regular meeting of July 26th.

1262
00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:49,280
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Are

1263
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:50,480
there any additions, deletions, or

1264
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:52,960
modification to these minutes?

1265
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:55,839
Any objection to unanimous role?

1266
00:54:55,839 --> 00:54:57,040
The unanimous ro should be attached.

1267
00:54:57,040 --> 00:54:57,599
Next item.

1268
00:54:57,599 --> 00:54:59,440
>> Item 33 is an ordinance on the table.

1269
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,599
Ordinance number 26-1870,

1270
00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:03,119
an ordinance to amend the zoning

1271
00:55:03,119 --> 00:55:05,040
ordinance of the city of Dearborn by

1272
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,599
amending article 18 entitled 1A light

1273
00:55:07,599 --> 00:55:10,000
industrial district and article 22

1274
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:12,480
entitled TR Technology and Research

1275
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:14,319
District resolution by council members

1276
00:55:14,319 --> 00:55:16,480
Alswafi and O'Reilly to take from the

1277
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,240
table for its final reading. All right,

1278
00:55:18,240 --> 00:55:19,680
thank you Mr. Clerk and Nashville should

1279
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:21,040
be attached to take from table for its

1280
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:25,040
final reading. The planning and zoning division is

1281
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:27,760
proposing an amendment uh to the city of

1282
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:29,520
Dearborn zoning ordinance regarding the

1283
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:31,040
use of classification of data

1284
00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:33,119
processing. Uh due to the rapid

1285
00:55:33,119 --> 00:55:34,880
technology advancements, modern data

1286
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:36,800
centers have evolved into high density

1287
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:39,280
and intense industrial facilities that

1288
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:41,040
are no longer compatible with the way

1289
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,040
data processing is currently classified

1290
00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:45,359
in our zoning ordinance. As presently

1291
00:55:45,359 --> 00:55:47,760
written, these uh these facilities may

1292
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,160
be permitted under uh under the existing

1293
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:51,920
data processing use classification

1294
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:54,240
despite their large scale uh site design

1295
00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:55,839
and potential impacts of surrounding

1296
00:55:55,839 --> 00:55:57,760
properties which are inconsistent with

1297
00:55:57,760 --> 00:55:59,359
the purpose of the intent of the city

1298
00:55:59,359 --> 00:56:00,960
zoning regulations. The proposed

1299
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,119
amendment updates the zoning ordinance

1300
00:56:03,119 --> 00:56:05,520
by removing data processing as a

1301
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:07,520
permitted use in industrial a light

1302
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:11,040
industry and TR which is uh technology

1303
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:12,720
research districts. Under the amendment,

1304
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:14,799
the data centers would be instead

1305
00:56:14,799 --> 00:56:17,200
permitted in the industrial D, which is

1306
00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:19,200
general industrial district where all

1307
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:21,040
uses are not expressly prohibited by the

1308
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:22,799
ordinance that are allowed. This is the

1309
00:56:22,799 --> 00:56:24,319
second and final reading. Is there any

1310
00:56:24,319 --> 00:56:28,630
questions or comments on this item?

1311
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:30,960
» Councilman,

1312
00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:33,040
>> uh, I do want to thank the, uh, planning

1313
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:34,240
and zoning department, the

1314
00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:35,920
administration for being proactive on

1315
00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:37,920
this. I know it was a permitted use and

1316
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:39,359
I think it's a good thing that we're

1317
00:56:39,359 --> 00:56:40,960
cleaning it up now so that we don't end

1318
00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:43,440
up with hypers scale data centers where

1319
00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:46,000
we don't intend them if we were ever

1320
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:47,760
going to allow them. Right now it's

1321
00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:50,319
really loosey goosey and this is a good

1322
00:56:50,319 --> 00:56:51,920
uh way to clean it up. So thank you

1323
00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:53,040
guys.

1324
00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:54,240
>> All right. Any other questions or

1325
00:56:54,240 --> 00:56:56,559
comments?

1326
00:56:56,559 --> 00:56:58,480
>> All right. Any object? I'm sorry, Mr.

1327
00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:00,000
Clerk. We need uh the final reading.

1328
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:01,599
Yes, this is the final reading of

1329
00:57:01,599 --> 00:57:04,240
ordinance number 26-1870, an ordinance

1330
00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:05,680
to amend the zoning ordinance of the

1331
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:07,920
city of Dearbornne by amending article

1332
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:11,119
18.0 entitled 1A, light industrial

1333
00:57:11,119 --> 00:57:14,160
district, and article 22 entitled TR

1334
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:16,640
Technology and Research District.

1335
00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:18,319
>> Right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Can we have

1336
00:57:18,319 --> 00:57:19,599
a roll call vote?

1337
00:57:19,599 --> 00:57:22,240
>> We'll start with Council Member Paris.

1338
00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:23,040
>> Yes.

1339
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:24,400
>> Council member Abraham,

1340
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:24,880
>> yes.

1341
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:26,240
>> Council member Hammud,

1342
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:26,640
>> yes.

1343
00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:28,000
>> Council member Alawafi,

1344
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,000
>> yes. Council President Serini,

1345
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:30,480
>> yes.

1346
00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:31,920
>> Council member O'Reilly,

1347
00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:32,400
>> yes.

1348
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:33,599
>> Council member Enos,

1349
00:57:33,599 --> 00:57:34,559
>> yes.

1350
00:57:34,559 --> 00:57:36,880
>> Seven yays. The ordinance passes. Thank

1351
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:38,079
you, Mr. Clerk. We have to the next

1352
00:57:38,079 --> 00:57:40,400
item. Item 34, resolution by council

1353
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:42,240
members Abraham and O'Reilly authorizing

1354
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:44,720
the use and closure of West Village

1355
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:46,400
Drive between the east and west parking

1356
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:49,040
decks adjacent to Peace Park West and

1357
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:50,559
the use of the closure of the basement

1358
00:57:50,559 --> 00:57:52,480
level within both the East and West

1359
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:54,559
parking structure in the West Dearborn

1360
00:57:54,559 --> 00:57:56,799
downtown Development Authority from 7:00

1361
00:57:56,799 --> 00:57:59,200
a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Friday, September

1362
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:01,599
25th for the Dearborn Coffee Week

1363
00:58:01,599 --> 00:58:03,839
opening event. also granting a noise

1364
00:58:03,839 --> 00:58:11,680
waiver for the duration of the event and that these approvals be extended to be rescheduled to a rescheduled date

1365
00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:13,440
if needed and requesting immediate

1366
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:15,359
effect. All right. Thank you, Mr. Kirk.

1367
00:58:15,359 --> 00:58:17,680
The West uh Dearborn Downtown Authority

1368
00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:19,040
Development Authority is requesting

1369
00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:20,640
approval for a street closure, parking

1370
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,200
de uh parking deck spot closures and

1371
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:25,440
noise ordinance waiver for Dearborn

1372
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:27,040
Coffee Week opening. The event will

1373
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:29,920
begin on September 25th of this year.

1374
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:32,880
Specifically, the WDDDA requests a

1375
00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:34,480
street closure on West Village Drive

1376
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:36,640
between East and West decks adjacent to

1377
00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:39,200
the park peace park west from 7 a.m. to

1378
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:42,000
11 p.m. on September 25th. They're also

1379
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:43,839
requesting a closure of the basement

1380
00:58:43,839 --> 00:58:46,799
level of the east west parking decks um

1381
00:58:46,799 --> 00:58:48,559
for dedicated vendor service for the

1382
00:58:48,559 --> 00:58:50,799
same time and same date and also

1383
00:58:50,799 --> 00:58:52,559
requesting noise waiver on the same date

1384
00:58:52,559 --> 00:58:54,160
as well. Additional is being requested.

1385
00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:56,079
The approval is be extended for a

1386
00:58:56,079 --> 00:58:58,160
rescheduling date if the event has

1387
00:58:58,160 --> 00:58:59,440
canceled due to weather. Immediate

1388
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:02,240
effect is being requested um to begin

1389
00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:04,480
the planning for the fall season as it's

1390
00:59:04,480 --> 00:59:06,880
coming right around. Any questions or

1391
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:10,079
comments on this item?

1392
00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:13,520
Any objection to unanimous role?

1393
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:15,280
Unamous shall be attached. Next item.

1394
00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:17,359
35, resolution by council members

1395
00:59:17,359 --> 00:59:19,599
O'Reilly and Paris, authorizing the use

1396
00:59:19,599 --> 00:59:21,599
and closure of West Village Drive

1397
00:59:21,599 --> 00:59:23,520
between East and West parking structures

1398
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:24,960
and closure of the basement of the east

1399
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:27,119
parking deck from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00

1400
00:59:27,119 --> 00:59:30,240
p.m. on Saturday, December 12th, 2026

1401
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:31,599
for the West Dearborn Downtown

1402
00:59:31,599 --> 00:59:33,520
Development Authorities's annual Jingle

1403
00:59:33,520 --> 00:59:37,119
Bell Bash event. Also granting a noise

1404
00:59:37,119 --> 00:59:38,960
waiver for the duration of the event and

1405
00:59:38,960 --> 00:59:40,799
that these approvals be extended to a

1406
00:59:40,799 --> 00:59:42,960
rescheduled date if needed and

1407
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:44,960
requesting immediate effect. Thank you,

1408
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:46,960
Mr. Clerk. This is similar to the last

1409
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:49,920
uh ordinance, the last uh resolution

1410
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:51,839
that went through West Downtown, the

1411
00:59:51,839 --> 00:59:54,000
West EDA, and our jingle bash for

1412
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:56,880
December 12th, 2026 with closures of

1413
00:59:56,880 --> 00:59:59,280
both the parking deck, the West Village

1414
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:01,119
Drive, and as well as a noise uh

1415
01:00:01,119 --> 01:00:03,200
ordinance as well. Any questions or

1416
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:05,599
comments on this item?

1417
01:00:05,599 --> 01:00:08,799
Any objection to unanimous role?

1418
01:00:08,799 --> 01:00:10,079
should be attached. Next

1419
01:00:10,079 --> 01:00:10,400
item.

1420
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,480
>> Item 36, resolution by council members

1421
01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:14,480
Paris and O'Reilly authorizing a sole

1422
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:17,119
source purchase from Oakland County in

1423
01:00:17,119 --> 01:00:19,680
the amount of $226,000

1424
01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:21,680
for the membership and maintenance fees

1425
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:24,960
for Clemus mobile data computer system

1426
01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:27,680
for fiscal year 2026 for the fire and

1427
01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:29,119
police departments and requesting

1428
01:00:29,119 --> 01:00:30,160
immediate effect.

1429
01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:31,280
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The

1430
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:32,559
city's police department, fire

1431
01:00:32,559 --> 01:00:34,079
department are active users of the

1432
01:00:34,079 --> 01:00:37,599
clemens program which are recently uh

1433
01:00:37,599 --> 01:00:39,920
I'm sorry which was was recently run by

1434
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:42,319
the Oakland County and has now been re

1435
01:00:42,319 --> 01:00:43,760
uh constituted into an independent

1436
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:46,160
public agency. The membership uses rates

1437
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:48,480
are based on the number of full-time

1438
01:00:48,480 --> 01:00:50,799
equivalent sworn officers and users at

1439
01:00:50,799 --> 01:00:53,040
each agency. The costs of the system are

1440
01:00:53,040 --> 01:00:54,880
shared by all users with rates set by

1441
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:57,839
the Clemus advisory committee board. The

1442
01:00:57,839 --> 01:00:59,680
use of cleis program is essential to the

1443
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:01,280
operations of both the police and fire

1444
01:01:01,280 --> 01:01:02,400
department. The police department fire

1445
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:03,599
department in conjunction with

1446
01:01:03,599 --> 01:01:05,920
purchasing is recommending a soul source

1447
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:07,839
purchase of this membership with

1448
01:01:07,839 --> 01:01:09,760
maintenance fees in the amount of

1449
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:12,640
$226,000

1450
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:14,559
and is requesting immediate effect. Any

1451
01:01:14,559 --> 01:01:17,680
questions or comments on this item?

1452
01:01:17,680 --> 01:01:20,720
Any objection to unanimous role?

1453
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:22,079
should be attached. Next

1454
01:01:22,079 --> 01:01:24,400
item, item 37, resolution by council

1455
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:26,640
members O'Reilly and Nelafi awarding a

1456
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:29,839
contract to DMC Consultants, Inc. in the

1457
01:01:29,839 --> 01:01:33,750
amount of 1,952,353

1458
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:35,760
for construction services for fire

1459
01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:38,160
department station renovations. Thank

1460
01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:39,520
you, Mr. Clerk. The city of Dearbornne

1461
01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:41,359
operates four fire department stations

1462
01:01:41,359 --> 01:01:42,799
inside of our borders with interior

1463
01:01:42,799 --> 01:01:45,359
updates and modernization due to support

1464
01:01:45,359 --> 01:01:47,119
continued service for our community. The

1465
01:01:47,119 --> 01:01:49,599
following uh completion and design phase

1466
01:01:49,599 --> 01:01:51,680
bids were solicited and for construction

1467
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:54,799
of fire stations 1 2 3 and four. Uh the

1468
01:01:54,799 --> 01:01:56,000
project includes all necessary

1469
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:58,640
demolition, removal, label, materials

1470
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:00,480
and associated with the reser with the

1471
01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:02,480
renovations. Uh purchasing on behalf of

1472
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:03,920
the fire department recommends the

1473
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:06,799
awarding the contract to DMC uh

1474
01:02:06,799 --> 01:02:08,799
consultants incorporated with the lowest

1475
01:02:08,799 --> 01:02:10,640
responsive and responsible bid in the

1476
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:15,190
amount of 1,952,353.

1477
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:19,040
Any questions or comments on this?

1478
01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:22,480
Right. Any objection to unanimous role?

1479
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:23,839
should be attached. Next

1480
01:02:23,839 --> 01:02:26,880
item. Item 38 is a resolution by council

1481
01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:28,880
members Paris and O'Reilly approving the

1482
01:02:28,880 --> 01:02:32,240
fiscal year 2027 smart municipal and

1483
01:02:32,240 --> 01:02:34,640
community credit uh contract in the

1484
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:39,510
total amount of $345,81321

1485
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:41,760
and requesting immediate effect. Thank

1486
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:43,040
you, Mr. C. The city of Dearborn

1487
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:44,400
partners with Smart to provide

1488
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:45,920
transportation services for Dearborn

1489
01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:47,760
residents within the city. During a

1490
01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:49,599
typical week, the program provides curb

1491
01:02:49,599 --> 01:02:51,440
tocurb transportation to approximately

1492
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:54,160
200 seniors and individuals individuals

1493
01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:57,040
with disabilities each week. The service

1494
01:02:57,040 --> 01:02:59,359
operates Monday through Friday from 8:30

1495
01:02:59,359 --> 01:03:02,960
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the cost of only $1

1496
01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:05,520
each way, $2 for a round trip. No

1497
01:03:05,520 --> 01:03:07,359
resident is denied transportation due to

1498
01:03:07,359 --> 01:03:08,880
financial hardship as well. In addition,

1499
01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:12,319
the Dearborn seniors uh age 65 and older

1500
01:03:12,319 --> 01:03:14,160
who provide valid proof of residency are

1501
01:03:14,160 --> 01:03:16,559
eligible to receive free bus tickets

1502
01:03:16,559 --> 01:03:19,119
established by our smart routes. Any

1503
01:03:19,119 --> 01:03:21,119
questions or comments? Great program

1504
01:03:21,119 --> 01:03:23,520
here in Dearborn. Right. We need more

1505
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:24,880
people to take advantage of that. Any

1506
01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:27,599
objection to unanimous role?

1507
01:03:27,599 --> 01:03:29,119
All right. Un should be attached. Next

1508
01:03:29,119 --> 01:03:29,520
item.

1509
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:31,920
>> Item 39. Resolution by council members

1510
01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:34,559
in Paris granting the request of the UAW

1511
01:03:34,559 --> 01:03:38,160
local 600 to host its all-American

1512
01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:41,039
classic car show event in the parking

1513
01:03:41,039 --> 01:03:44,480
lot located at 1055

1514
01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:48,799
Dicks on Saturday August 29th 2026 from

1515
01:03:48,799 --> 01:03:51,200
11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. with assistance

1516
01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:53,039
from the police department for temporary

1517
01:03:53,039 --> 01:03:55,119
road closures on Fernie and Dixs and

1518
01:03:55,119 --> 01:03:57,680
Fernie and Verer. also granting a noise

1519
01:03:57,680 --> 01:03:59,599
waiver for the duration of the event and

1520
01:03:59,599 --> 01:04:01,200
requesting immediate effect.

1521
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:03,280
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Uh, the

1522
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:05,520
UAW Local 600 is requesting approval to

1523
01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:08,000
host a UAW All-American Classic Car Show

1524
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:10,799
on Saturday, August 29th, 2026 from

1525
01:04:10,799 --> 01:04:12,319
11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event is

1526
01:04:12,319 --> 01:04:13,839
intended to celebrate Dearborn's rich

1527
01:04:13,839 --> 01:04:16,960
automotive history heritage uh while

1528
01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:19,119
bringing residents and and and visitors

1529
01:04:19,119 --> 01:04:21,039
together with a goal of establishing the

1530
01:04:21,039 --> 01:04:22,640
car show as an annual traditional event

1531
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:24,559
through the city and particularly in the

1532
01:04:24,559 --> 01:04:26,319
South End community. To ensure the

1533
01:04:26,319 --> 01:04:28,799
safety of the attendees, the UAW and

1534
01:04:28,799 --> 01:04:31,359
local 600 is requesting a temporary road

1535
01:04:31,359 --> 01:04:33,839
closures that we'll receive from uh the

1536
01:04:33,839 --> 01:04:35,440
city of Dearborn as well as from Wayne

1537
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:37,839
County as well. Um there's also requests

1538
01:04:37,839 --> 01:04:40,079
for immediate effect and a noise

1539
01:04:40,079 --> 01:04:42,079
ordinance waiver. Any questions or

1540
01:04:42,079 --> 01:04:44,319
comments on this item?

1541
01:04:44,319 --> 01:04:47,280
Any objection to unanimous role?

1542
01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:48,720
shall be attached. Next

1543
01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:51,039
item. Item 40 is a resolution by council

1544
01:04:51,039 --> 01:04:53,359
members O'Reilly and Elsawi granting the

1545
01:04:53,359 --> 01:04:56,480
request of the UAW local 600 to host its

1546
01:04:56,480 --> 01:04:59,200
annual trunk or treat event in the

1547
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:02,640
parking lot located at 10550 Dixs on

1548
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:05,839
Saturday, October 24th, 2026 from 3:00

1549
01:05:05,839 --> 01:05:08,240
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with assistance from

1550
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:09,920
the police department for temporary road

1551
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:12,079
closures at Fernie and Dixs and Fernie

1552
01:05:12,079 --> 01:05:14,160
and Verer. Also granting a noise waiver

1553
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:15,760
for the duration of the event and

1554
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:17,280
requesting immediate effect.

1555
01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:19,039
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The UAW

1556
01:05:19,039 --> 01:05:21,200
Local 600 is also requesting to host its

1557
01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:23,200
annual trunk or treat on Saturday,

1558
01:05:23,200 --> 01:05:26,079
October 24th of this year at 3 p.m. to

1559
01:05:26,079 --> 01:05:28,559
8:00 p.m. for all safety and attendees.

1560
01:05:28,559 --> 01:05:30,400
They're requesting authorization of road

1561
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:32,160
closures and intersections of Fernie and

1562
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:35,039
Dixs as well as Fernie and uh Verer for

1563
01:05:35,039 --> 01:05:37,359
the duration of the event. Uh it is

1564
01:05:37,359 --> 01:05:38,720
noted that the Wayne County will also

1565
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:40,400
provide a separate permit for those road

1566
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:41,760
closures. Additionally, they're

1567
01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:43,839
requesting a noise or ordinance waiver

1568
01:05:43,839 --> 01:05:45,119
for the duration of the event with

1569
01:05:45,119 --> 01:05:46,480
immediate effect. Any questions or

1570
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:48,240
comments on this?

1571
01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:51,280
Any objection to the unanimous role?

1572
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:52,720
should be attached. Next

1573
01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:55,359
item, item 41. Resolution by council

1574
01:05:55,359 --> 01:05:57,599
members Abraham and Alawi granting the

1575
01:05:57,599 --> 01:05:59,760
request of Zaman International to

1576
01:05:59,760 --> 01:06:03,280
conduct its 17th annual Zaman Run, Walk,

1577
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:06,559
and Picnic on Saturday, September 19th,

1578
01:06:06,559 --> 01:06:09,200
2026 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

1579
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:10,960
resulting in the temporary use and

1580
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:12,960
closure of the northbound lane of Brady

1581
01:06:12,960 --> 01:06:14,960
Street between Cherry Hill and the River

1582
01:06:14,960 --> 01:06:17,039
Rouge Gateway Trail subject to the

1583
01:06:17,039 --> 01:06:19,119
reimbursement for city services, all

1584
01:06:19,119 --> 01:06:21,520
applicable ordinances, and the rules and

1585
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:23,440
regulations of the police department.

1586
01:06:23,440 --> 01:06:25,280
also granting a noise waiver for the

1587
01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:27,039
duration of the event and requesting

1588
01:06:27,039 --> 01:06:28,319
immediate effect.

1589
01:06:28,319 --> 01:06:29,760
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Cork. This is

1590
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:31,680
the 17th time you read this and it's

1591
01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:33,359
Zaman

1592
01:06:33,359 --> 01:06:36,240
Fun Rock, but we got it. Sometimes we

1593
01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:38,640
have to get that correct. Zaman Zaman

1594
01:06:38,640 --> 01:06:41,599
Run and Walk Picnic 17th year.

1595
01:06:41,599 --> 01:06:44,480
Tremendous organization. Uh it is uh on

1596
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:47,200
Saturday, September 19th, 2026 with the

1597
01:06:47,200 --> 01:06:48,960
setup beginning at 8 a.m. and a tear

1598
01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:51,280
down at 2 p.m. Approximately 2,000

1599
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:53,280
attendees are expected. This event will

1600
01:06:53,280 --> 01:06:56,720
have a 5K run, opening ceremonies, a 5K

1601
01:06:56,720 --> 01:06:59,200
walk, uh two kids runs, and a community

1602
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:01,039
picnic. All proceeds will go to Zaman

1603
01:07:01,039 --> 01:07:03,200
for their uh for its program is

1604
01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:05,119
assisting families experience extreme

1605
01:07:05,119 --> 01:07:07,039
poverty throughout southeastern

1606
01:07:07,039 --> 01:07:08,799
Michigan. A waiver of noise ordinance is

1607
01:07:08,799 --> 01:07:10,640
also being requested. Any questions or

1608
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:23,589
comments? Council Mafi.

1609
01:07:23,599 --> 01:07:25,280
You you ran once though. You Yeah, you

1610
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:27,359
did ran it. Yeah.

1611
01:07:27,359 --> 01:07:28,799
>> This year straight to the picnic day.

1612
01:07:28,799 --> 01:07:30,079
It's a great event, folks. They do a

1613
01:07:30,079 --> 01:07:31,599
tremendous work in our community and

1614
01:07:31,599 --> 01:07:33,599
we'd like to thank them. Any uh any

1615
01:07:33,599 --> 01:07:35,520
other questions or comments? Any

1616
01:07:35,520 --> 01:07:38,000
objection? Unanimous role?

1617
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:39,200
Your national should be attached. Next

1618
01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:41,280
item. Item 42, resolution by council

1619
01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:43,920
members O'Reilly and Paris granting the

1620
01:07:43,920 --> 01:07:46,000
request of Dearborn High School to

1621
01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:48,640
conduct its annual homecoming parade on

1622
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:52,319
Friday, September 25th, 2026 from 4:45

1623
01:07:52,319 --> 01:07:54,400
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. subject to all

1624
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:56,880
applicable ordinances and the rules and

1625
01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:58,720
regulations of the police department.

1626
01:07:58,720 --> 01:08:00,559
Also granting a noise waiver for the

1627
01:08:00,559 --> 01:08:02,559
duration of the event and requesting

1628
01:08:02,559 --> 01:08:04,000
immediate effect.

1629
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:05,039
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk.

1630
01:08:05,039 --> 01:08:06,480
Dearborn High School is requesting

1631
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:08,480
approval to host its annual homecoming

1632
01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:10,960
parade on Friday, September 25th, 2026

1633
01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:14,160
at 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 with an um

1634
01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:15,839
anticipated attendance of approximately

1635
01:08:15,839 --> 01:08:18,080
500 people. A waiver of the city's noise

1636
01:08:18,080 --> 01:08:19,759
ordinance is also being requested for

1637
01:08:19,759 --> 01:08:22,239
the duration with immediate effect. So,

1638
01:08:22,239 --> 01:08:24,319
back to school time. Any questions or

1639
01:08:24,319 --> 01:08:26,799
comments? Any objection to unanimous

1640
01:08:26,799 --> 01:08:28,400
role?

1641
01:08:28,400 --> 01:08:29,600
should be attached. Next

1642
01:08:29,600 --> 01:08:29,920
item,

1643
01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:32,239
>> item 43, resolution by council members

1644
01:08:32,239 --> 01:08:34,880
Alawi and O'Reilly, authorizing the

1645
01:08:34,880 --> 01:08:36,560
finance director to recognize and

1646
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:39,279
appropriate the fiscal year 2027

1647
01:08:39,279 --> 01:08:41,520
Southeast Michigan Council of

1648
01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:43,600
Governments, also known as SEMCOG

1649
01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:46,319
Planning Assistant Program Award for the

1650
01:08:46,319 --> 01:08:48,560
Dearborn Schools Quarter Traffic Study

1651
01:08:48,560 --> 01:08:52,239
Project in the amount of $32,740

1652
01:08:52,239 --> 01:08:54,000
with a local match requirement in the

1653
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:56,560
amount of $7,260

1654
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:58,960
and requesting immediate effect.

1655
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:00,239
>> Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The city has been

1656
01:09:00,239 --> 01:09:02,480
awarded $32,740

1657
01:09:02,480 --> 01:09:05,920
through fiscal year 2027 from SE uh

1658
01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:08,159
SAMCOG Planning Assistance Program to

1659
01:09:08,159 --> 01:09:10,319
conduct pedestrian and traffic safety

1660
01:09:10,319 --> 01:09:13,199
studies at our four high priority school

1661
01:09:13,199 --> 01:09:15,359
area corridors and evaluate the

1662
01:09:15,359 --> 01:09:18,319
feasibility and and of high density uh

1663
01:09:18,319 --> 01:09:21,120
active crosswalks and signals for

1664
01:09:21,120 --> 01:09:22,799
pedestrian safety throughout our city.

1665
01:09:22,799 --> 01:09:25,199
The study will focus on four locations

1666
01:09:25,199 --> 01:09:27,199
uh that experience significant traffic

1667
01:09:27,199 --> 01:09:28,799
for students and families in the

1668
01:09:28,799 --> 01:09:30,560
neighborhood and residents along. The

1669
01:09:30,560 --> 01:09:33,279
project cost is $40,000 including

1670
01:09:33,279 --> 01:09:35,199
$32,740

1671
01:09:35,199 --> 01:09:37,520
is a grant from SEMCOG and the city's

1672
01:09:37,520 --> 01:09:41,269
match of $7,260.

1673
01:09:41,279 --> 01:09:44,400
Any questions or comments on this item?

1674
01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:47,359
Any objection to unanimous role?

1675
01:09:47,359 --> 01:09:49,199
Unan should be attached. Next item,

1676
01:09:49,199 --> 01:09:51,679
>> item 44, resolution by council members

1677
01:09:51,679 --> 01:09:53,440
O'Reilly and Abraham, authorizing the

1678
01:09:53,440 --> 01:09:55,440
finance director to recognize the

1679
01:09:55,440 --> 01:09:57,920
Michigan Department of Natural Resources

1680
01:09:57,920 --> 01:10:00,400
through the land and water conservation

1681
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:02,960
fund grant award for the development of

1682
01:10:02,960 --> 01:10:05,199
a splash pad at Camp Dearborn in the

1683
01:10:05,199 --> 01:10:08,000
amount of $500,000 and to appropriate

1684
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:10,719
$500,000 in the general fund balance to

1685
01:10:10,719 --> 01:10:13,360
the Camp Dearborn operating budget as a

1686
01:10:13,360 --> 01:10:15,679
transfer to the facility fund and to

1687
01:10:15,679 --> 01:10:17,520
recognize and appropriate the transfer

1688
01:10:17,520 --> 01:10:19,120
for the local match. and requesting

1689
01:10:19,120 --> 01:10:20,880
immediate effect.

1690
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:22,960
>> Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The Michigan

1691
01:10:22,960 --> 01:10:25,120
Department of Natural Resources or DNR

1692
01:10:25,120 --> 01:10:26,719
and the US Department of Interior

1693
01:10:26,719 --> 01:10:28,320
National Park Service have approved the

1694
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:31,199
city of Dearborn to receive $500,000

1695
01:10:31,199 --> 01:10:34,400
in land and water conservation uh fund

1696
01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:36,159
grant for the development of a splash

1697
01:10:36,159 --> 01:10:39,040
pack uh splash pad park at Camp

1698
01:10:39,040 --> 01:10:40,880
Dearbornne, including relative

1699
01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:43,440
accessibility and site improvements. If

1700
01:10:43,440 --> 01:10:46,159
this uh if this request this is also

1701
01:10:46,159 --> 01:10:47,600
being requested that the chief financial

1702
01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:49,679
officer be authorized to recognize and

1703
01:10:49,679 --> 01:10:52,000
appropriate the same. Any questions or

1704
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:54,000
comments

1705
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:55,920
like to thank our grants departments for

1706
01:10:55,920 --> 01:10:58,239
uh tremendous job well needed and it's

1707
01:10:58,239 --> 01:10:59,760
going to make a big difference out there

1708
01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:01,920
and the parks department but I will note

1709
01:11:01,920 --> 01:11:04,080
that she sat in the first role somebody

1710
01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:05,679
chose to sit in the second row. So we

1711
01:11:05,679 --> 01:11:06,960
appreciate you sitting in the front row

1712
01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:09,440
there for us. [laughter]

1713
01:11:09,440 --> 01:11:11,520
>> Any questions or comments? Any

1714
01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:13,920
objection? Unanimous role. Unanimous

1715
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:15,280
role shall be attached. Next item,

1716
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:17,360
>> item 45, resolution by council members

1717
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:19,040
Paris and O'Reilly, authorizing the

1718
01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:22,159
purchase of the 50 foot by 250 foot

1719
01:11:22,159 --> 01:11:26,159
portion of the property located at 19501

1720
01:11:26,159 --> 01:11:28,560
Outer Drive, which contains the fire

1721
01:11:28,560 --> 01:11:30,800
safety house from the Dearborn public

1722
01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:33,760
schools for the amount of $5,000 and up

1723
01:11:33,760 --> 01:11:36,239
to an additional amount of $10,000 for

1724
01:11:36,239 --> 01:11:38,640
closing costs. also authorizing the

1725
01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:41,120
mayor and corporation council or his

1726
01:11:41,120 --> 01:11:43,600
designate to execute documents on behalf

1727
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:45,840
of the city to effectuate this

1728
01:11:45,840 --> 01:11:47,920
transaction and requesting immediate

1729
01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:49,440
effect.

1730
01:11:49,440 --> 01:11:50,640
All right. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The

1731
01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:52,320
fire safety house is used annually by

1732
01:11:52,320 --> 01:11:54,320
the Dearborn Fire Department to provide

1733
01:11:54,320 --> 01:11:57,280
fire and safety life safety education to

1734
01:11:57,280 --> 01:11:58,560
third grade students at the Dearborn

1735
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:00,159
public schools for various and various

1736
01:12:00,159 --> 01:12:02,320
private schools. Uh after many years of

1737
01:12:02,320 --> 01:12:04,800
use, it's it's uh been agreed that the

1738
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:06,480
city of Dearbornne will purchase this

1739
01:12:06,480 --> 01:12:08,719
property to make renovations from the

1740
01:12:08,719 --> 01:12:10,640
schools uh from the Dearbornne school

1741
01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:12,159
system. The city assessor has valuated

1742
01:12:12,159 --> 01:12:14,400
prop valuated the property at

1743
01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:16,480
approximately $30,100. They're

1744
01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:17,760
requesting immediate effect. Any

1745
01:12:17,760 --> 01:12:20,400
questions or comments on this item? Any

1746
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:22,640
objection to unanimous role? Chief, you

1747
01:12:22,640 --> 01:12:24,560
want to speak on it? No, we're good.

1748
01:12:24,560 --> 01:12:27,280
Yeah, we're good. Thank you. Unanimous

1749
01:12:27,280 --> 01:12:28,640
role should be attached. Next item,

1750
01:12:28,640 --> 01:12:30,640
>> item 46, resolution by council members

1751
01:12:30,640 --> 01:12:32,640
O'Reilly and Elsawi, granting the

1752
01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:34,400
request of the Kuanas Club of

1753
01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:38,960
Dearbornne, uh 48124 to hold its annual

1754
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:41,600
peanut street sales and solicit

1755
01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:45,120
contributions at various public roadways

1756
01:12:45,120 --> 01:12:46,880
throughout the city from 7:00 a.m. to

1757
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:49,840
700 p.m. on September 10th, 11th, 12th,

1758
01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:52,880
and 13, 2026 and requesting immediate

1759
01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:53,920
effect.

1760
01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:55,520
>> All right. Thank you, uh, Mr. Clerk. The

1761
01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:57,040
Kuanas Club of Dearborn has submitted

1762
01:12:57,040 --> 01:12:59,199
their annual request for uh council

1763
01:12:59,199 --> 01:13:01,440
approval to solicit for contributions in

1764
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:03,600
the public uh roadway through the sale

1765
01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:06,400
of peanuts from uh 7:00 a.m. to 7:00

1766
01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:09,840
p.m. September 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th of

1767
01:13:09,840 --> 01:13:12,400
this year. Folks, if you're out there,

1768
01:13:12,400 --> 01:13:14,000
see them in the road. The peanuts are

1769
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:15,679
phenomenal and the cause is even better.

1770
01:13:15,679 --> 01:13:17,440
So, help support the Quantis Club.

1771
01:13:17,440 --> 01:13:19,040
They're doing a great job. Any questions

1772
01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:21,440
or comments on this item? Any objection?

1773
01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:24,080
Unanimous role. Unanimous role should be

1774
01:13:24,080 --> 01:13:26,560
attached. Next item, item 47, resolution

1775
01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:28,320
by council members O'Reilly and Paris,

1776
01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:30,080
concurring in the appointment of Marilla

1777
01:13:30,080 --> 01:13:32,719
Willlet to the East Dearborn Downtown

1778
01:13:32,719 --> 01:13:34,560
Development Authority with a term ending

1779
01:13:34,560 --> 01:13:37,760
June 30th, 2030.

1780
01:13:37,760 --> 01:13:39,520
>> All right. Uh, thank you. Uh, this

1781
01:13:39,520 --> 01:13:41,199
appointment by Maria Willlet for the

1782
01:13:41,199 --> 01:13:43,840
East Dearborn Downtown Authority for a

1783
01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:45,440
term of four years. The term will end

1784
01:13:45,440 --> 01:13:48,239
June 30th, 2030. I just like to remind

1785
01:13:48,239 --> 01:13:50,400
everyone that are serving on our

1786
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:51,520
commissions. I would like to thank them.

1787
01:13:51,520 --> 01:13:52,880
These are volunteer positions and are

1788
01:13:52,880 --> 01:13:54,719
extremely important to help assist the

1789
01:13:54,719 --> 01:13:57,760
city government uh in in our operations.

1790
01:13:57,760 --> 01:13:59,840
Any uh question or comments? Any

1791
01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:02,239
objection? Unanimous role?

1792
01:14:02,239 --> 01:14:03,520
Okay. Unanimous role should be attached.

1793
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:04,400
Next item.

1794
01:14:04,400 --> 01:14:06,480
>> Item 48 is a resolution by council

1795
01:14:06,480 --> 01:14:08,800
member O'Reilly and Paris concurring in

1796
01:14:08,800 --> 01:14:10,880
the appointment of Maria Willlet to the

1797
01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:12,719
West Dearborn Downtown Development

1798
01:14:12,719 --> 01:14:15,120
Authority with a term ending June 30th,

1799
01:14:15,120 --> 01:14:16,640
2030.

1800
01:14:16,640 --> 01:14:18,000
>> Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Well, thank you

1801
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:20,000
Mar uh Miss Willlet for also uh being

1802
01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:22,000
willing to serve on our West Downtown uh

1803
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:23,280
Authority, a four-year term that will

1804
01:14:23,280 --> 01:14:27,199
end on June 30th, 2030.

1805
01:14:27,199 --> 01:14:29,199
Any questions or comments? Any

1806
01:14:29,199 --> 01:14:31,600
objection? Unanimous role.

1807
01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:32,880
should be attached. Next

1808
01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:33,440
item.

1809
01:14:33,440 --> 01:14:35,440
>> Item 49, resolution by council members

1810
01:14:35,440 --> 01:14:37,440
Alawi and Hammud concurring in the

1811
01:14:37,440 --> 01:14:39,520
appointment of Claudia Hammud to the

1812
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:41,360
library commission with a term ending

1813
01:14:41,360 --> 01:14:43,840
June 30th, 2029.

1814
01:14:43,840 --> 01:14:45,280
>> All right. Thank you again. I would like

1815
01:14:45,280 --> 01:14:47,360
to recognize the appointment of Claudia

1816
01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:49,360
Hammud to our library commission for the

1817
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:51,760
term ending in for a three-year term

1818
01:14:51,760 --> 01:14:54,800
that will end on June 30th, 2029.

1819
01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:56,159
Any questions or comments?

1820
01:14:56,159 --> 01:14:58,000
>> No relation to me or the mayor.

1821
01:14:58,000 --> 01:14:59,760
>> Right. That is true. No relation to

1822
01:14:59,760 --> 01:15:00,320
either one of you.

1823
01:15:00,320 --> 01:15:01,520
>> Question.

1824
01:15:01,520 --> 01:15:03,120
>> Uh yes. Question for live. This is an

1825
01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:06,000
appointment, sir. And

1826
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:07,440
>> Yes, sir. Okay. If you can, you could

1827
01:15:07,440 --> 01:15:08,800
step to the microphone. You'll be you'll

1828
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:11,120
be able to address it. Yes, sir. You

1829
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:12,719
there's a little corridor here, sir. If

1830
01:15:12,719 --> 01:15:14,159
you if you like, you could get through

1831
01:15:14,159 --> 01:15:19,189
there.

1832
01:15:19,199 --> 01:15:20,480
» Right where the officers, there's a

1833
01:15:20,480 --> 01:15:26,070
microphone. Sir,

1834
01:15:26,080 --> 01:15:28,000
» what safeguards require library

1835
01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:29,679
commission members to apply viewpoint

1836
01:15:29,679 --> 01:15:31,600
neutral collection and access policies

1837
01:15:31,600 --> 01:15:33,760
rather than favoring or suppressing

1838
01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:35,360
political, religious, cultural, or

1839
01:15:35,360 --> 01:15:38,000
ideological viewpoints?

1840
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:40,640
and what process exists for residents to

1841
01:15:40,640 --> 01:15:42,159
challenge a library commission decision

1842
01:15:42,159 --> 01:15:45,199
they believe violates their principles.

1843
01:15:45,199 --> 01:15:47,120
>> Thank you, sir. Yeah, th those questions

1844
01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:49,120
are better addressed to our library

1845
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:51,120
commission. So there there is on our

1846
01:15:51,120 --> 01:15:52,320
website their meetings and you will be

1847
01:15:52,320 --> 01:15:53,760
able to uh speak to them and you'll be

1848
01:15:53,760 --> 01:15:55,280
able to get those answers.

1849
01:15:55,280 --> 01:15:56,800
>> I appreciate it. All right. Any

1850
01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:58,159
objection to unanimous role on the

1851
01:15:58,159 --> 01:16:01,600
appointment of Claudia Hammud?

1852
01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:03,040
>> Okay. Unanous role should be attached.

1853
01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:04,080
Next item.

1854
01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:06,480
>> Uh Mr. President. No further items on

1855
01:16:06,480 --> 01:16:08,000
tonight's agenda.

1856
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:10,320
>> All right.

1857
01:16:10,320 --> 01:16:11,760
I have just a couple for

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01:16:11,760 --> 01:16:14,480
myself. Um I just wanted to recognize

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01:16:14,480 --> 01:16:16,560
some outstanding achievements in our

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01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:18,159
community

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01:16:18,159 --> 01:16:20,800
um this last few months, and they happen

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01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:23,440
to be all women, which is always a great

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01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:25,520
thing. Uh Zana Alh Hassan, a personal

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01:16:25,520 --> 01:16:27,840
friend and a tremendous um individual

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01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:30,080
who's also on our planning commission,

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01:16:30,080 --> 01:16:32,159
was elected vice president of the Kresge

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01:16:32,159 --> 01:16:34,000
Foundation, and we wanted to recognize

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01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:41,669
that for her. It's a tremendous, event.

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All right. Thank you. Uh in for our uh

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01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:47,440
community access, uh we have a

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01:16:47,440 --> 01:16:50,880
retirement by Mrs. Mah over 35 years. If

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01:16:50,880 --> 01:16:52,719
some of you guys ever watch a YouTube

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01:16:52,719 --> 01:16:54,159
video, you'll see her as a very very

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01:16:54,159 --> 01:16:56,880
young lady uh when access began in the

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01:16:56,880 --> 01:17:00,000
south end of Dearbornne uh in the late

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01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:02,960
70s. Uh 35 years she is retiring. We

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01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:06,080
like and to be said her dream um and

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01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:07,360
fulfillment which hopefully will be

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01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:09,120
coming at the end of this month or next

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01:17:09,120 --> 01:17:11,199
month. new access treatment, drug and

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01:17:11,199 --> 01:17:12,960
rehabilitation treatment center in our

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01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:15,040
city of Dearborn on Michigan Avenue in

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01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:17,280
the east Dearborn side near Wyoming uh

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01:17:17,280 --> 01:17:19,760
will be realized because of her um her

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01:17:19,760 --> 01:17:21,840
tremendous work. I'd like to also

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01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:24,080
recognize Lena Haraji, a personal friend

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01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:26,239
of mine, classmate uh that is taking

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01:17:26,239 --> 01:17:28,719
over as the next CEO. Uh she has been

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01:17:28,719 --> 01:17:30,960
working with Access for at least 15 to

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01:17:30,960 --> 01:17:33,840
20 years. Tremendous job. Um it's great

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01:17:33,840 --> 01:17:35,520
to see organizations that have planned

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01:17:35,520 --> 01:17:37,280
secessions and and have a real plan. and

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01:17:37,280 --> 01:17:38,880
they're doing tremendous work at access

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01:17:38,880 --> 01:17:40,719
and would like to recognize both those

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01:17:40,719 --> 01:17:48,400
ladies. We also have one of our bright uh people

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01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:51,440
from our school systems, Mesa Ali Bazzy

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01:17:51,440 --> 01:17:53,840
um who was recently tooken from our

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01:17:53,840 --> 01:17:55,840
school system like many of them do and

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01:17:55,840 --> 01:17:57,440
to go to the state boards and she is

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01:17:57,440 --> 01:18:00,560
going to be ex being um appointed or

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01:18:00,560 --> 01:18:02,480
working been uh been appointed to work

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01:18:02,480 --> 01:18:04,080
as the chief deputy of the Michigan

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01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:05,760
Department of Education. is a tremendous

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01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:08,640
honor to have our school system people

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01:18:08,640 --> 01:18:11,120
uh continue to move up into the state

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01:18:11,120 --> 01:18:12,640
and it just shows you what uh kind of

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01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:14,159
work has been done in here in Dearmore.

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01:18:14,159 --> 01:18:16,000
So I'd like to make sure we recognize

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01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:19,679
that as well. Thank you.

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Um

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for um for myself for my colleagues,

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01:18:24,159 --> 01:18:25,360
anything from my colleagues before we

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01:18:25,360 --> 01:18:29,750
move on to the administration or mayor?

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01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:31,360
All right. Uh mayor, anything from the

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01:18:31,360 --> 01:18:33,040
administration?

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01:18:33,040 --> 01:18:34,560
Thank you, Mr. Clerk. anything from your

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01:18:34,560 --> 01:18:35,120
department?

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01:18:35,120 --> 01:18:36,800
>> I'm all set tonight. Thank you.

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01:18:36,800 --> 01:18:39,920
>> All right. Uh so now we will u move into

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our final part which will be our public

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01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:44,880
speaking um duration. Just a kind

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01:18:44,880 --> 01:18:46,880
reminder, same rules follow. We have

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01:18:46,880 --> 01:18:48,560
several cards here. I do know that there

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01:18:48,560 --> 01:18:50,800
might been some people that may have uh

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01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:52,560
exited. So I will give a little bit of

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01:18:52,560 --> 01:18:55,280
time to make sure that no one is outside

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or can we make the assumption that

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01:18:56,640 --> 01:18:58,080
they're all inside that want to speak

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since there's space?

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>> Okay. Thank you, Chief. All right. Okay.

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First we have Mr. Muhammad Saab.

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01:19:06,320 --> 01:19:08,000
So just kind reminder it's back there.

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Yep.

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» Good evening everybody. My name is

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Muhammad Sab. I'm a student at Wayne

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State University in the College of

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Engineering just down the road from

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01:19:25,760 --> 01:19:28,159
here. After tonight, Dearbornne will

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01:19:28,159 --> 01:19:30,400
once again go viral. The clips of us in

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01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:32,320
our city are already being cut, and once

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01:19:32,320 --> 01:19:33,600
again, our city will be shown to

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01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:35,360
millions of people who have never set a

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01:19:35,360 --> 01:19:36,960
foot in it. While the eyes of the

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01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:38,560
country are on us, I'd rather they see

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01:19:38,560 --> 01:19:40,080
something positive than what those

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01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:41,440
filled with hate brought them here to

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01:19:41,440 --> 01:19:43,600
see. Dearborn is a city full of

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01:19:43,600 --> 01:19:45,600
remarkable people. We have doctors,

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01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:47,920
lawyers, engineers, business owners,

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01:19:47,920 --> 01:19:49,679
tradesmen, and families who put each

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01:19:49,679 --> 01:19:51,280
other first. If you are looking for

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01:19:51,280 --> 01:19:52,640
proof of the American dream, you do not

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01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:55,920
have to look past the city of Dearorn.

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01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:57,600
Understand what these men are. They are

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01:19:57,600 --> 01:19:58,960
not activists and they are not

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01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:01,199
preachers. They are merchants whose only

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01:20:01,199 --> 01:20:03,520
good to sell is fear.

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01:20:03,520 --> 01:20:05,280
It's a cheap product and it contains an

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01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:08,000
enormous margin. It requires no

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01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:09,440
evidence, no argument and no

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01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:10,800
acquaintance whatsoever with the person

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01:20:10,800 --> 01:20:12,719
whom it's sold against. And it asks of

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01:20:12,719 --> 01:20:14,800
you only one thing that you look at a

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01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:16,080
neighbor and you agree to see a

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01:20:16,080 --> 01:20:18,159
stranger. While we are busy buying fear

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01:20:18,159 --> 01:20:20,159
from these men, nobody's asking why a

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01:20:20,159 --> 01:20:22,239
family working hard cannot afford a home

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01:20:22,239 --> 01:20:24,800
or a doctor. Let me leave you with this

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one statement. In a republic, the power

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01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:29,199
does not descend from a throne. It rises

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01:20:29,199 --> 01:20:31,040
from us, the people. That is the whole

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01:20:31,040 --> 01:20:32,560
of our strength, but it is also exactly

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01:20:32,560 --> 01:20:34,000
our weakness. Because a people who can

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01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:35,840
be persuaded can also just as easil

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01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:38,480
easily be deceived. Every lie that a

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01:20:38,480 --> 01:20:40,080
nation accepts for long enough becomes

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01:20:40,080 --> 01:20:42,080
the law that it lives under. Our defense

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01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:43,679
here in Dearbornne has never been anger,

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01:20:43,679 --> 01:20:45,760
nor has it ever been silence. It's been

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01:20:45,760 --> 01:20:47,440
education. Learn a thing before you

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01:20:47,440 --> 01:20:49,280
repeat it. Meet a person before you fear

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01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:50,880
them. And judge men and women by their

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01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:52,320
character, because that is the only

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01:20:52,320 --> 01:20:53,760
measure that has been and ever will be

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01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:56,239
fair. Hate is loud, but it's fragile. It

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01:20:56,239 --> 01:20:57,679
survives only when nobody bothers to

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01:20:57,679 --> 01:20:59,120
check where it comes from. Thank you.

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Have a good night, everybody.

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01:21:00,080 --> 01:21:02,776
>> Thank you.

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[applause]

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» Okay, we have Muhammad Ali Bas.

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01:21:10,239 --> 01:21:28,790
>> Thank you.

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Thank [clears throat] you everyone for

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01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:32,000
uh allowing me to speak. Thank you to

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01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:34,159
the city council and to Mayor Hammud for

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01:21:34,159 --> 01:21:36,080
everything he does for our great city.

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01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:37,520
As you can hear, my voice is raspy

1998
01:21:37,520 --> 01:21:38,960
because I was out there protesting

1999
01:21:38,960 --> 01:21:41,280
against agitators and unamericans who

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01:21:41,280 --> 01:21:44,000
come to Dearborn and spread fear.

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01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:45,120
This [clears throat] country was believe

2002
01:21:45,120 --> 01:21:47,920
was founded on the belief of freedom of

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01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:50,400
religious sorry. This country was

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01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:52,080
founded on the belief of freedom from

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01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:53,920
religious persecution like liberty and

2006
01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:55,280
the pursuit of happiness in which our

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01:21:55,280 --> 01:21:57,120
country was founded on and Dearborn as

2008
01:21:57,120 --> 01:21:59,840
the epide epitome of what America is

2009
01:21:59,840 --> 01:22:02,480
when it was America when it was America

2010
01:22:02,480 --> 01:22:04,239
that was attacked in Pearl Harbor. It

2011
01:22:04,239 --> 01:22:05,760
was the ArabAmerican population that

2012
01:22:05,760 --> 01:22:08,400
picked up the racks that jobs that

2013
01:22:08,400 --> 01:22:10,400
fought against fascism that fought

2014
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:13,840
against fascists in Nazi Germany.

2015
01:22:13,840 --> 01:22:16,880
Though defeated in 1945, fascism hasn't

2016
01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:18,560
been rooted out and it's very evident

2017
01:22:18,560 --> 01:22:20,639
today. our people aren't any less

2018
01:22:20,639 --> 01:22:22,480
American than the next. So why is it

2019
01:22:22,480 --> 01:22:24,159
that these fascists come to Dearbornne,

2020
01:22:24,159 --> 01:22:26,320
preach on Sharia law while being the

2021
01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:28,400
same group that has invalidated the the

2022
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:30,159
democratic processes and attempted to

2023
01:22:30,159 --> 01:22:32,080
storm the capital of the United States

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01:22:32,080 --> 01:22:34,480
in which we each contribute to our

2025
01:22:34,480 --> 01:22:36,480
country, to our nation, to its culture,

2026
01:22:36,480 --> 01:22:38,639
to its history, to its promises. Our

2027
01:22:38,639 --> 01:22:40,400
people refused to take a moral lashing

2028
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:42,719
from people who wave the Nazi flags.

2029
01:22:42,719 --> 01:22:45,600
Americans died to fight off and against.

2030
01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:48,960
From people who voted to a man who

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01:22:48,960 --> 01:22:51,520
bombed a Iranian school girl, killing

2032
01:22:51,520 --> 01:22:54,400
over 10 girls. From Epsteiners and

2033
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:57,840
January 6ers, our country, our city, our

2034
01:22:57,840 --> 01:23:00,080
county won't bow down to people who wish

2035
01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:03,520
to spread fear. Our country is built

2036
01:23:03,520 --> 01:23:06,080
upon the promise of America. And like

2037
01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:08,480
everyone here who has spoken, this is

2038
01:23:08,480 --> 01:23:11,360
what the promise of America is. cultural

2039
01:23:11,360 --> 01:23:14,320
acceptance, freedom, the pursuit of

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01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:17,199
happiness and religion. We won't be

2041
01:23:17,199 --> 01:23:19,600
religiously persecuted, and we won't be

2042
01:23:19,600 --> 01:23:22,080
made out to be victims, even if we are

2043
01:23:22,080 --> 01:23:24,719
the target of the United States. God

2044
01:23:24,719 --> 01:23:26,480
bless the United States, and God bless

2045
01:23:26,480 --> 01:23:27,760
the city of Dearbornne.

2046
01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:32,310
>> Thank you. Thank you,

2047
01:23:32,320 --> 01:23:38,002
Mr. Ab. Best Halloween.

2048
01:23:38,012 --> 01:23:41,830
» [applause]

2049
01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:43,920
» Thank you, Council President Serini. Uh,

2050
01:23:43,920 --> 01:23:45,280
thank you to members of the council to

2051
01:23:45,280 --> 01:23:48,870
Mayor Hammud.

2052
01:23:48,880 --> 01:23:50,800
I just feel so proud of Dearbornne

2053
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:53,360
today.

2054
01:23:53,360 --> 01:23:56,080
I'm so proud of our leadership.

2055
01:23:56,080 --> 01:23:59,280
I'm proud. I'm so proud of every single

2056
01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:01,600
family out there

2057
01:24:01,600 --> 01:24:04,960
that is keeping its head down and just

2058
01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:07,360
going about our lives like we always

2059
01:24:07,360 --> 01:24:09,840
have.

2060
01:24:09,840 --> 01:24:12,880
I'm especially proud of all the kids out

2061
01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:15,840
there. And I want to we don't have kids

2062
01:24:15,840 --> 01:24:18,480
in the room, thank God, but I want to

2063
01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:21,600
speak just to the kids in Dearbornne

2064
01:24:21,600 --> 01:24:23,679
today.

2065
01:24:23,679 --> 01:24:25,920
My friends,

2066
01:24:25,920 --> 01:24:29,120
I know it's a scary time.

2067
01:24:29,120 --> 01:24:32,000
I was a kid once here in Dearbornne and

2068
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:34,800
felt really scared because there was

2069
01:24:34,800 --> 01:24:36,159
this thing that was happening. There was

2070
01:24:36,159 --> 01:24:39,199
a guy who kept showing up in the city

2071
01:24:39,199 --> 01:24:41,280
and he was obsessed. It seemed like he

2072
01:24:41,280 --> 01:24:42,880
was obsessed with Dearborn. He kept

2073
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:45,600
burning a Quran for some reason and it

2074
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:48,639
made me feel very scared.

2075
01:24:48,639 --> 01:24:51,280
But the advice that I got from my mom

2076
01:24:51,280 --> 01:24:54,239
and my dad and my sister was that here

2077
01:24:54,239 --> 01:24:58,159
in Dearbornne, some people come and go.

2078
01:24:58,159 --> 01:25:00,320
But those folks, especially the ones

2079
01:25:00,320 --> 01:25:02,080
that are trying to divide us, they don't

2080
01:25:02,080 --> 01:25:04,880
know us. They don't live here. We live

2081
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:09,360
here. They will come and go and we will

2082
01:25:09,360 --> 01:25:10,960
remain.

2083
01:25:10,960 --> 01:25:13,920
The beauty of Dearbornne, the strength

2084
01:25:13,920 --> 01:25:16,560
of Dearborn, the strength of our region

2085
01:25:16,560 --> 01:25:19,120
here in southeastern Michigan is our

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01:25:19,120 --> 01:25:20,960
diversity.

2087
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:23,840
I kept my head down.

2088
01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,400
I ended up growing up and working at the

2089
01:25:26,400 --> 01:25:28,960
highest levels of our government. One

2090
01:25:28,960 --> 01:25:30,800
day I was working in the United States

2091
01:25:30,800 --> 01:25:33,280
capital and there was a small group of

2092
01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:36,400
people who had a very narrow idea of

2093
01:25:36,400 --> 01:25:39,199
what America is and who belongs in

2094
01:25:39,199 --> 01:25:41,600
America that came.

2095
01:25:41,600 --> 01:25:43,679
You might read about it at school. It

2096
01:25:43,679 --> 01:25:46,560
was on January 6th of 2021.

2097
01:25:46,560 --> 01:25:48,960
I was inside the capital working for a

2098
01:25:48,960 --> 01:25:51,440
member of Congress defending our

2099
01:25:51,440 --> 01:25:53,520
democracy, trying to certify an election

2100
01:25:53,520 --> 01:25:55,840
on that day. And there was a small group

2101
01:25:55,840 --> 01:25:58,400
of people that didn't want our democracy

2102
01:25:58,400 --> 01:26:00,960
to survive. They wanted to promote the

2103
01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:02,960
politics of division. One of those

2104
01:26:02,960 --> 01:26:05,920
people is the same guy who now is

2105
01:26:05,920 --> 01:26:08,639
showing up to Dearborn trying to say

2106
01:26:08,639 --> 01:26:10,560
that he's against just one religion. The

2107
01:26:10,560 --> 01:26:14,000
reality is that guy and a whole lot of

2108
01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:14,880
people like him,

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01:26:14,880 --> 01:26:16,800
>> you have 30 seconds remaining.

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01:26:16,800 --> 01:26:18,400
>> It's actually a very small number of

2111
01:26:18,400 --> 01:26:19,760
people.

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01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:21,199
>> They're not attacking a religion.

2113
01:26:21,199 --> 01:26:22,960
They're attacking an idea of America

2114
01:26:22,960 --> 01:26:25,600
that includes all of us. And so when

2115
01:26:25,600 --> 01:26:27,679
this guy and this distraction comes and

2116
01:26:27,679 --> 01:26:30,480
goes, we will be here and you will grow

2117
01:26:30,480 --> 01:26:33,120
up to continue strengthening one of the

2118
01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:34,800
most beautiful cities in the world

2119
01:26:34,800 --> 01:26:37,440
that's led by incredible people like our

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01:26:37,440 --> 01:26:39,600
mayor who I'm so proud of. Thank you,

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01:26:39,600 --> 01:26:42,400
Mr. Mayor, for your leadership today. It

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01:26:42,400 --> 01:26:44,239
really means a lot to me.

2123
01:26:44,239 --> 01:26:46,960
>> I'm sorry your time has expired.

2124
01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:58,229
>> Thank you, Aman Alansi.

2125
01:26:58,239 --> 01:27:00,080
Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the

2126
01:27:00,080 --> 01:27:04,159
C council. Uh, my name is Al Ani. I am a

2127
01:27:04,159 --> 01:27:06,639
lifelong resident of the city. Nine

2128
01:27:06,639 --> 01:27:07,920
months ago, I stood at the same

2129
01:27:07,920 --> 01:27:09,760
microphone on a day when two very

2130
01:27:09,760 --> 01:27:12,239
different visitors came to Dearbornne.

2131
01:27:12,239 --> 01:27:14,159
One came carrying every fear the

2132
01:27:14,159 --> 01:27:16,480
internet had sold him. He walked our

2133
01:27:16,480 --> 01:27:18,719
streets. He sat in our mosques. He spoke

2134
01:27:18,719 --> 01:27:20,560
with our neighbors. and he left the city

2135
01:27:20,560 --> 01:27:23,920
a changed man. He admitted out loud what

2136
01:27:23,920 --> 01:27:26,320
few are brave enough to say that he had

2137
01:27:26,320 --> 01:27:29,440
been lied to. In place of the danger he

2138
01:27:29,440 --> 01:27:31,280
was promised, he found hospital uh

2139
01:27:31,280 --> 01:27:32,880
hospitality.

2140
01:27:32,880 --> 01:27:34,639
He found dignity and he found a people

2141
01:27:34,639 --> 01:27:37,280
who treat a a stranger as if he he was

2142
01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:40,320
already a neighbor. The other group came

2143
01:27:40,320 --> 01:27:42,239
for none of that. They came to shout.

2144
01:27:42,239 --> 01:27:45,199
They came to film. They came to be seen.

2145
01:27:45,199 --> 01:27:47,360
And to them I said then and I'll say it

2146
01:27:47,360 --> 01:27:50,400
again tonight. Our table is still set.

2147
01:27:50,400 --> 01:27:52,159
There is a seat for you. There is a

2148
01:27:52,159 --> 01:27:54,239
plate of shawarma, a glass of Yemeni

2149
01:27:54,239 --> 01:27:56,000
tea. You don't know, you don't have to

2150
01:27:56,000 --> 01:27:57,520
agree with a single thing we believe to

2151
01:27:57,520 --> 01:28:00,000
break bread with us. And the invitation

2152
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:02,320
still stands even tonight, even as

2153
01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:04,400
another so-called crusade is organized

2154
01:28:04,400 --> 01:28:07,040
at our doorstep. But some of the people

2155
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:09,199
whom who most need to hear this these

2156
01:28:09,199 --> 01:28:11,280
words will never walk into this chamber.

2157
01:28:11,280 --> 01:28:13,199
So So tonight, let me speak past this

2158
01:28:13,199 --> 01:28:15,520
room to those who hold real power over

2159
01:28:15,520 --> 01:28:18,719
what happens next in 2024. I endorsed

2160
01:28:18,719 --> 01:28:20,880
Donald Trump for president. I was wrong.

2161
01:28:20,880 --> 01:28:22,400
I have never hidden it. I said so

2162
01:28:22,400 --> 01:28:23,840
plainly then and I'll say it again now

2163
01:28:23,840 --> 01:28:26,080
in front of my neighbors. I let my grief

2164
01:28:26,080 --> 01:28:28,480
over Gaza lead me to a decision I

2165
01:28:28,480 --> 01:28:30,880
regret. I own that mistake and because I

2166
01:28:30,880 --> 01:28:32,400
own it, I have earned the right to say

2167
01:28:32,400 --> 01:28:35,520
what comes next. Mr. President, the man

2168
01:28:35,520 --> 01:28:37,360
leading this march walks free because of

2169
01:28:37,360 --> 01:28:39,360
you. Your pardon gave him back his

2170
01:28:39,360 --> 01:28:41,679
liberty. And he has chosen to spend that

2171
01:28:41,679 --> 01:28:43,360
liberty targeting target targeting a

2172
01:28:43,360 --> 01:28:45,520
city whose own voters helped return you

2173
01:28:45,520 --> 01:28:47,760
to office. We did not come to you out of

2174
01:28:47,760 --> 01:28:50,159
blind loyalty. We came because we were

2175
01:28:50,159 --> 01:28:52,880
tired. Tired of the two parties that

2176
01:28:52,880 --> 01:28:54,719
seemed to answer to the same distant

2177
01:28:54,719 --> 01:28:57,040
interests. You asked for our trust. We

2178
01:28:57,040 --> 01:28:59,679
gave it. And in our hour of need, you've

2179
01:28:59,679 --> 01:29:02,480
given us silence. One sentence from you

2180
01:29:02,480 --> 01:29:05,760
would end this. Condemn the march. When

2181
01:29:05,760 --> 01:29:07,600
a Muslim nation gave you a gift of a

2182
01:29:07,600 --> 01:29:09,920
plane, there was no out outrage. But

2183
01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:11,679
when the same community asked only to be

2184
01:29:11,679 --> 01:29:13,679
left in peace in its own hometown, your

2185
01:29:13,679 --> 01:29:15,920
silence is louder than any bullhorn on

2186
01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:18,159
the streets. And to the Republicans who

2187
01:29:18,159 --> 01:29:19,920
just won their primaries, John James,

2188
01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:21,440
Mike Rogers, and the rest of the ticket,

2189
01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:23,520
I have a word for you, too. You want to

2190
01:29:23,520 --> 01:29:25,199
govern the state, you want to carry

2191
01:29:25,199 --> 01:29:26,960
Michigan's voice to Washington, then

2192
01:29:26,960 --> 01:29:29,520
hear me clearly. Dearborn is Michigan.

2193
01:29:29,520 --> 01:29:31,120
If you are the tireless workers you

2194
01:29:31,120 --> 01:29:32,560
claim to be on the campaign trail, 30

2195
01:29:32,560 --> 01:29:33,760
seconds remaining, then work for the

2196
01:29:33,760 --> 01:29:35,040
people of this country, not for the

2197
01:29:35,040 --> 01:29:36,960
spread of Islamophobia, not at the

2198
01:29:36,960 --> 01:29:41,280
command of any foreign lobby. Thomas Massie has shown what a that a

2199
01:29:41,280 --> 01:29:43,280
Republican can put his nation first and

2200
01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:45,360
stand firm under pressure. If you cannot

2201
01:29:45,360 --> 01:29:47,280
bring yourself to say one plain sentence

2202
01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:48,639
that you do not want a crusade in

2203
01:29:48,639 --> 01:29:50,000
Michigan, then you already have told

2204
01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:51,679
every family in the city exactly how

2205
01:29:51,679 --> 01:29:53,920
little we are worth to you. Now, let me

2206
01:29:53,920 --> 01:29:56,320
be clear about the what the January 6th

2207
01:29:56,320 --> 01:29:57,840
convict and those marching behind them

2208
01:29:57,840 --> 01:29:59,760
are really after. They did not come here

2209
01:29:59,760 --> 01:30:01,360
for conversation. They came to provoke

2210
01:30:01,360 --> 01:30:03,199
us to film our reaction time

2211
01:30:03,199 --> 01:30:05,440
>> and to turn our anger into division into

2212
01:30:05,440 --> 01:30:06,880
and to carry our division home like a

2213
01:30:06,880 --> 01:30:09,040
trophy. Their whole livelihoods depend

2214
01:30:09,040 --> 01:30:10,800
on this moment. So let's refuse to give

2215
01:30:10,800 --> 01:30:12,400
it to them and to the young people

2216
01:30:12,400 --> 01:30:12,960
especially

2217
01:30:12,960 --> 01:30:13,760
>> Mr. Alman.

2218
01:30:13,760 --> 01:30:14,000
>> Yeah.

2219
01:30:14,000 --> 01:30:15,600
>> I'm sorry. Your time is expired. Okay.

2220
01:30:15,600 --> 01:30:16,239
>> Thank you.

2221
01:30:16,239 --> 01:30:16,800
>> All right.

2222
01:30:16,800 --> 01:30:18,719
>> The noise will pass. Dearborn will

2223
01:30:18,719 --> 01:30:22,320
remain and so will we.

2224
01:30:22,320 --> 01:30:27,350
>> I mean

2225
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:44,390
uh Mr. Degan. Anthony Degan.

2226
01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:46,560
25 year Dearborn

2227
01:30:46,560 --> 01:30:48,480
resident. Um, I just want to say first

2228
01:30:48,480 --> 01:30:50,400
of all, on behalf of all the local

2229
01:30:50,400 --> 01:30:53,440
Christians here, um, we wish that Jake

2230
01:30:53,440 --> 01:30:55,679
Lang would never ever come back to the

2231
01:30:55,679 --> 01:30:58,239
city of Dearbornne. Um it is it was the

2232
01:30:58,239 --> 01:30:59,920
least Christian rally I've ever seen in

2233
01:30:59,920 --> 01:31:02,960
my life. Um and I also want to say that

2234
01:31:02,960 --> 01:31:06,080
uh it is true that uh there are quite a

2235
01:31:06,080 --> 01:31:09,040
number of peaceful beautiful Muslims in

2236
01:31:09,040 --> 01:31:11,280
the city of Dearbornne. Okay. So with

2237
01:31:11,280 --> 01:31:13,360
that said that does not come at the

2238
01:31:13,360 --> 01:31:16,159
expense that there is in fact a smaller

2239
01:31:16,159 --> 01:31:18,719
contingent of radical Muslims in the

2240
01:31:18,719 --> 01:31:20,239
city of Dearborn that are not being

2241
01:31:20,239 --> 01:31:23,840
dealt with. Okay. So the what happened

2242
01:31:23,840 --> 01:31:26,480
to Jake Lang, I I completely disagree

2243
01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:28,480
with everything the man stands for, but

2244
01:31:28,480 --> 01:31:32,000
what happened to him was appalling and

2245
01:31:32,000 --> 01:31:33,840
it should it should never happen. If the

2246
01:31:33,840 --> 01:31:35,920
roles were reversed, there would be 20

2247
01:31:35,920 --> 01:31:38,000
squad cars descending on that parking

2248
01:31:38,000 --> 01:31:39,840
lot immediately. And there were plenty

2249
01:31:39,840 --> 01:31:42,239
in the area. I'm asking for the

2250
01:31:42,239 --> 01:31:44,639
Department of Justice, the FBI, the

2251
01:31:44,639 --> 01:31:47,040
Attorney General, whomever, to look into

2252
01:31:47,040 --> 01:31:48,639
the city of Dearbornne's policing

2253
01:31:48,639 --> 01:31:50,880
policies, and to look into the politics

2254
01:31:50,880 --> 01:31:52,960
that take place because it's not just

2255
01:31:52,960 --> 01:31:55,440
Jake Lang. Cam Higgby was assaulted.

2256
01:31:55,440 --> 01:31:57,440
Nothing was done about it. Uh Nick

2257
01:31:57,440 --> 01:32:00,000
Shirley had somebody recorded somebody

2258
01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:01,920
saying they wanted to murder him and

2259
01:32:01,920 --> 01:32:04,080
nothing was done about it. Okay, the

2260
01:32:04,080 --> 01:32:05,920
mayor loves to talk about the pig's head

2261
01:32:05,920 --> 01:32:08,880
story. I was there at that event at the

2262
01:32:08,880 --> 01:32:10,480
festival when that man brought that pig

2263
01:32:10,480 --> 01:32:12,560
head. What the mayor does not talk about

2264
01:32:12,560 --> 01:32:14,480
is that there was a group of angry young

2265
01:32:14,480 --> 01:32:16,960
Muslim men who assaulted that man

2266
01:32:16,960 --> 01:32:19,280
bleeding profusely and the police

2267
01:32:19,280 --> 01:32:21,520
arrested that man instead of those

2268
01:32:21,520 --> 01:32:23,520
people. They didn't talk to any one of

2269
01:32:23,520 --> 01:32:25,360
those young people. They arrested that

2270
01:32:25,360 --> 01:32:27,280
man and said if he came back he would be

2271
01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:29,920
permanently arrested. I myself have had

2272
01:32:29,920 --> 01:32:33,280
rocks thrown at me. Called an F Agot

2273
01:32:33,280 --> 01:32:35,120
white

2274
01:32:35,120 --> 01:32:37,120
I went to the police to report it. They

2275
01:32:37,120 --> 01:32:38,960
said they they did everything they could

2276
01:32:38,960 --> 01:32:41,840
to talk me out of reporting that. They I

2277
01:32:41,840 --> 01:32:43,600
had to go do my own work, get my own

2278
01:32:43,600 --> 01:32:46,719
surveillance uh uh footage from the Tim

2279
01:32:46,719 --> 01:32:48,800
Hortons. The guy knew everybody in the

2280
01:32:48,800 --> 01:32:50,960
store. He knew the assistant manager and

2281
01:32:50,960 --> 01:32:53,280
yet nothing was done. All the online

2282
01:32:53,280 --> 01:32:55,040
threats that we talk about that I see

2283
01:32:55,040 --> 01:32:57,360
every week on TCD Dearorn about all the

2284
01:32:57,360 --> 01:32:59,199
threats that are being made against the

2285
01:32:59,199 --> 01:33:00,960
Islamic community. What about the

2286
01:33:00,960 --> 01:33:02,480
threats that are being made by the

2287
01:33:02,480 --> 01:33:04,800
Islamic community? I was I've had

2288
01:33:04,800 --> 01:33:07,600
threats made against me after I opposed

2289
01:33:07,600 --> 01:33:10,000
Israel divestment. It was there was two

2290
01:33:10,000 --> 01:33:12,159
of us in the room in an echo chamber

2291
01:33:12,159 --> 01:33:14,239
full of people who were angry at us

2292
01:33:14,239 --> 01:33:16,000
online afterwards. People were saying

2293
01:33:16,000 --> 01:33:17,840
give us the name of those seconds

2294
01:33:17,840 --> 01:33:18,320
remaining.

2295
01:33:18,320 --> 01:33:25,120
>> Uh uh let's October 7th these nuts and uh you know who who are they? Give

2296
01:33:25,120 --> 01:33:27,120
us their public information and nothing

2297
01:33:27,120 --> 01:33:28,800
was done about it. Your your

2298
01:33:28,800 --> 01:33:30,639
representative smiled at me

2299
01:33:30,639 --> 01:33:32,480
condescendingly when I brought it up.

2300
01:33:32,480 --> 01:33:34,800
Miss Council President Serini, you you

2301
01:33:34,800 --> 01:33:36,320
scoffed at the idea that nothing would

2302
01:33:36,320 --> 01:33:38,400
be done about it. I went there. Nothing

2303
01:33:38,400 --> 01:33:40,639
was done about it. The county prosecutor

2304
01:33:40,639 --> 01:33:43,440
refused to to prosecute it. Okay. So,

2305
01:33:43,440 --> 01:33:46,480
Dearborn has a serious problem with

2306
01:33:46,480 --> 01:33:49,520
radicalism. We have homegrown time

2307
01:33:49,520 --> 01:33:51,280
expired. Your time is expired. But I'm

2308
01:33:51,280 --> 01:33:52,400
going to address a couple things that

2309
01:33:52,400 --> 01:33:54,560
was uh not true. Did you hear what you

2310
01:33:54,560 --> 01:33:55,679
said or you want us to play it back to

2311
01:33:55,679 --> 01:33:57,679
you? The Wayne County prosecutor refused

2312
01:33:57,679 --> 01:33:58,639
to process something.

2313
01:33:58,639 --> 01:33:59,040
>> Mhm.

2314
01:33:59,040 --> 01:34:03,280
>> Do you have a law degree?

2315
01:34:03,280 --> 01:34:03,920
>> No, I don't.

2316
01:34:03,920 --> 01:34:05,520
>> That's the question. No, I don't. This

2317
01:34:05,520 --> 01:34:06,400
is not

2318
01:34:06,400 --> 01:34:07,360
>> I don't have a law. So, we're not

2319
01:34:07,360 --> 01:34:08,800
playing around, but I know how to read.

2320
01:34:08,800 --> 01:34:11,199
>> Okay. The Wayne County prosecutor does

2321
01:34:11,199 --> 01:34:13,120
not answer to the city of Dearbornne.

2322
01:34:13,120 --> 01:34:14,960
They are the lawyers and they fus refuse

2323
01:34:14,960 --> 01:34:16,400
to prosecute. Okay. So, that's your

2324
01:34:16,400 --> 01:34:17,360
answer on that.

2325
01:34:17,360 --> 01:34:19,840
>> In regarding to Mr. Lang being

2326
01:34:19,840 --> 01:34:22,560
assaulted, he was arrested fourth with

2327
01:34:22,560 --> 01:34:23,760
Let's get that out of the way because

2328
01:34:23,760 --> 01:34:26,159
there's a lot of lies about that. He was

2329
01:34:26,159 --> 01:34:28,719
arrested fourth with was detained by our

2330
01:34:28,719 --> 01:34:31,040
police department and he and the person

2331
01:34:31,040 --> 01:34:33,520
that was arrested and accused of this

2332
01:34:33,520 --> 01:34:35,360
crime was also taken into federal

2333
01:34:35,360 --> 01:34:35,840
custody.

2334
01:34:35,840 --> 01:34:38,320
>> I saw at least 10 to 20 assaults. I saw

2335
01:34:38,320 --> 01:34:39,520
at least 10 to 20 assaults.

2336
01:34:39,520 --> 01:34:41,840
>> Mr. Mr. Degan, you asked a question.

2337
01:34:41,840 --> 01:34:43,520
There was a gentleman. There was four

2338
01:34:43,520 --> 01:34:45,600
arrests. Okay? And if you like to find

2339
01:34:45,600 --> 01:34:46,960
out the information, go ahead and find

2340
01:34:46,960 --> 01:34:48,480
out information. But do not sit here and

2341
01:34:48,480 --> 01:34:49,920
tell the people that we are lawless and

2342
01:34:49,920 --> 01:34:51,600
we did not follow the law because that

2343
01:34:51,600 --> 01:34:53,360
is the furthest from the truth. The man

2344
01:34:53,360 --> 01:34:55,600
was arrested and he was detained and

2345
01:34:55,600 --> 01:34:57,120
he's being charged and he's actually to

2346
01:34:57,120 --> 01:34:58,159
taken into federal custody.

2347
01:34:58,159 --> 01:34:59,760
>> You're saying man singular, there was

2348
01:34:59,760 --> 01:35:01,280
men plural.

2349
01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:03,520
>> Uh Mr. Mr. Degan, as I indicated, there

2350
01:35:03,520 --> 01:35:04,639
was four arrests. You're more than

2351
01:35:04,639 --> 01:35:06,000
welcome to find out through the foyer

2352
01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:07,520
process on who they were arrested and

2353
01:35:07,520 --> 01:35:08,960
then how they were charges through the

2354
01:35:08,960 --> 01:35:10,560
court process. That's the process we

2355
01:35:10,560 --> 01:35:12,400
have in this country. You can't pick and

2356
01:35:12,400 --> 01:35:14,000
choose which one you want to have.

2357
01:35:14,000 --> 01:35:15,920
That's the process when we arrest

2358
01:35:15,920 --> 01:35:18,080
people. That's our job to arrest them.

2359
01:35:18,080 --> 01:35:20,000
The prosecution job is part of the next

2360
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:22,239
stage. That's not our job. You continue

2361
01:35:22,239 --> 01:35:23,920
say stuff that's not true. I'm not going

2362
01:35:23,920 --> 01:35:24,400
to

2363
01:35:24,400 --> 01:35:26,080
>> true. The online threats I have never

2364
01:35:26,080 --> 01:35:29,679
seen one Muslim person online

2365
01:35:29,679 --> 01:35:30,239
threat.

2366
01:35:30,239 --> 01:35:32,639
>> Mr. Degan, online threats are federal.

2367
01:35:32,639 --> 01:35:34,239
Okay.

2368
01:35:34,239 --> 01:35:36,000
Your chief of police said that they were

2369
01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:37,679
going to use all local, state, and

2370
01:35:37,679 --> 01:35:40,159
federal people to investigate threats.

2371
01:35:40,159 --> 01:35:43,360
They say the You say that the local DPD

2372
01:35:43,360 --> 01:35:45,199
monitors threats. They don't care

2373
01:35:45,199 --> 01:35:46,639
anything about it when it's somebody

2374
01:35:46,639 --> 01:35:48,400
like me who gets threatened. It's only

2375
01:35:48,400 --> 01:35:51,280
when it's a protected class that gets

2376
01:35:51,280 --> 01:35:53,360
threatened. Your own chief said it. I've

2377
01:35:53,360 --> 01:35:55,040
got screenshots and you want to talk

2378
01:35:55,040 --> 01:35:56,719
about reading. You can read that.

2379
01:35:56,719 --> 01:35:58,320
>> If you have if you have screenshots,

2380
01:35:58,320 --> 01:35:59,600
what I would recommend to you is that

2381
01:35:59,600 --> 01:36:01,520
any law-abiding citizen, there's a

2382
01:36:01,520 --> 01:36:03,280
process in this country. If you go to

2383
01:36:03,280 --> 01:36:04,639
the Dearborn Police Department, you're

2384
01:36:04,639 --> 01:36:06,159
not happy with that. What's happened,

2385
01:36:06,159 --> 01:36:08,080
you go to the state police department.

2386
01:36:08,080 --> 01:36:09,199
That's the way the process.

2387
01:36:09,199 --> 01:36:10,560
>> That's why I just called to the attorney

2388
01:36:10,560 --> 01:36:12,800
general, then go ahead and do it and and

2389
01:36:12,800 --> 01:36:14,000
then you'll go through the process.

2390
01:36:14,000 --> 01:36:15,280
You're more than welcome. That's your

2391
01:36:15,280 --> 01:36:17,920
right. Okay. If you're not happy with an

2392
01:36:17,920 --> 01:36:19,120
outcome of something, that's what's

2393
01:36:19,120 --> 01:36:20,480
great about our country. We have a

2394
01:36:20,480 --> 01:36:22,880
circle. You go through and you will get

2395
01:36:22,880 --> 01:36:24,480
justice. If if you're what you're saying

2396
01:36:24,480 --> 01:36:26,400
is true, it will happen. So go through

2397
01:36:26,400 --> 01:36:28,080
the process. That's all I'm asking you

2398
01:36:28,080 --> 01:36:31,430
for. Okay.

2399
01:36:31,440 --> 01:36:32,320
Next. [applause]

2400
01:36:32,320 --> 01:36:33,520
Next speaker. Sure. You're all set. Next

2401
01:36:33,520 --> 01:36:35,920
speaker have Zuher Abdulhak. Would you

2402
01:36:35,920 --> 01:36:38,639
like to still speak?

2403
01:36:38,639 --> 01:36:44,390
>> Okay. Thank you.

2404
01:36:44,400 --> 01:36:47,040
can come this way. Oh, okay.

2405
01:36:47,040 --> 01:37:01,590
Whatever. Yeah, whatever.

2406
01:37:01,600 --> 01:37:04,639
Good evening, Zab.

2407
01:37:04,639 --> 01:37:08,480
When I came to this country in 1977,

2408
01:37:08,480 --> 01:37:10,560
I left my country because of the civil

2409
01:37:10,560 --> 01:37:14,000
war with my three brothers. I arrived to

2410
01:37:14,000 --> 01:37:16,480
this country to New York airport was

2411
01:37:16,480 --> 01:37:19,750
$913.

2412
01:37:19,760 --> 01:37:23,280
I didn't speak one word of English.

2413
01:37:23,280 --> 01:37:26,000
In four years I had engineering degree

2414
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:30,870
from Wayne State University in 1981.

2415
01:37:30,880 --> 01:37:33,520
My brothers has BSS

2416
01:37:33,520 --> 01:37:38,950
in economic and biology.

2417
01:37:38,960 --> 01:37:41,520
We came to this country. We paid our

2418
01:37:41,520 --> 01:37:44,400
dues. We use the law. We use the

2419
01:37:44,400 --> 01:37:46,719
procedures. We use what's available, the

2420
01:37:46,719 --> 01:37:49,360
opportunities of this country which are

2421
01:37:49,360 --> 01:37:52,639
available to everybody who sat here, Mr.

2422
01:37:52,639 --> 01:37:55,840
Lorenzo, in a claim we took from them

2423
01:37:55,840 --> 01:37:58,960
and we took from them and we we got all

2424
01:37:58,960 --> 01:38:02,880
our riches from on on their backs.

2425
01:38:02,880 --> 01:38:07,360
We paid our dues. We worked seven days a

2426
01:38:07,360 --> 01:38:11,760
week. We slept in one room, three of us.

2427
01:38:11,760 --> 01:38:14,880
In Highland Park,

2428
01:38:14,880 --> 01:38:17,119
we lived like everybody else. We took

2429
01:38:17,119 --> 01:38:20,080
the buses. We froze our feet when we

2430
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:22,800
waited for half an hour

2431
01:38:22,800 --> 01:38:25,360
to take the bus from one place to one

2432
01:38:25,360 --> 01:38:28,159
place to go to our classes into our

2433
01:38:28,159 --> 01:38:29,920
work.

2434
01:38:29,920 --> 01:38:32,239
The constitution of this country is a

2435
01:38:32,239 --> 01:38:36,159
great document. It gives everybody the

2436
01:38:36,159 --> 01:38:37,679
right

2437
01:38:37,679 --> 01:38:40,800
to live their life free, to do what they

2438
01:38:40,800 --> 01:38:44,239
want, to worship who they want.

2439
01:38:44,239 --> 01:38:47,280
And Mr. Lang, he has every right to burn

2440
01:38:47,280 --> 01:38:50,159
the book, to do whatever he wants to

2441
01:38:50,159 --> 01:38:54,239
with it. But he cannot tell us who we

2442
01:38:54,239 --> 01:38:57,600
worship because the only thing I worship

2443
01:38:57,600 --> 01:38:59,679
and every citizen in this country should

2444
01:38:59,679 --> 01:39:02,080
worship is the constitution of this

2445
01:39:02,080 --> 01:39:05,840
country because it over

2446
01:39:05,840 --> 01:39:09,760
you know it supersede the Quran, the

2447
01:39:09,760 --> 01:39:13,199
Bible and the Torah because we all live

2448
01:39:13,199 --> 01:39:15,760
under that constitution. We all

2449
01:39:15,760 --> 01:39:18,400
guaranteed our rights under that

2450
01:39:18,400 --> 01:39:20,239
constitution.

2451
01:39:20,239 --> 01:39:24,400
So God bless this country. God bless

2452
01:39:24,400 --> 01:39:27,520
this council in this city tonight. You

2453
01:39:27,520 --> 01:39:29,840
guys proved that you are a great

2454
01:39:29,840 --> 01:39:31,440
leaders.

2455
01:39:31,440 --> 01:39:34,800
You deserve to be up there and I thank

2456
01:39:34,800 --> 01:39:37,040
all our residents who none of them

2457
01:39:37,040 --> 01:39:40,480
>> 30 seconds or did anything illegal.

2458
01:39:40,480 --> 01:39:44,080
Again, thank you and God bless you.

2459
01:39:44,080 --> 01:39:48,310
>> Thank you, [applause]

2460
01:39:48,320 --> 01:39:51,280
Mr. O'Cra. You're next, sir. Glenn

2461
01:39:51,280 --> 01:39:58,470
O'Cra, thank you.

2462
01:39:58,480 --> 01:40:00,800
» I just want to tell the uh city

2463
01:40:00,800 --> 01:40:03,600
officials here, I love you all.

2464
01:40:03,600 --> 01:40:04,480
>> God bless you.

2465
01:40:04,480 --> 01:40:06,159
>> We love you too,

2466
01:40:06,159 --> 01:40:11,360
>> Mayor. Your your talk really touched me.

2467
01:40:11,360 --> 01:40:14,560
I was born in the predecessor to Oakwood

2468
01:40:14,560 --> 01:40:16,480
Hospital

2469
01:40:16,480 --> 01:40:23,109
and I went to Sacred Heart for 12 years,

2470
01:40:23,119 --> 01:40:26,400
grades uh 1 through 12.

2471
01:40:26,400 --> 01:40:30,320
And the nuns whom I was very critical of

2472
01:40:30,320 --> 01:40:33,760
u years ago, I also have grown to really

2473
01:40:33,760 --> 01:40:36,880
love for the sense of social justice

2474
01:40:36,880 --> 01:40:40,080
that they gave me.

2475
01:40:40,080 --> 01:40:43,360
What I saw tonight outside and within

2476
01:40:43,360 --> 01:40:46,400
this hall on the part of many people is

2477
01:40:46,400 --> 01:40:49,040
not reflective of Christianity. It's

2478
01:40:49,040 --> 01:40:51,760
just the opposite.

2479
01:40:51,760 --> 01:40:55,920
I would just like to go on record that I

2480
01:40:55,920 --> 01:40:57,840
believe that the spirit of the gospel

2481
01:40:57,840 --> 01:41:02,159
has not been followed as it should be.

2482
01:41:02,159 --> 01:41:06,080
My heart goes out to all Muslims.

2483
01:41:06,080 --> 01:41:09,600
Very sad what you are going through.

2484
01:41:09,600 --> 01:41:12,560
I wish you all the best. Thank you.

2485
01:41:12,560 --> 01:41:17,910
>> Thank you, Mr. Okra. [applause]

2486
01:41:17,920 --> 01:41:21,119
» Tiffany Alexander.

2487
01:41:21,119 --> 01:41:30,870
Thank you, ma'am.

2488
01:41:30,880 --> 01:41:36,639
» I'm short. There we go. Hello. Um,

2489
01:41:36,639 --> 01:41:39,360
as said, my name is Tiffany. Um, first,

2490
01:41:39,360 --> 01:41:41,760
can I just apologize for the other

2491
01:41:41,760 --> 01:41:43,679
people who came up here looking like me,

2492
01:41:43,679 --> 01:41:46,320
uh, I am so sorry and hum unbelievably

2493
01:41:46,320 --> 01:41:48,080
embarrassed and like to crawl into a

2494
01:41:48,080 --> 01:41:50,800
hole at that moment. So, please, when

2495
01:41:50,800 --> 01:41:52,560
you see people that look like me, do not

2496
01:41:52,560 --> 01:41:54,880
make that assumption. And please think

2497
01:41:54,880 --> 01:41:58,960
about what you have to how lost you have

2498
01:41:58,960 --> 01:42:03,360
to be to look like me and follow Jack

2499
01:42:03,360 --> 01:42:06,000
Jake, whatever his name is, Lang, okay,

2500
01:42:06,000 --> 01:42:08,639
who said, "Black parents are failures.

2501
01:42:08,639 --> 01:42:11,280
Black culture is disgusting."

2502
01:42:11,280 --> 01:42:13,520
Uh, told a bunch of black protesters

2503
01:42:13,520 --> 01:42:15,520
they were chimping around and made

2504
01:42:15,520 --> 01:42:17,920
monkey noises at black teenagers. So,

2505
01:42:17,920 --> 01:42:20,080
just imagine how lost of a soul you have

2506
01:42:20,080 --> 01:42:22,239
to be. So, I don't want to make this

2507
01:42:22,239 --> 01:42:27,189
about that.

2508
01:42:27,199 --> 01:42:29,520
I have been part of the community of

2509
01:42:29,520 --> 01:42:32,880
Dearbornne all 47 years of my life. My

2510
01:42:32,880 --> 01:42:35,600
mother currently lives here. Both of her

2511
01:42:35,600 --> 01:42:39,760
neighbors are Muslim. Um and

2512
01:42:39,760 --> 01:42:45,199
they have been My mother's elderly, not she's very independent because I'm

2513
01:42:45,199 --> 01:42:48,000
sure she's watching. Um and her

2514
01:42:48,000 --> 01:42:49,679
neighbors have always taken care of care

2515
01:42:49,679 --> 01:42:52,239
of her. They look out for her. I have

2516
01:42:52,239 --> 01:42:54,639
patronized the restaurants, the coffee

2517
01:42:54,639 --> 01:42:58,000
houses of this community for many

2518
01:42:58,000 --> 01:43:01,440
decades and I am so sorry that you are

2519
01:43:01,440 --> 01:43:03,600
having to tolerate

2520
01:43:03,600 --> 01:43:08,159
this appalling, disgusting display of

2521
01:43:08,159 --> 01:43:14,870
ignorance and fear and hatred.

2522
01:43:14,880 --> 01:43:17,920
I often wonder have any of these people

2523
01:43:17,920 --> 01:43:20,800
ever prior to today

2524
01:43:20,800 --> 01:43:23,040
been in Dearbornne

2525
01:43:23,040 --> 01:43:27,040
be including the preacher because I've

2526
01:43:27,040 --> 01:43:29,840
never in my life been unwelcomed

2527
01:43:29,840 --> 01:43:33,280
anywhere here.

2528
01:43:33,280 --> 01:43:36,800
I'm so sorry and I am so very deeply

2529
01:43:36,800 --> 01:43:40,480
embarrassed. but speaking for a great

2530
01:43:40,480 --> 01:43:43,920
deal of my community. We support you. We

2531
01:43:43,920 --> 01:43:46,639
stand with you. We stand with our Muslim

2532
01:43:46,639 --> 01:43:48,800
brother and sisters.

2533
01:43:48,800 --> 01:43:50,800
And

2534
01:43:50,800 --> 01:43:52,639
I I don't know how much these people are

2535
01:43:52,639 --> 01:43:55,679
actually even really un against you.

2536
01:43:55,679 --> 01:43:57,119
First of all, the biggest population of

2537
01:43:57,119 --> 01:43:58,320
Muslims in the United States are

2538
01:43:58,320 --> 01:44:00,960
Southeast Asians. The second biggest

2539
01:44:00,960 --> 01:44:03,199
population,

2540
01:44:03,199 --> 01:44:05,280
I myself, I'm not Muslim, but they look

2541
01:44:05,280 --> 01:44:06,960
like me. That's the second biggest

2542
01:44:06,960 --> 01:44:07,600
population.

2543
01:44:07,600 --> 01:44:09,360
>> You have 30 seconds remaining.

2544
01:44:09,360 --> 01:44:13,600
>> Thank you. Arab people are the third

2545
01:44:13,600 --> 01:44:16,800
biggest population of Muslims.

2546
01:44:16,800 --> 01:44:19,440
I am fully aware of who has oppressed my

2547
01:44:19,440 --> 01:44:22,960
people since day one. I am fully aware

2548
01:44:22,960 --> 01:44:26,719
of what they look like and my history.

2549
01:44:26,719 --> 01:44:28,400
And they do not look like my Muslim

2550
01:44:28,400 --> 01:44:31,119
brothers and sisters. I stand with you

2551
01:44:31,119 --> 01:44:33,040
today. My family stands with you

2552
01:44:33,040 --> 01:44:34,719
tomorrow.

2553
01:44:34,719 --> 01:44:36,159
and we will always stand with you as

2554
01:44:36,159 --> 01:44:38,480
long as we draw a breath. Thank you.

2555
01:44:38,480 --> 01:44:44,709
>> Thank you. Thank you. [applause]

2556
01:44:44,719 --> 01:44:46,639
» All right, folks. The next one, it's

2557
01:44:46,639 --> 01:44:47,920
hard to read out the first name, but

2558
01:44:47,920 --> 01:44:49,760
it's Arnold is the last name. Could be

2559
01:44:49,760 --> 01:44:58,790
Stephen. Yes, sir. Thank you.

2560
01:44:58,800 --> 01:45:01,600
» All right. No problem. There it is.

2561
01:45:01,600 --> 01:45:11,590
>> Good to see you.

2562
01:45:11,600 --> 01:45:12,960
Good evening. Just saw an old face

2563
01:45:12,960 --> 01:45:13,600
there.

2564
01:45:13,600 --> 01:45:16,320
>> We ran for mayor many years ago against

2565
01:45:16,320 --> 01:45:19,280
each other. You got more votes than me.

2566
01:45:19,280 --> 01:45:21,679
>> I came in third. I didn't have all the

2567
01:45:21,679 --> 01:45:24,239
money.

2568
01:45:24,239 --> 01:45:27,119
>> All right. Good evening.

2569
01:45:27,119 --> 01:45:30,080
Uh first of all,

2570
01:45:30,080 --> 01:45:33,440
great planning.

2571
01:45:33,440 --> 01:45:36,400
Excellent. This could have exploded.

2572
01:45:36,400 --> 01:45:38,320
It's pretty bad out there.

2573
01:45:38,320 --> 01:45:40,080
>> Could have been 10 times worse.

2574
01:45:40,080 --> 01:45:43,119
Excellent. A+.

2575
01:45:43,119 --> 01:45:48,480
Uh Mr. Sweeney, great um reel uh that

2576
01:45:48,480 --> 01:45:51,199
you sent out that kept thousands of

2577
01:45:51,199 --> 01:45:53,040
people from coming. I was at the gym

2578
01:45:53,040 --> 01:45:54,800
this morning. Everyone was saying

2579
01:45:54,800 --> 01:45:55,760
they're not coming. They're going to

2580
01:45:55,760 --> 01:45:57,760
ignore this noise.

2581
01:45:57,760 --> 01:45:59,520
They did. You could have had a you could

2582
01:45:59,520 --> 01:46:02,080
have had a 100,000 people out there.

2583
01:46:02,080 --> 01:46:06,400
Okay, they stay they chose to stay home.

2584
01:46:06,400 --> 01:46:07,920
Okay,

2585
01:46:07,920 --> 01:46:10,159
saved. It would have been a lot of mess,

2586
01:46:10,159 --> 01:46:12,239
right?

2587
01:46:12,239 --> 01:46:17,280
We have in Dearborn an excellent mayor.

2588
01:46:17,280 --> 01:46:20,239
I know. I've watched him.

2589
01:46:20,239 --> 01:46:22,719
I've learned from him.

2590
01:46:22,719 --> 01:46:25,520
He is dynamic.

2591
01:46:25,520 --> 01:46:29,440
He's smart. Wish I was as smart as that.

2592
01:46:29,440 --> 01:46:31,440
He did make a mistake a couple months

2593
01:46:31,440 --> 01:46:33,199
ago,

2594
01:46:33,199 --> 01:46:36,400
right? He was laughing.

2595
01:46:36,400 --> 01:46:38,719
Completely explainable,

2596
01:46:38,719 --> 01:46:42,320
but youth A+ tonight. Excellent. I

2597
01:46:42,320 --> 01:46:44,320
couldn't do it. I'm an Irishman. Oh,

2598
01:46:44,320 --> 01:46:47,040
man. You wouldn't want me out there.

2599
01:46:47,040 --> 01:46:48,880
Uh,

2600
01:46:48,880 --> 01:46:51,360
let me see if I can read this thing.

2601
01:46:51,360 --> 01:46:55,760
I want to apologize the city of Dearborn

2602
01:46:55,760 --> 01:46:59,440
particularly our Arab American

2603
01:46:59,440 --> 01:47:01,920
friends.

2604
01:47:01,920 --> 01:47:04,239
There was a group

2605
01:47:04,239 --> 01:47:08,000
I'll just call them misguided Christians

2606
01:47:08,000 --> 01:47:11,920
and misguided patriots.

2607
01:47:11,920 --> 01:47:13,840
Okay. Listen, they listen to the wrong

2608
01:47:13,840 --> 01:47:15,440
people.

2609
01:47:15,440 --> 01:47:18,080
They got good good good interests and at

2610
01:47:18,080 --> 01:47:19,840
heart.

2611
01:47:19,840 --> 01:47:26,719
Be careful who you follow.

2612
01:47:26,719 --> 01:47:31,520
okay? Because they're here to divide.

2613
01:47:31,520 --> 01:47:33,199
You're trying to pit us against each

2614
01:47:33,199 --> 01:47:34,719
other.

2615
01:47:34,719 --> 01:47:37,119
And Dearborn's a great city to live in.

2616
01:47:37,119 --> 01:47:39,520
Been here 30 years.

2617
01:47:39,520 --> 01:47:42,719
Okay, it's changed a lot.

2618
01:47:42,719 --> 01:47:45,440
It's still a great city. My gym used to

2619
01:47:45,440 --> 01:47:49,199
be 90% white.

2620
01:47:49,199 --> 01:47:51,679
It's now 90%

2621
01:47:51,679 --> 01:47:54,400
Middle Eastern.

2622
01:47:54,400 --> 01:47:56,000
I used to have white neighbors on both

2623
01:47:56,000 --> 01:47:57,360
my sides.

2624
01:47:57,360 --> 01:47:58,480
>> You have 30 seconds.

2625
01:47:58,480 --> 01:48:00,239
>> Okay, I'll go quick. I'm going to cut

2626
01:48:00,239 --> 01:48:02,719
off since I have um only 30 seconds. I

2627
01:48:02,719 --> 01:48:05,199
want to say another thing here.

2628
01:48:05,199 --> 01:48:09,360
The police did an excellent job. A+

2629
01:48:09,360 --> 01:48:12,000
double A+. That's a great choice to have

2630
01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:14,480
up there. Looks like a from Game of

2631
01:48:14,480 --> 01:48:16,239
Thrones.

2632
01:48:16,239 --> 01:48:18,480
I will do anything [applause]

2633
01:48:18,480 --> 01:48:26,560
A+. So, the the whole team and my final word is

2634
01:48:26,560 --> 01:48:28,880
>> uh make sure the the the officers get

2635
01:48:28,880 --> 01:48:30,480
overtime

2636
01:48:30,480 --> 01:48:32,400
>> cuz man, they were on the front line.

2637
01:48:32,400 --> 01:48:33,760
It's easy to sit back.

2638
01:48:33,760 --> 01:48:35,040
>> Time has expired.

2639
01:48:35,040 --> 01:48:36,400
>> I spent a lot of time walking outside

2640
01:48:36,400 --> 01:48:39,119
there and again again the poise they

2641
01:48:39,119 --> 01:48:41,920
had, the courage they showed because

2642
01:48:41,920 --> 01:48:43,280
there there was close. There's guy's

2643
01:48:43,280 --> 01:48:45,920
walking with handguns out there,

2644
01:48:45,920 --> 01:48:47,840
man. I'm glad I

2645
01:48:47,840 --> 01:48:49,119
>> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Arnold.

2646
01:48:49,119 --> 01:48:49,760
>> All right, that's it.

2647
01:48:49,760 --> 01:48:50,880
>> Appreciate it. Yes, sir. Thank you.

2648
01:48:50,880 --> 01:48:52,159
>> That's a quick

2649
01:48:52,159 --> 01:48:54,355
>> Thank you.

2650
01:48:54,355 --> 01:48:55,040
[applause]

2651
01:48:55,040 --> 01:48:56,960
>> All right. And the next the next speaker

2652
01:48:56,960 --> 01:48:59,840
we have is uh Dr. Lana.

2653
01:48:59,840 --> 01:49:07,510
>> Yes. Thank you.

2654
01:49:07,520 --> 01:49:11,280
» Hello everyone. I'm Dr. Lana Al-Hasani

2655
01:49:11,280 --> 01:49:13,920
and uh I have a few points. First of

2656
01:49:13,920 --> 01:49:15,760
think we keep hearing this is a

2657
01:49:15,760 --> 01:49:18,159
Christian nation and because I'm

2658
01:49:18,159 --> 01:49:20,320
involved in interfaith with Native

2659
01:49:20,320 --> 01:49:22,960
American and this is a big offensive to

2660
01:49:22,960 --> 01:49:26,000
native people because they said those

2661
01:49:26,000 --> 01:49:29,119
people came the Christian from Europe to

2662
01:49:29,119 --> 01:49:32,400
practice their religion here freely then

2663
01:49:32,400 --> 01:49:34,639
they claimed this is a Christian nation.

2664
01:49:34,639 --> 01:49:36,800
So first of think this is not a

2665
01:49:36,800 --> 01:49:40,159
Christian nation. This is montheist and

2666
01:49:40,159 --> 01:49:43,360
they told me they worship one God the

2667
01:49:43,360 --> 01:49:45,440
creator. They call him the greatest

2668
01:49:45,440 --> 01:49:48,239
spirit. He is the same God the creator

2669
01:49:48,239 --> 01:49:51,440
that Jesus worship on St. Virgin Mary.

2670
01:49:51,440 --> 01:49:54,400
Second those Christian they cannot talk

2671
01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:57,440
behalf on all Christian people. My

2672
01:49:57,440 --> 01:49:59,520
husband he is Catholic. They have

2673
01:49:59,520 --> 01:50:01,679
different translation to their Bible.

2674
01:50:01,679 --> 01:50:03,920
I'm Muslim and I'm proud to marry

2675
01:50:03,920 --> 01:50:06,080
Irishman Catholic. I don't see any

2676
01:50:06,080 --> 01:50:09,679
difference. Okay. And my husband, he is

2677
01:50:09,679 --> 01:50:12,719
Catholic and he know more about Islam

2678
01:50:12,719 --> 01:50:14,960
more even than me because he is a

2679
01:50:14,960 --> 01:50:18,480
historian. And for the event for Imam

2680
01:50:18,480 --> 01:50:21,760
Hussein on August 2nd that it made a lot

2681
01:50:21,760 --> 01:50:23,600
of news. By the way, I'm the

2682
01:50:23,600 --> 01:50:25,600
granddaughter of Hussein and I'm proud

2683
01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:28,239
of it. My grandpa Hussein, he stood up

2684
01:50:28,239 --> 01:50:30,880
for justice and the truth. He stood up

2685
01:50:30,880 --> 01:50:33,440
against corrupted Islamic caliphate. We

2686
01:50:33,440 --> 01:50:36,639
hear in western media. Oh, in history

2687
01:50:36,639 --> 01:50:40,239
they were Islamic caliphate. They were

2688
01:50:40,239 --> 01:50:43,040
conquered land. Kill human. Yes, I

2689
01:50:43,040 --> 01:50:45,600
agree. But guess what? Those Islamic

2690
01:50:45,600 --> 01:50:48,719
caliphate established by Western Empire

2691
01:50:48,719 --> 01:50:51,440
in history, not by Prophet Muhammad

2692
01:50:51,440 --> 01:50:53,280
family. And guess what? Good news for

2693
01:50:53,280 --> 01:50:55,840
you. Prophet Muhammad family stood up

2694
01:50:55,840 --> 01:50:58,000
against them. Hussein a grandson of

2695
01:50:58,000 --> 01:51:01,040
Muhammad my grandpa stood up against th

2696
01:51:01,040 --> 01:51:03,520
those khalifhat corrupted in history if

2697
01:51:03,520 --> 01:51:06,400
you talk about history and those Islamic

2698
01:51:06,400 --> 01:51:09,280
caliphate is slaughter Muhammad family

2699
01:51:09,280 --> 01:51:13,040
with 72 with his people. Second prophet

2700
01:51:13,040 --> 01:51:16,080
Muhammad family wife Lady Khadijah she

2701
01:51:16,080 --> 01:51:18,560
came from a Christian background.

2702
01:51:18,560 --> 01:51:21,920
Other thing the priest who confirmed the

2703
01:51:21,920 --> 01:51:25,119
message of Islam. He was Muhammad family

2704
01:51:25,119 --> 01:51:28,080
cousin he was a priest he was Catholic

2705
01:51:28,080 --> 01:51:30,480
he approved the message of Islam. And

2706
01:51:30,480 --> 01:51:33,040
when the prophet of Islam and his

2707
01:51:33,040 --> 01:51:36,400
follower got slaughtered in their own

2708
01:51:36,400 --> 01:51:39,440
city they as refugee in a Christian city

2709
01:51:39,440 --> 01:51:41,679
and that it show how a big history and

2710
01:51:41,679 --> 01:51:44,320
sharing history between Muslim and

2711
01:51:44,320 --> 01:51:47,760
between a Christian. If any people can

2712
01:51:47,760 --> 01:51:49,599
read the real history, they will see

2713
01:51:49,599 --> 01:51:51,599
that we are one Muslim and the

2714
01:51:51,599 --> 01:51:54,239
Christian. And the event of Al Hussein,

2715
01:51:54,239 --> 01:51:56,400
it's honored not just by Muslim but also

2716
01:51:56,400 --> 01:51:58,800
honored by Catholic priest, is honored

2717
01:51:58,800 --> 01:52:01,199
by Orthodox Church. And we have all love

2718
01:52:01,199 --> 01:52:03,040
and respect to all good Christian

2719
01:52:03,040 --> 01:52:05,199
people, the real Christian, not the fake

2720
01:52:05,199 --> 01:52:08,080
one. Okay. And always we are one. Thank

2721
01:52:08,080 --> 01:52:08,320
you.

2722
01:52:08,320 --> 01:52:13,750
>> Thank you.

2723
01:52:13,760 --> 01:52:39,990
» All right. Next we have uh Eddie H.

2724
01:52:40,000 --> 01:52:42,560
Good evening board's uh me member of the

2725
01:52:42,560 --> 01:52:44,560
board's neighbors and friends. Tonight

2726
01:52:44,560 --> 01:52:46,159
we're being asked to take seriously a

2727
01:52:46,159 --> 01:52:48,000
man who has built his entire platform on

2728
01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:50,800
a lie. Mr. Lang has spent months telling

2729
01:52:50,800 --> 01:52:52,719
anyone who listened that Dearborn is

2730
01:52:52,719 --> 01:52:55,040
secretly governed by Shia law. No

2731
01:52:55,040 --> 01:52:57,599
ordinance, no court, no city record

2732
01:52:57,599 --> 01:52:59,599
supports that claim because it doesn't

2733
01:52:59,599 --> 01:53:02,080
exist. Residents here, Muslim and

2734
01:53:02,080 --> 01:53:04,080
Christian alike, live under the same

2735
01:53:04,080 --> 01:53:06,639
Michigan law, same US constitution and

2736
01:53:06,639 --> 01:53:08,639
the same city charter as every other

2737
01:53:08,639 --> 01:53:10,800
resident in this state. But when you

2738
01:53:10,800 --> 01:53:13,520
have the when you have to invent a legal

2739
01:53:13,520 --> 01:53:15,599
system to be afraid of that tells you

2740
01:53:15,599 --> 01:53:17,119
something about the argument that you're

2741
01:53:17,119 --> 01:53:18,880
actually making. Let's talk about what

2742
01:53:18,880 --> 01:53:20,800
Mr. Lang has done instead of making that

2743
01:53:20,800 --> 01:53:22,800
argument. Honestly, he's tried to burn

2744
01:53:22,800 --> 01:53:25,199
religious textbooks um in the street.

2745
01:53:25,199 --> 01:53:27,280
He's slapped a holy book with a slab of

2746
01:53:27,280 --> 01:53:30,080
bacon for a camera. He's called for mass

2747
01:53:30,080 --> 01:53:32,400
deportation of people who lived, worked,

2748
01:53:32,400 --> 01:53:34,400
and raised families in this very country

2749
01:53:34,400 --> 01:53:37,040
for generations. He brushed away any

2750
01:53:37,040 --> 01:53:39,520
type of hospitality. And none of that is

2751
01:53:39,520 --> 01:53:41,760
political commentary. It's all a stunt

2752
01:53:41,760 --> 01:53:45,199
built to provoke fear and call it faith.

2753
01:53:45,199 --> 01:53:46,639
And that's the part I actually want to

2754
01:53:46,639 --> 01:53:48,800
speak about because Mr. Lang claims to

2755
01:53:48,800 --> 01:53:50,800
do this in the name of Christianity. So

2756
01:53:50,800 --> 01:53:52,719
let's hold him to that standard because

2757
01:53:52,719 --> 01:53:55,360
Christ ate with the outcast. He told us

2758
01:53:55,360 --> 01:53:57,440
to love our neighbor, not to burn what

2759
01:53:57,440 --> 01:54:00,239
our neighbors hold sacred. Christ said

2760
01:54:00,239 --> 01:54:02,480
the truth would set us free, not that

2761
01:54:02,480 --> 01:54:05,119
provocation dressed up as truth would

2762
01:54:05,119 --> 01:54:07,520
get you a following. By that measure,

2763
01:54:07,520 --> 01:54:08,960
the Muslim families in this city who

2764
01:54:08,960 --> 01:54:10,800
show hospitality to strangers, who care

2765
01:54:10,800 --> 01:54:12,639
for their elderly, who show up for their

2766
01:54:12,639 --> 01:54:14,480
neighbors regardless of faith, they are

2767
01:54:14,480 --> 01:54:16,320
living closer to that teaching on any

2768
01:54:16,320 --> 01:54:18,080
given Tuesday than Mr. Lang has ever

2769
01:54:18,080 --> 01:54:20,320
done in his entire campaign. That's not

2770
01:54:20,320 --> 01:54:22,080
an insult. That's just an honest look at

2771
01:54:22,080 --> 01:54:23,920
fruit at the fruit each of them is

2772
01:54:23,920 --> 01:54:25,840
producing. And it's why you'll find

2773
01:54:25,840 --> 01:54:27,520
plenty of Christians plainly and

2774
01:54:27,520 --> 01:54:29,520
publicly saying they don't recognize

2775
01:54:29,520 --> 01:54:31,599
their own faith in what he's selling. So

2776
01:54:31,599 --> 01:54:33,280
Sharia doesn't exist in the measures

2777
01:54:33,280 --> 01:54:34,480
that you may think here. First of all,

2778
01:54:34,480 --> 01:54:36,719
Sharia means principle, law. Okay? Just

2779
01:54:36,719 --> 01:54:39,520
like Allah literally means God. Sharia

2780
01:54:39,520 --> 01:54:41,679
is simply the principle that we live by

2781
01:54:41,679 --> 01:54:43,199
such as property rights in marriage,

2782
01:54:43,199 --> 01:54:45,280
equality, and accountability. Sharia

2783
01:54:45,280 --> 01:54:47,119
insists that we don't indulge in usery

2784
01:54:47,119 --> 01:54:49,679
and interest. Allah explains the

2785
01:54:49,679 --> 01:54:51,199
inheritance of a family's estate. It's

2786
01:54:51,199 --> 01:54:53,520
the way of life, the true honest way of

2787
01:54:53,520 --> 01:54:55,199
living and that's something crusaders

2788
01:54:55,199 --> 01:54:56,960
are not accustomed to as they are

2789
01:54:56,960 --> 01:54:58,800
accustomed to stealing in a form of

2790
01:54:58,800 --> 01:55:00,400
conquering and terrorizing in the name

2791
01:55:00,400 --> 01:55:02,800
of establishing faith. So my ask of this

2792
01:55:02,800 --> 01:55:05,040
board is very simple. Don't legitimize a

2793
01:55:05,040 --> 01:55:07,280
manufactured threat by treating as a

2794
01:55:07,280 --> 01:55:09,760
real debate. After this Tuesday, I urge

2795
01:55:09,760 --> 01:55:11,199
the board not to entertain this any

2796
01:55:11,199 --> 01:55:13,280
further by agreeing to a board meeting.

2797
01:55:13,280 --> 01:55:14,880
The world has seen what

2798
01:55:14,880 --> 01:55:17,199
>> you have and what Mr. Mr. Lang is

2799
01:55:17,199 --> 01:55:19,280
portraying because provocation is not

2800
01:55:19,280 --> 01:55:21,360
the same thing as principle. Thank you

2801
01:55:21,360 --> 01:55:23,040
so much and appreciate you for

2802
01:55:23,040 --> 01:55:24,480
appreciate everything that you do, Mr.

2803
01:55:24,480 --> 01:55:25,920
Mayor. Uh, thank you guys so much. Have

2804
01:55:25,920 --> 01:55:26,480
a good day.

2805
01:55:26,480 --> 01:55:28,669
>> Thank you.

2806
01:55:28,669 --> 01:55:30,159
[applause]

2807
01:55:30,159 --> 01:55:34,880
All right. Next, we have Daniel Molina.

2808
01:55:34,880 --> 01:55:36,639
Is it pronounced? I'm sorry, sir. Go

2809
01:55:36,639 --> 01:55:41,669
ahead.

2810
01:55:41,679 --> 01:55:44,639
» Oh. Uh Dan, Melinda, I just wanted to

2811
01:55:44,639 --> 01:55:47,599
say I love Dearborn and I think you all

2812
01:55:47,599 --> 01:55:52,000
are doing a great job. Um and you know

2813
01:55:52,000 --> 01:55:54,400
what the mayor said earlier was very

2814
01:55:54,400 --> 01:55:58,320
moving and eloquent and everything my

2815
01:55:58,320 --> 01:56:00,480
neighbors have said is really kind of

2816
01:56:00,480 --> 01:56:03,360
echo with that. I it's just I keep

2817
01:56:03,360 --> 01:56:05,360
hearing this common kind of message of

2818
01:56:05,360 --> 01:56:08,560
unity. The only people that I hear kind

2819
01:56:08,560 --> 01:56:12,080
of preaching division are people from

2820
01:56:12,080 --> 01:56:14,560
outside Dearbornne. And I've only lived

2821
01:56:14,560 --> 01:56:18,000
in Dearborn seven years myself, but I,

2822
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:19,599
you know, find it very welcoming. My

2823
01:56:19,599 --> 01:56:21,440
kids have gone to school here. I've

2824
01:56:21,440 --> 01:56:24,080
great schools, great places to eat. It's

2825
01:56:24,080 --> 01:56:25,760
a great community. I've, you know, it's

2826
01:56:25,760 --> 01:56:29,119
safe. Kids can just walk to uh town

2827
01:56:29,119 --> 01:56:32,080
themselves. um the parks and I have to

2828
01:56:32,080 --> 01:56:34,480
say the the recent investment in the

2829
01:56:34,480 --> 01:56:36,560
parks has just been wonderful and like

2830
01:56:36,560 --> 01:56:38,480
the peace park I was there uh for the

2831
01:56:38,480 --> 01:56:39,840
summer market. It's like something out

2832
01:56:39,840 --> 01:56:42,560
of a Hallmark movie and it's you know

2833
01:56:42,560 --> 01:56:43,920
just seeing the community coming

2834
01:56:43,920 --> 01:56:47,119
together and you know like seeing the um

2835
01:56:47,119 --> 01:56:49,040
you know in the summertime with the uh

2836
01:56:49,040 --> 01:56:51,679
World Cup having a televised there's

2837
01:56:51,679 --> 01:56:53,119
just so much that pulls people together

2838
01:56:53,119 --> 01:56:55,679
and all of this you know it's

2839
01:56:55,679 --> 01:56:57,520
developments that you guys have done in

2840
01:56:57,520 --> 01:57:01,520
recent years and I just uh I just don't

2841
01:57:01,520 --> 01:57:02,960
understand the haters and I don't

2842
01:57:02,960 --> 01:57:05,360
understand every time I read any article

2843
01:57:05,360 --> 01:57:09,360
about Dearborn it just people just go

2844
01:57:09,360 --> 01:57:11,360
into the comments. It's always people

2845
01:57:11,360 --> 01:57:13,360
outside of Dearbornne where, you know,

2846
01:57:13,360 --> 01:57:15,119
it's nice, it's refreshing to hear

2847
01:57:15,119 --> 01:57:17,840
everyone from Dearbornne tonight just

2848
01:57:17,840 --> 01:57:21,360
for the most part talking about unity

2849
01:57:21,360 --> 01:57:22,880
and coming together and supporting their

2850
01:57:22,880 --> 01:57:25,520
neighbors. And, you know, I'm here, you

2851
01:57:25,520 --> 01:57:26,880
know, because a neighbor of mine said to

2852
01:57:26,880 --> 01:57:28,159
come here tonight and I'm here to

2853
01:57:28,159 --> 01:57:32,159
support my neighbors and um just say how

2854
01:57:32,159 --> 01:57:34,560
great Dearbornne is and uh what a great

2855
01:57:34,560 --> 01:57:36,239
job I think everyone's been doing. So,

2856
01:57:36,239 --> 01:57:36,800
thank you.

2857
01:57:36,800 --> 01:57:38,361
>> Thank you.

2858
01:57:38,361 --> 01:57:42,470
>> [applause]

2859
01:57:42,480 --> 01:58:00,229
» Next we have uh Hezekiel Israel.

2860
01:58:00,239 --> 01:58:03,251
Okay. Uh dear uh dear mayor, members of

2861
01:58:03,251 --> 01:58:04,480
[clears throat] the board, and honored

2862
01:58:04,480 --> 01:58:07,440
guests, peace be with you all. In light

2863
01:58:07,440 --> 01:58:09,679
of strong religious and political

2864
01:58:09,679 --> 01:58:13,199
tensions in our country, I believe that

2865
01:58:13,199 --> 01:58:16,080
what truly helps establish peace and

2866
01:58:16,080 --> 01:58:20,159
unity is to examine the practices that

2867
01:58:20,159 --> 01:58:23,599
would show God to be good, just, and

2868
01:58:23,599 --> 01:58:26,800
perfect in all he does and that aligns

2869
01:58:26,800 --> 01:58:30,560
with the natural world he created.

2870
01:58:30,560 --> 01:58:33,040
This is the foundation of my comment

2871
01:58:33,040 --> 01:58:34,800
tonight.

2872
01:58:34,800 --> 01:58:37,119
I want to begin by acknowledging the

2873
01:58:37,119 --> 01:58:40,320
good I see in many Islamic practices

2874
01:58:40,320 --> 01:58:42,400
here in Dearbornne and throughout our

2875
01:58:42,400 --> 01:58:46,400
country. The commitment to one God, the

2876
01:58:46,400 --> 01:58:49,199
discipline of prayer, the reverence

2877
01:58:49,199 --> 01:58:52,239
shown in speaking highly of the creator

2878
01:58:52,239 --> 01:58:54,400
and the desire for community and

2879
01:58:54,400 --> 01:58:56,080
fellowship.

2880
01:58:56,080 --> 01:58:58,480
These are meaningful expressions of

2881
01:58:58,480 --> 01:59:01,040
devotion and I appreciate them

2882
01:59:01,040 --> 01:59:02,857
sincerely.

2883
01:59:02,857 --> 01:59:05,119
[clears throat] My brother JP once told

2884
01:59:05,119 --> 01:59:07,679
me how much the Arab community

2885
01:59:07,679 --> 01:59:10,560
contributes positively to the

2886
01:59:10,560 --> 01:59:13,360
Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana region

2887
01:59:13,360 --> 01:59:15,920
where I am from. [clears throat] He

2888
01:59:15,920 --> 01:59:18,159
spoke highly of Arab families, Arab

2889
01:59:18,159 --> 01:59:20,880
businesses, and the kindness he sees

2890
01:59:20,880 --> 01:59:24,639
from many Muslims in our area. I agree

2891
01:59:24,639 --> 01:59:26,560
with him.

2892
01:59:26,560 --> 01:59:28,960
I don't want the Arab community to

2893
01:59:28,960 --> 01:59:32,800
leave. Mayor, I want you and your people

2894
01:59:32,800 --> 01:59:36,480
here and to thrive here. But I do wish

2895
01:59:36,480 --> 01:59:40,639
to ask you to consider certain practices

2896
01:59:40,639 --> 01:59:43,920
that history has shown can lead to decay

2897
01:59:43,920 --> 01:59:47,520
in society and not bring those practices

2898
01:59:47,520 --> 01:59:49,040
here.

2899
01:59:49,040 --> 01:59:51,920
For example, how could a God who is just

2900
01:59:51,920 --> 01:59:54,239
and good take pleasure in seeing one of

2901
01:59:54,239 --> 01:59:57,040
the creatures he made suffer as a

2902
01:59:57,040 --> 02:00:00,320
sacrifice to himself like the Islamic

2903
02:00:00,320 --> 02:00:03,760
festival of Eid aladha where animals are

2904
02:00:03,760 --> 02:00:06,400
slaughtered in the name of God? Wouldn't

2905
02:00:06,400 --> 02:00:08,800
it be on the account of one who is evil

2906
02:00:08,800 --> 02:00:11,840
to delight in such suffering? But God is

2907
02:00:11,840 --> 02:00:14,960
not evil. God is good. Right? So how

2908
02:00:14,960 --> 02:00:18,159
could he delight in that? Didn't Jesus

2909
02:00:18,159 --> 02:00:21,599
end such practices millennia ago,

2910
02:00:21,599 --> 02:00:24,080
driving the animals out of the temple in

2911
02:00:24,080 --> 02:00:27,280
John chapter 2, teaching that places of

2912
02:00:27,280 --> 02:00:30,080
worship should be places of praise and

2913
02:00:30,080 --> 02:00:32,159
prayer, not sacrifice.

2914
02:00:32,159 --> 02:00:34,400
>> You have 30 seconds. [clears throat]

2915
02:00:34,400 --> 02:00:37,360
>> I also want to address recent actions by

2916
02:00:37,360 --> 02:00:41,599
Jake Lang. Um, and I just I'll cut it

2917
02:00:41,599 --> 02:00:45,440
short. Jesus never ate bacon, folks. So,

2918
02:00:45,440 --> 02:00:47,679
it's no point in putting bacon on a

2919
02:00:47,679 --> 02:00:49,599
Quran. And I just want to apologize to

2920
02:00:49,599 --> 02:00:52,000
you all for that because that's not what

2921
02:00:52,000 --> 02:00:55,520
Jesus would have done. Thank you, sir.

2922
02:00:55,520 --> 02:00:58,480
Thank you. Uh, next we have uh Bob

2923
02:00:58,480 --> 02:01:02,550
Patrick Henry.

2924
02:01:02,560 --> 02:01:08,550
Okay. Uh, Jeff Davis.

2925
02:01:08,560 --> 02:01:11,520
» I'm Davis.

2926
02:01:11,520 --> 02:01:14,320
>> No, sir.

2927
02:01:14,320 --> 02:01:16,320
Nope. Davis. Jeff Davis. Is the first

2928
02:01:16,320 --> 02:01:18,239
name Jeff?

2929
02:01:18,239 --> 02:01:19,840
>> Yeah. Sorry. No, it's not yours. Jeff

2930
02:01:19,840 --> 02:01:22,080
Davis. Um,

2931
02:01:22,080 --> 02:01:23,360
they have a cell phone number on here.

2932
02:01:23,360 --> 02:01:25,760
Does yours What's yours end in?

2933
02:01:25,760 --> 02:01:29,270
>> No, sir.

2934
02:01:29,280 --> 02:01:35,589
» Okay. Thank you, sir. Uh, Fidel Gibson.

2935
02:01:35,599 --> 02:01:37,440
» Okay. Yeah, that's I know we got to go

2936
02:01:37,440 --> 02:01:38,639
through them all. Just give us a second

2937
02:01:38,639 --> 02:01:41,920
here. Uh, Dr. Michelle Proctor. Thank

2938
02:01:41,920 --> 02:02:06,790
you.

2939
02:02:06,800 --> 02:02:09,280
Hi. Thank you um city council members

2940
02:02:09,280 --> 02:02:14,639
and um mayor for keeping our meeting for

2941
02:02:14,639 --> 02:02:17,119
the business of the city of Dearbornne.

2942
02:02:17,119 --> 02:02:20,480
Um I'm here to talk to you about Edison

2943
02:02:20,480 --> 02:02:22,320
Park. I'm sure you're probably really

2944
02:02:22,320 --> 02:02:26,480
happy to hear about Edison Park. Um,

2945
02:02:26,480 --> 02:02:29,440
and the mayor was very happy was very

2946
02:02:29,440 --> 02:02:31,840
gracious to speak with us for two hours

2947
02:02:31,840 --> 02:02:37,599
and take uh questions from us about our park. Uh, the issue is the trees.

2948
02:02:37,599 --> 02:02:41,119
Okay. Um, it's item 15 that was on our

2949
02:02:41,119 --> 02:02:44,320
agenda on the website. There was I

2950
02:02:44,320 --> 02:02:45,920
didn't have a chance to really digest

2951
02:02:45,920 --> 02:02:50,719
it. Um, Thursday we had um a meeting and

2952
02:02:50,719 --> 02:02:54,000
we talked about how it was the easement

2953
02:02:54,000 --> 02:02:56,239
for what I understood and I'm I'm here

2954
02:02:56,239 --> 02:02:58,800
for clarification. What I understood was

2955
02:02:58,800 --> 02:03:01,040
this was to have an agreement with Ford

2956
02:03:01,040 --> 02:03:03,119
to be able to go back there and it

2957
02:03:03,119 --> 02:03:04,560
didn't have really anything to do with

2958
02:03:04,560 --> 02:03:07,520
the pipes that were being talked about

2959
02:03:07,520 --> 02:03:09,599
with the sewers.

2960
02:03:09,599 --> 02:03:11,360
I'm just wanting clarification on that

2961
02:03:11,360 --> 02:03:13,360
because it seemed like there was a

2962
02:03:13,360 --> 02:03:14,880
contract with um

2963
02:03:14,880 --> 02:03:17,760
>> Yeah. Uh doc Dr. we're going to have the

2964
02:03:17,760 --> 02:03:19,440
mayor because we did address it last

2965
02:03:19,440 --> 02:03:20,800
week, but you're more than welcome at

2966
02:03:20,800 --> 02:03:22,239
the committee that the mayor will

2967
02:03:22,239 --> 02:03:22,880
respond to that.

2968
02:03:22,880 --> 02:03:23,760
>> Yes. Thank you.

2969
02:03:23,760 --> 02:03:24,960
>> Yeah, of course. Uh thank you so much

2970
02:03:24,960 --> 02:03:26,800
for being here. So the easement is an

2971
02:03:26,800 --> 02:03:28,800
agreement with Ford Motor Company that

2972
02:03:28,800 --> 02:03:30,880
allows us access to their property and

2973
02:03:30,880 --> 02:03:32,480
under the ground to maintain any lines

2974
02:03:32,480 --> 02:03:34,800
or staging, things of that nature. Now

2975
02:03:34,800 --> 02:03:36,880
the next step is we're preparing to go

2976
02:03:36,880 --> 02:03:39,679
out for a formal RFP in which if you're

2977
02:03:39,679 --> 02:03:41,360
on the email list we shared that we'd be

2978
02:03:41,360 --> 02:03:43,280
adding language that says to avoid all

2979
02:03:43,280 --> 02:03:44,639
trees and doing the investment in the

2980
02:03:44,639 --> 02:03:46,480
most environmentally conscious manner.

2981
02:03:46,480 --> 02:03:48,320
Once that company is selected we'll hire

2982
02:03:48,320 --> 02:03:50,159
an engineering firm. Then the process

2983
02:03:50,159 --> 02:03:52,159
will take about you know 18 months to

2984
02:03:52,159 --> 02:03:54,880
design the actual storm water line that

2985
02:03:54,880 --> 02:03:57,840
will ultimately be installed in across

2986
02:03:57,840 --> 02:03:59,040
southwest Dearborn.

2987
02:03:59,040 --> 02:04:00,800
>> Okay. Well, that's what I understood

2988
02:04:00,800 --> 02:04:03,520
from from Thursday, but and we we kind

2989
02:04:03,520 --> 02:04:05,679
of mentioned this that we don't want

2990
02:04:05,679 --> 02:04:08,159
information to just be spread on social

2991
02:04:08,159 --> 02:04:10,159
media. So, I think it's very important

2992
02:04:10,159 --> 02:04:12,320
for those of us in the community and

2993
02:04:12,320 --> 02:04:14,560
those of us who love our park and we

2994
02:04:14,560 --> 02:04:17,199
love our park as you know um to be

2995
02:04:17,199 --> 02:04:19,520
active in the council meeting so that we

2996
02:04:19,520 --> 02:04:21,440
can continue the dialogue. So, thank you

2997
02:04:21,440 --> 02:04:23,520
for the clarification. We just want to

2998
02:04:23,520 --> 02:04:24,960
make sure we save our troops.

2999
02:04:24,960 --> 02:04:26,480
>> That's why we created the email list.

3000
02:04:26,480 --> 02:04:28,320
And I've never been to a park where the

3001
02:04:28,320 --> 02:04:30,000
Lorax showed up and was a part of the

3002
02:04:30,000 --> 02:04:30,320
meeting.

3003
02:04:30,320 --> 02:04:31,520
>> Oh, that was pretty good, wasn't it?

3004
02:04:31,520 --> 02:04:33,119
>> I was excited that he was there and we

3005
02:04:33,119 --> 02:04:34,719
made a commitment to the Lorax and we'll

3006
02:04:34,719 --> 02:04:35,040
try.

3007
02:04:35,040 --> 02:04:36,480
>> Well, you could see the turnout how much

3008
02:04:36,480 --> 02:04:38,639
we really that that's really central to

3009
02:04:38,639 --> 02:04:40,480
our community and we're very passionate

3010
02:04:40,480 --> 02:04:42,639
about it and so I'm sure you'll hear

3011
02:04:42,639 --> 02:04:44,400
about Edison Park again.

3012
02:04:44,400 --> 02:04:45,679
>> Absolutely. Thank you so much for being

3013
02:04:45,679 --> 02:04:46,239
here.

3014
02:04:46,239 --> 02:04:52,159
>> Thank you. Thank you. Uh, next we have Jaclyn.

3015
02:04:52,159 --> 02:04:55,119
Jacleine. Uh,

3016
02:04:55,119 --> 02:04:58,400
it says district three. I can't.

3017
02:04:58,400 --> 02:05:00,080
>> Okay. Sorry.

3018
02:05:00,080 --> 02:05:01,360
>> Thank you.

3019
02:05:01,360 --> 02:05:07,669
>> Sorry.

3020
02:05:07,679 --> 02:05:09,840
» There's no Yeah, there's no uh props

3021
02:05:09,840 --> 02:05:10,320
allowed.

3022
02:05:10,320 --> 02:05:16,550
>> Okay.

3023
02:05:16,560 --> 02:05:17,760
Thank you very much for your

3024
02:05:17,760 --> 02:05:19,840
hospitality, city of Dearbornne. I

3025
02:05:19,840 --> 02:05:22,320
really enjoyed uh the educational

3026
02:05:22,320 --> 02:05:25,920
purposes. Uh I've gone to quite a few

3027
02:05:25,920 --> 02:05:27,760
city council meetings throughout the

3028
02:05:27,760 --> 02:05:30,080
state and I'll tell you this is to the

3029
02:05:30,080 --> 02:05:32,960
utmost most impressive.

3030
02:05:32,960 --> 02:05:35,280
Your detailed information in your

3031
02:05:35,280 --> 02:05:39,679
agendas and the transparency is superb.

3032
02:05:39,679 --> 02:05:42,239
I appreciate that.

3033
02:05:42,239 --> 02:05:46,800
I uh in my district, unfortunately,

3034
02:05:46,800 --> 02:05:49,760
I can tell you that the educational

3035
02:05:49,760 --> 02:05:54,000
level is far lower than what you have.

3036
02:05:54,000 --> 02:05:56,480
If I had an opportunity to get our

3037
02:05:56,480 --> 02:06:00,320
school district together and come and

3038
02:06:00,320 --> 02:06:02,480
sit and see how professional and

3039
02:06:02,480 --> 02:06:04,159
well-maintained

3040
02:06:04,159 --> 02:06:07,280
your agenda is with your items and the

3041
02:06:07,280 --> 02:06:10,960
procedure and the planning, then perhaps

3042
02:06:10,960 --> 02:06:14,480
people would be more motivated to do

3043
02:06:14,480 --> 02:06:17,280
better for all.

3044
02:06:17,280 --> 02:06:19,440
I noticed an agenda item that I'm very

3045
02:06:19,440 --> 02:06:21,440
concerned about and it's in relevance to

3046
02:06:21,440 --> 02:06:25,679
the prop that I have. It is a Arabic

3047
02:06:25,679 --> 02:06:29,199
magazine purchased in New York by my

3048
02:06:29,199 --> 02:06:31,599
great great greatgrandfather.

3049
02:06:31,599 --> 02:06:37,360
It's only in Arabic. It's from 1924.

3050
02:06:37,360 --> 02:06:40,800
It is a a book that is relevance to love

3051
02:06:40,800 --> 02:06:45,520
and prosperity and strength and unity.

3052
02:06:45,520 --> 02:06:50,719
And I don't want any prop any planning

3053
02:06:50,719 --> 02:06:53,760
to come with your main storm drain to

3054
02:06:53,760 --> 02:06:57,599
deter your water to go to a data center

3055
02:06:57,599 --> 02:07:00,079
and take my great greatgrandfather's

3056
02:07:00,079 --> 02:07:03,360
book of beauty and have a machine

3057
02:07:03,360 --> 02:07:06,239
destroy it

3058
02:07:06,239 --> 02:07:12,159
and never know how beautiful it is.

3059
02:07:12,159 --> 02:07:13,199
>> Would you like me to respond to that,

3060
02:07:13,199 --> 02:07:15,599
Council President? you you may or I

3061
02:07:15,599 --> 02:07:17,199
>> I think the agenda item was related to

3062
02:07:17,199 --> 02:07:19,119
the one in regards to data centers.

3063
02:07:19,119 --> 02:07:20,639
>> Yes.

3064
02:07:20,639 --> 02:07:23,280
So they don't

3065
02:07:23,280 --> 02:07:25,440
So the agenda item on data centers was

3066
02:07:25,440 --> 02:07:27,599
we eliminated where data centers could

3067
02:07:27,599 --> 02:07:29,119
potentially open up in the city of

3068
02:07:29,119 --> 02:07:31,840
Dearbornne. Uh in addition to that, our

3069
02:07:31,840 --> 02:07:33,920
uh corp council is also working on a

3070
02:07:33,920 --> 02:07:37,040
moratorum to put a pause on any possible

3071
02:07:37,040 --> 02:07:39,040
applications that could be submitted to

3072
02:07:39,040 --> 02:07:41,440
allow moratoriums in order for us to

3073
02:07:41,440 --> 02:07:43,599
beef up the laws around data centers

3074
02:07:43,599 --> 02:07:45,199
since we don't have any on our books.

3075
02:07:45,199 --> 02:07:46,400
And so those are the steps being taken

3076
02:07:46,400 --> 02:07:48,079
as pertain to the the the inter the

3077
02:07:48,079 --> 02:07:51,040
storm interceptor line. Um as spoken to

3078
02:07:51,040 --> 02:07:53,520
uh Dr. proctor earlier. Um, this is a

3079
02:07:53,520 --> 02:07:55,360
line that will help reduce flooding in

3080
02:07:55,360 --> 02:07:56,800
people's basements given Dearbornne

3081
02:07:56,800 --> 02:07:58,880
floods heavily when we have heavy rain

3082
02:07:58,880 --> 02:08:01,119
events. And so we did a two-year study

3083
02:08:01,119 --> 02:08:03,599
and the study suggested that we have to

3084
02:08:03,599 --> 02:08:05,440
add an interceptor line in southwest

3085
02:08:05,440 --> 02:08:07,520
Dearborn so that we can sewer separate

3086
02:08:07,520 --> 02:08:09,360
so that the sewage water runs down one

3087
02:08:09,360 --> 02:08:10,960
line and the storm water runs down

3088
02:08:10,960 --> 02:08:13,199
another. It has nothing to do and zero

3089
02:08:13,199 --> 02:08:15,920
implications to any data center.

3090
02:08:15,920 --> 02:08:17,280
>> All right. Thank you. Hope that

3091
02:08:17,280 --> 02:08:18,800
answered. Thank you, mayor, for that.

3092
02:08:18,800 --> 02:08:23,280
All right. Next we have um Ethan Barl.

3093
02:08:23,280 --> 02:08:39,830
Great.

3094
02:08:39,840 --> 02:08:42,560
» All right. You may say that um

3095
02:08:42,560 --> 02:08:46,960
Dearbornne has um peaceful. It's been

3096
02:08:46,960 --> 02:08:49,440
with Christians and occupied peacefully

3097
02:08:49,440 --> 02:08:51,280
with Muslims and Christians together and

3098
02:08:51,280 --> 02:08:53,440
the crime rates have ma remained fairly

3099
02:08:53,440 --> 02:08:55,199
stagnant.

3100
02:08:55,199 --> 02:08:58,800
Not so for Europe. Rapes are up over

3101
02:08:58,800 --> 02:09:03,119
300% to 500% in England, France, and

3102
02:09:03,119 --> 02:09:05,599
Sweden and other European countries that

3103
02:09:05,599 --> 02:09:08,560
have embraced fully embrace Muslim

3104
02:09:08,560 --> 02:09:10,159
immigration.

3105
02:09:10,159 --> 02:09:12,880
And in those same three countries that I

3106
02:09:12,880 --> 02:09:15,840
just listed, Muslims now make up 7 to

3107
02:09:15,840 --> 02:09:18,400
10% of the total population, which has

3108
02:09:18,400 --> 02:09:20,239
taken place just over these last few

3109
02:09:20,239 --> 02:09:22,880
decades, driving an explosion in sexual

3110
02:09:22,880 --> 02:09:26,639
assaults and rapes. Meanwhile, we can

3111
02:09:26,639 --> 02:09:29,760
take a control group, Poland, which in

3112
02:09:29,760 --> 02:09:32,400
which rapes are down 70%.

3113
02:09:32,400 --> 02:09:34,320
Over that same period, Poland's simple

3114
02:09:34,320 --> 02:09:37,280
strategy is don't let Muslims in.

3115
02:09:37,280 --> 02:09:41,040
England and Wales since 2002 rapes

3116
02:09:41,040 --> 02:09:45,520
increased over 500% to 75,000 reported

3117
02:09:45,520 --> 02:09:47,760
rapes in the last year and according to

3118
02:09:47,760 --> 02:09:50,400
the uh statista for every that was

3119
02:09:50,400 --> 02:09:52,320
according to Statista and for every

3120
02:09:52,320 --> 02:09:54,719
single one of those five uh reported

3121
02:09:54,719 --> 02:09:57,199
rapes is 5 to 15 unreported rapes. So

3122
02:09:57,199 --> 02:09:59,920
you can see the scale of the issue. So

3123
02:09:59,920 --> 02:10:01,599
we have not seen the fullscale

3124
02:10:01,599 --> 02:10:04,719
manifestation of the Islamification of

3125
02:10:04,719 --> 02:10:06,960
America, but Europe has and they've seen

3126
02:10:06,960 --> 02:10:10,239
the fruit. And you can even Germany is

3127
02:10:10,239 --> 02:10:12,320
now looking at an initiative to deport

3128
02:10:12,320 --> 02:10:15,760
over over 800,000 Muslim immigrants over

3129
02:10:15,760 --> 02:10:21,040
the course of three years. Um, in June

3130
02:10:21,040 --> 02:10:23,520
2026, the rape inquiry report unveiled

3131
02:10:23,520 --> 02:10:25,520
that Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs

3132
02:10:25,520 --> 02:10:26,960
systematically raped and traveled

3133
02:10:26,960 --> 02:10:29,440
thousands of British girls across

3134
02:10:29,440 --> 02:10:31,760
numerous towns while police, social

3135
02:10:31,760 --> 02:10:33,760
services, healthc care providers, and

3136
02:10:33,760 --> 02:10:35,920
politicians repeatedly failed to protect

3137
02:10:35,920 --> 02:10:38,719
them and out of fear of being called

3138
02:10:38,719 --> 02:10:41,280
racist. The estimated victims was

3139
02:10:41,280 --> 02:10:44,400
previously mentioned uh 250,000

3140
02:10:44,400 --> 02:10:47,280
from the 1990s to the present.

3141
02:10:47,280 --> 02:10:49,280
Um I say let us all learn from the

3142
02:10:49,280 --> 02:10:51,520
mistakes of these European countries who

3143
02:10:51,520 --> 02:10:52,719
have betrayed their people and

3144
02:10:52,719 --> 02:10:54,079
especially their women who suffer the

3145
02:10:54,079 --> 02:10:56,159
most because of these wicked and evil

3146
02:10:56,159 --> 02:11:01,679
initiatives to not hold to not prosecute

3147
02:11:01,679 --> 02:11:05,280
these things. And um uh the most

3148
02:11:05,280 --> 02:11:07,920
hypocritical thing about this all is

3149
02:11:07,920 --> 02:11:10,320
that you guys at the same time claim to

3150
02:11:10,320 --> 02:11:12,400
be liberals and democrats

3151
02:11:12,400 --> 02:11:15,280
>> and support feminism. Uh, tell me how is

3152
02:11:15,280 --> 02:11:18,719
supporting a system that mistreats

3153
02:11:18,719 --> 02:11:22,400
women, increases rapes 300 to 500% in

3154
02:11:22,400 --> 02:11:26,719
Europe and now um, and then how's that

3155
02:11:26,719 --> 02:11:29,840
liberal and feminism? You guys are liars

3156
02:11:29,840 --> 02:11:32,320
and deceitful and your sheep and wolves

3157
02:11:32,320 --> 02:11:38,069
clothing. Um,

3158
02:11:38,079 --> 02:11:40,400
» and this is

3159
02:11:40,400 --> 02:11:41,920
>> I'm sorry. Time is expired.

3160
02:11:41,920 --> 02:11:43,040
>> All right.

3161
02:11:43,040 --> 02:11:50,069
Next we have uh Chaz Sykes.

3162
02:11:50,079 --> 02:11:51,760
» This was not made for the vertically

3163
02:11:51,760 --> 02:11:55,199
gifted. I'll say that. [laughter]

3164
02:11:55,199 --> 02:11:56,960
>> Uh well, thank you dear Bourne and good

3165
02:11:56,960 --> 02:11:58,960
evening. Uh it's a pleasure and a

3166
02:11:58,960 --> 02:12:00,159
privilege to be able to talk to you

3167
02:12:00,159 --> 02:12:02,639
today and I want to thank uh the council

3168
02:12:02,639 --> 02:12:05,920
for allowing uh free speech.

3169
02:12:05,920 --> 02:12:08,159
My name is Chaz Sykes with uh Turning

3170
02:12:08,159 --> 02:12:09,920
Point Action, the organization founded

3171
02:12:09,920 --> 02:12:12,480
by the late Charlie Kirk.

3172
02:12:12,480 --> 02:12:14,239
I am speaking to you today as your

3173
02:12:14,239 --> 02:12:17,599
turning point field representative.

3174
02:12:17,599 --> 02:12:19,119
The first thing I would like to say is

3175
02:12:19,119 --> 02:12:21,360
that these jokers do not represent the

3176
02:12:21,360 --> 02:12:23,360
Republican party.

3177
02:12:23,360 --> 02:12:27,360
Thank you. The

3178
02:12:27,360 --> 02:12:30,000
Republican Party stands for freedom and

3179
02:12:30,000 --> 02:12:32,719
individual liberty. The real Republican

3180
02:12:32,719 --> 02:12:34,560
Party stands for the Constitution of the

3181
02:12:34,560 --> 02:12:37,840
United States.

3182
02:12:37,840 --> 02:12:40,719
three homicides in 2024 and 2025

3183
02:12:40,719 --> 02:12:42,320
combined.

3184
02:12:42,320 --> 02:12:44,239
In a two-year span, violent crime has

3185
02:12:44,239 --> 02:12:47,360
dropped by 20%, robberies decreased by

3186
02:12:47,360 --> 02:12:51,840
22%, vehicle thefts fell by 30%, and

3187
02:12:51,840 --> 02:12:55,440
burglaries plummeted by 40%.

3188
02:12:55,440 --> 02:12:58,400
So, that's crime. What about education?

3189
02:12:58,400 --> 02:13:00,480
According to the Meno C Center's context

3190
02:13:00,480 --> 02:13:02,960
and performance report card, Dearborn

3191
02:13:02,960 --> 02:13:04,639
public schools frequently dominate the

3192
02:13:04,639 --> 02:13:06,320
state with five schools ranking in the

3193
02:13:06,320 --> 02:13:08,800
top 30.

3194
02:13:08,800 --> 02:13:10,800
Out of all 15 public universities in

3195
02:13:10,800 --> 02:13:13,199
Michigan, U of M Dearborn grads secure

3196
02:13:13,199 --> 02:13:14,960
the fourth highest median annual

3197
02:13:14,960 --> 02:13:18,239
earnings 10 years after enrollment.

3198
02:13:18,239 --> 02:13:20,400
UF Dearborn maintains the lowest average

3199
02:13:20,400 --> 02:13:22,800
annual cost of any public 4-year

3200
02:13:22,800 --> 02:13:26,000
university in Michigan.

3201
02:13:26,000 --> 02:13:27,840
What about Dearborn culturally? What

3202
02:13:27,840 --> 02:13:30,159
does that look like?

3203
02:13:30,159 --> 02:13:32,000
Well, Dearbornne's populace is deeply

3204
02:13:32,000 --> 02:13:34,320
entrenched in social and religious

3205
02:13:34,320 --> 02:13:36,960
conservatism. Dearbornne is bar none the

3206
02:13:36,960 --> 02:13:39,679
most conservative city in America. The

3207
02:13:39,679 --> 02:13:41,199
community has made national headlines

3208
02:13:41,199 --> 02:13:43,440
for packed rockus schoolboard meetings

3209
02:13:43,440 --> 02:13:45,360
where large coalitions of Muslim and

3210
02:13:45,360 --> 02:13:48,320
Christian parents successfully organized

3211
02:13:48,320 --> 02:13:51,199
to protest and remove books with LGBTQ

3212
02:13:51,199 --> 02:13:53,840
plus garbage and sexual content from

3213
02:13:53,840 --> 02:13:55,520
public schools.

3214
02:13:55,520 --> 02:13:57,199
The social structure revolves heavily

3215
02:13:57,199 --> 02:13:59,119
around the traditional family unit.

3216
02:13:59,119 --> 02:14:01,679
Concepts of gender roles, modesty,

3217
02:14:01,679 --> 02:14:03,520
dating, and marriage tend to align

3218
02:14:03,520 --> 02:14:05,599
closely with traditional Islamic and

3219
02:14:05,599 --> 02:14:07,440
Christian teachings rather than modern

3220
02:14:07,440 --> 02:14:10,000
progressive garbage. There is a

3221
02:14:10,000 --> 02:14:11,840
collective community rejection of woke

3222
02:14:11,840 --> 02:14:13,920
ideology and the disgusting

3223
02:14:13,920 --> 02:14:16,560
sexualization of children. They have

3224
02:14:16,560 --> 02:14:18,400
tried to introduce gender identity into

3225
02:14:18,400 --> 02:14:20,079
local healthcare and were shut down

3226
02:14:20,079 --> 02:14:21,599
immediately.

3227
02:14:21,599 --> 02:14:23,119
Dearbornne also has one of the highest

3228
02:14:23,119 --> 02:14:24,800
densities of small businesses in the

3229
02:14:24,800 --> 02:14:29,360
state. This fosters a highly capitalist

3230
02:14:29,360 --> 02:14:31,440
anti-regulation and taxes conscious

3231
02:14:31,440 --> 02:14:32,960
mindset aligned with the Republican

3232
02:14:32,960 --> 02:14:35,440
party. Find me another city with a

3233
02:14:35,440 --> 02:14:37,679
population over a 100,000 that is more

3234
02:14:37,679 --> 02:14:39,679
conservative than Dearbornne. I am here

3235
02:14:39,679 --> 02:14:41,040
to tell you that if you believe in

3236
02:14:41,040 --> 02:14:43,520
entrepreneurship, religious freedom,

3237
02:14:43,520 --> 02:14:45,520
family orientation, and social

3238
02:14:45,520 --> 02:14:47,440
conservatism, then you stand with

3239
02:14:47,440 --> 02:14:50,079
Dearborn. On the other hand, if you spit

3240
02:14:50,079 --> 02:14:52,960
on capitalism, reject the constitution,

3241
02:14:52,960 --> 02:14:54,480
and participate in the destruction of

3242
02:14:54,480 --> 02:14:56,719
the family and gender roles in society,

3243
02:14:56,719 --> 02:14:58,159
then you have already left this meeting.

3244
02:14:58,159 --> 02:14:59,119
>> Your time has expired.

3245
02:14:59,119 --> 02:14:59,920
>> Thank you very much.

3246
02:14:59,920 --> 02:15:03,030
>> Thank you. [applause]

3247
02:15:03,040 --> 02:15:11,350
» Uh, next we have the Alawan.

3248
02:15:11,360 --> 02:15:15,119
All right. Odaid Fakori.

3249
02:15:15,119 --> 02:15:19,270
Odori.

3250
02:15:19,280 --> 02:15:20,960
Sam

3251
02:15:20,960 --> 02:15:26,629
uh Sam Fington.

3252
02:15:26,639 --> 02:15:33,750
Okay. Uh Angela Gil.

3253
02:15:33,760 --> 02:15:37,599
Um Mustafa Almuna.

3254
02:15:37,599 --> 02:15:44,870
Aluna. Okay.

3255
02:15:44,880 --> 02:15:47,440
» Hello, council members. Mayor I'm just

3256
02:15:47,440 --> 02:15:49,599
following up about the West Dearborn

3257
02:15:49,599 --> 02:15:51,040
Valley. I know it's a bad time. I feel

3258
02:15:51,040 --> 02:15:53,760
like every time I come to I feel like

3259
02:15:53,760 --> 02:15:55,119
every time I come to a council meeting,

3260
02:15:55,119 --> 02:15:56,320
there's something more important. I get

3261
02:15:56,320 --> 02:15:57,199
it.

3262
02:15:57,199 --> 02:15:58,639
>> Why?

3263
02:15:58,639 --> 02:16:00,000
>> So, I just wanted to follow up. I did

3264
02:16:00,000 --> 02:16:02,239
send all our info over. I was told also

3265
02:16:02,239 --> 02:16:04,320
to bring in all our documents to present

3266
02:16:04,320 --> 02:16:05,119
in front of council.

3267
02:16:05,119 --> 02:16:05,520
>> Yeah,

3268
02:16:05,520 --> 02:16:07,040
>> I know our police department and zoning

3269
02:16:07,040 --> 02:16:08,320
department works very hard and they have

3270
02:16:08,320 --> 02:16:09,440
a lot more important things to deal

3271
02:16:09,440 --> 02:16:09,760
with.

3272
02:16:09,760 --> 02:16:11,119
>> I can answer it for you.

3273
02:16:11,119 --> 02:16:12,079
>> Yeah. No, thank you so much for being

3274
02:16:12,079 --> 02:16:13,520
here. legal just advised me that they're

3275
02:16:13,520 --> 02:16:14,560
currently reviewing your application

3276
02:16:14,560 --> 02:16:15,679
right now. So, you should hear back

3277
02:16:15,679 --> 02:16:16,480
relatively soon.

3278
02:16:16,480 --> 02:16:18,719
>> Okay. Is mayor, is it possible to

3279
02:16:18,719 --> 02:16:20,320
instead of coming to another

3280
02:16:20,320 --> 02:16:21,679
>> Yeah. Yeah. We'll contact you.

3281
02:16:21,679 --> 02:16:23,009
>> Okay. Do I have to wait for another

3282
02:16:23,009 --> 02:16:23,679
[laughter]

3283
02:16:23,679 --> 02:16:25,599
>> I I might start believing that you are

3284
02:16:25,599 --> 02:16:27,679
the cause of everything. So, I think

3285
02:16:27,679 --> 02:16:29,440
we're going to do our best to get you

3286
02:16:29,440 --> 02:16:31,440
the answer without having you to sit

3287
02:16:31,440 --> 02:16:32,479
through a long meeting.

3288
02:16:32,479 --> 02:16:33,679
>> Okay. Gotcha. And the last thing I

3289
02:16:33,679 --> 02:16:34,639
wanted to ask, do I have to come to

3290
02:16:34,639 --> 02:16:35,760
another councilman because it is

3291
02:16:35,760 --> 02:16:36,800
expensive to wait.

3292
02:16:36,800 --> 02:16:38,479
>> You don't you don't you don't have to.

3293
02:16:38,479 --> 02:16:39,280
>> Okay. You don't have to.

3294
02:16:39,280 --> 02:16:40,319
>> Do you need these Do you need these

3295
02:16:40,319 --> 02:16:42,399
documents or are we good? We're we have

3296
02:16:42,399 --> 02:16:43,439
everything that we need.

3297
02:16:43,439 --> 02:16:44,319
>> All right. Thank you guys.

3298
02:16:44,319 --> 02:16:46,589
>> You can tell the people to go with you.

3299
02:16:46,589 --> 02:16:46,880
[laughter]

3300
02:16:46,880 --> 02:16:49,359
>> Thank you guys. Have a good one.

3301
02:16:49,359 --> 02:16:50,319
>> All right.

3302
02:16:50,319 --> 02:16:52,960
>> Uh JP the boy,

3303
02:16:52,960 --> 02:16:57,589
>> is that that's you, sir? No.

3304
02:16:57,599 --> 02:17:04,709
» Yes, sir. Sorry.

3305
02:17:04,719 --> 02:17:07,599
» Yeah. JP Dyorg. I live in Dearbornne

3306
02:17:07,599 --> 02:17:11,040
Heights. I'm an atheist. Atheists are

3307
02:17:11,040 --> 02:17:13,439
also Americans.

3308
02:17:13,439 --> 02:17:16,160
I strongly disagree with with the

3309
02:17:16,160 --> 02:17:18,479
religious intolerance that some people

3310
02:17:18,479 --> 02:17:20,639
have been expressing.

3311
02:17:20,639 --> 02:17:24,719
I welcome neighbors and friends from all

3312
02:17:24,719 --> 02:17:27,280
religious persuasions.

3313
02:17:27,280 --> 02:17:29,840
Muslims are Americans.

3314
02:17:29,840 --> 02:17:32,800
Christians are Americans. Jews are

3315
02:17:32,800 --> 02:17:34,559
Americans.

3316
02:17:34,559 --> 02:17:37,439
Wiccans are Americans.

3317
02:17:37,439 --> 02:17:42,240
She six are Americans. Um,

3318
02:17:42,240 --> 02:17:45,439
thousands of other possible persuasions

3319
02:17:45,439 --> 02:17:47,920
are Americans.

3320
02:17:47,920 --> 02:17:50,559
People should seek to understand one

3321
02:17:50,559 --> 02:17:54,080
another and get along, not to stoke

3322
02:17:54,080 --> 02:17:57,359
division and intolerance.

3323
02:17:57,359 --> 02:17:58,719
Thank you.

3324
02:17:58,719 --> 02:18:01,840
>> Thank you, [applause]

3325
02:18:01,840 --> 02:18:14,389
>> Chris Sanders.

3326
02:18:14,399 --> 02:18:16,960
So, my name is Chris Anders. I'm a proud

3327
02:18:16,960 --> 02:18:20,000
Catholic Christian, and I am troubled

3328
02:18:20,000 --> 02:18:23,679
deeply. But I witness here tonight

3329
02:18:23,679 --> 02:18:25,519
to the men and women protesting in the

3330
02:18:25,519 --> 02:18:27,840
name of Jesus, hurling hate out of

3331
02:18:27,840 --> 02:18:30,800
Muslims, brothers and sisters, not in

3332
02:18:30,800 --> 02:18:34,639
his name, and certainly not on my watch.

3333
02:18:34,639 --> 02:18:37,359
I count many Muslims as my friends, my

3334
02:18:37,359 --> 02:18:40,000
neighbors, my associates, and yes, my

3335
02:18:40,000 --> 02:18:41,840
barber.

3336
02:18:41,840 --> 02:18:44,080
Men and women of integrity, of family,

3337
02:18:44,080 --> 02:18:46,639
and of faith. We may not be brothers in

3338
02:18:46,639 --> 02:18:49,200
faith, but we are certainly absolutely

3339
02:18:49,200 --> 02:18:51,760
brothers and sisters in humanity. And

3340
02:18:51,760 --> 02:18:53,920
freedom of religion is not a footnote to

3341
02:18:53,920 --> 02:18:56,719
being an American. It is a cornerstone.

3342
02:18:56,719 --> 02:18:58,479
The same first amendment that protects

3343
02:18:58,479 --> 02:19:01,120
my right to go to mass protects your

3344
02:19:01,120 --> 02:19:04,160
right to the mosque. It grieves me that

3345
02:19:04,160 --> 02:19:06,000
in the name of Jesus, the prince of

3346
02:19:06,000 --> 02:19:08,639
peace is being used as a weapon to

3347
02:19:08,639 --> 02:19:11,760
spread fear, intolerance, and hate. That

3348
02:19:11,760 --> 02:19:13,920
is not the gospel. That is not the

3349
02:19:13,920 --> 02:19:16,559
cross. And that certainly is not of

3350
02:19:16,559 --> 02:19:19,679
Christ. So let me be clear. The name of

3351
02:19:19,679 --> 02:19:21,920
in the name of Jesus Christ, I rebuke

3352
02:19:21,920 --> 02:19:24,160
this spirit of hatred and division.

3353
02:19:24,160 --> 02:19:25,920
Scripture does not leave us confused

3354
02:19:25,920 --> 02:19:28,719
about this. We are called to rebuke evil

3355
02:19:28,719 --> 02:19:31,280
and tonight this is evil. using the name

3356
02:19:31,280 --> 02:19:33,120
of the savior who deni who dined with

3357
02:19:33,120 --> 02:19:35,519
outcasts to cast out our neighbors good

3358
02:19:35,519 --> 02:19:39,760
people. John 13:35 tells us exactly how

3359
02:19:39,760 --> 02:19:42,559
Christians should be known. By this all

3360
02:19:42,559 --> 02:19:44,240
people will know that you are my

3361
02:19:44,240 --> 02:19:46,319
disciples if you have love for one

3362
02:19:46,319 --> 02:19:48,880
another and your neighbor. First John

3363
02:19:48,880 --> 02:19:51,600
4:20 makes it even plainer. If anyone

3364
02:19:51,600 --> 02:19:53,920
says I love God and hates his brother,

3365
02:19:53,920 --> 02:19:57,520
he is a liar. So no, you do not speak

3366
02:19:57,520 --> 02:20:00,640
for me. You do not speak for my church

3367
02:20:00,640 --> 02:20:03,439
and you do not speak for Christ when you

3368
02:20:03,439 --> 02:20:07,120
chant hate at people of God, no matter

3369
02:20:07,120 --> 02:20:09,920
the faith. To my Muslim friends in this

3370
02:20:09,920 --> 02:20:12,880
room and in this city, you are welcome

3371
02:20:12,880 --> 02:20:15,439
here. You belong here. Your freedom to

3372
02:20:15,439 --> 02:20:17,840
worship is my freedom to worship and I

3373
02:20:17,840 --> 02:20:19,840
will stand for it because my faith

3374
02:20:19,840 --> 02:20:23,040
demands it. We can disagree and we

3375
02:20:23,040 --> 02:20:25,600
probably will on theology and still

3376
02:20:25,600 --> 02:20:27,840
defend each other's dignity. That's not

3377
02:20:27,840 --> 02:20:31,120
weakness. That's Christianity. That is

3378
02:20:31,120 --> 02:20:33,877
American.

3379
02:20:33,877 --> 02:20:38,710
[applause]

3380
02:20:38,720 --> 02:20:56,550
Thank you, Mr. Sanders. Jeff Doyer.

3381
02:20:56,560 --> 02:20:58,800
Unlike a lot of people who showed up

3382
02:20:58,800 --> 02:21:00,240
something to read, I don't have anything

3383
02:21:00,240 --> 02:21:02,720
to read. Lord Jesus Christ brought me

3384
02:21:02,720 --> 02:21:05,359
here today to speak with everybody. And

3385
02:21:05,359 --> 02:21:07,680
yes, everybody should be open-minded.

3386
02:21:07,680 --> 02:21:10,479
Everybody should be friendly, kind. You

3387
02:21:10,479 --> 02:21:11,840
never know what somebody else is

3388
02:21:11,840 --> 02:21:13,680
thinking unless you take time to stop

3389
02:21:13,680 --> 02:21:16,160
and actually talk to each other. What

3390
02:21:16,160 --> 02:21:19,200
I've come to down Dearbornne for to talk

3391
02:21:19,200 --> 02:21:21,439
about is the First Amendment because

3392
02:21:21,439 --> 02:21:23,120
it's important for everybody in this

3393
02:21:23,120 --> 02:21:24,960
room, everybody across our great

3394
02:21:24,960 --> 02:21:26,960
country. It doesn't matter where your

3395
02:21:26,960 --> 02:21:28,479
beliefs come from. It doesn't matter

3396
02:21:28,479 --> 02:21:31,040
where you come from. It depends on how

3397
02:21:31,040 --> 02:21:34,800
you treat all of our rights. The first

3398
02:21:34,800 --> 02:21:37,200
amendment says you have the right to

3399
02:21:37,200 --> 02:21:38,720
freedom of speech. A lot of people

3400
02:21:38,720 --> 02:21:41,280
showed up outside. I seen anger and

3401
02:21:41,280 --> 02:21:43,040
bitterness on both sides. I've seen

3402
02:21:43,040 --> 02:21:45,600
people on both sides

3403
02:21:45,600 --> 02:21:48,479
instigating. Didn't need to be as far as

3404
02:21:48,479 --> 02:21:50,960
coming down and not having your rights

3405
02:21:50,960 --> 02:21:52,720
violated.

3406
02:21:52,720 --> 02:21:56,080
Do I really believe that Jack Long or

3407
02:21:56,080 --> 02:21:58,000
Jake Long, however you say it, I don't

3408
02:21:58,000 --> 02:21:59,920
even know the guy's name truthfully,

3409
02:21:59,920 --> 02:22:02,640
very well. But what happened with him

3410
02:22:02,640 --> 02:22:06,640
getting hit? He wasn't trying to fight.

3411
02:22:06,640 --> 02:22:08,560
Somebody hit him. It doesn't matter

3412
02:22:08,560 --> 02:22:10,319
which side you're on, whether you like

3413
02:22:10,319 --> 02:22:13,359
his belief or somebody else's. Nobody

3414
02:22:13,359 --> 02:22:16,319
deserves to get attacked. That's what it

3415
02:22:16,319 --> 02:22:18,800
comes down to. And then when once it

3416
02:22:18,800 --> 02:22:21,920
happened and there's video everywhere,

3417
02:22:21,920 --> 02:22:23,840
you know, people chasing him down as the

3418
02:22:23,840 --> 02:22:25,359
one gentleman mentioned earlier. It

3419
02:22:25,359 --> 02:22:27,840
wasn't just one person. It started with

3420
02:22:27,840 --> 02:22:30,160
one person and then the mob effect

3421
02:22:30,160 --> 02:22:32,160
happened and then they started chasing

3422
02:22:32,160 --> 02:22:34,160
him. Then he ended up in a car and they

3423
02:22:34,160 --> 02:22:35,840
were trying to get him out of the car.

3424
02:22:35,840 --> 02:22:38,399
Yes, he ended up getting to safety,

3425
02:22:38,399 --> 02:22:40,800
getting put to jail. Well, as you said,

3426
02:22:40,800 --> 02:22:42,399
a couple other people got arrested, but

3427
02:22:42,399 --> 02:22:44,479
more people were involved than that. And

3428
02:22:44,479 --> 02:22:46,319
with our first amendment rights, if we

3429
02:22:46,319 --> 02:22:48,880
don't follow and use our videos and use

3430
02:22:48,880 --> 02:22:51,520
what we have to make sure all the people

3431
02:22:51,520 --> 02:22:54,960
that were involved got arrested,

3432
02:22:54,960 --> 02:22:57,760
that makes all of us unsafe because that

3433
02:22:57,760 --> 02:22:59,520
moment when it happens and it turns out

3434
02:22:59,520 --> 02:23:01,600
to be you.

3435
02:23:01,600 --> 02:23:04,640
won't be safe. And we all we are all

3436
02:23:04,640 --> 02:23:07,680
only safe in our country because of our

3437
02:23:07,680 --> 02:23:10,560
amendment rights. Freedom of religion.

3438
02:23:10,560 --> 02:23:13,680
I'm a Christian. You know, Muslims are

3439
02:23:13,680 --> 02:23:15,520
sitting here. Somebody might be from

3440
02:23:15,520 --> 02:23:18,160
Israel. Somebody could be from Kenya.

3441
02:23:18,160 --> 02:23:20,479
Somebody could be from South Africa. It

3442
02:23:20,479 --> 02:23:22,240
doesn't matter. That's what makes

3443
02:23:22,240 --> 02:23:24,720
America great is you can come here. We

3444
02:23:24,720 --> 02:23:27,200
can all live on the same block. As a

3445
02:23:27,200 --> 02:23:29,439
gentleman said, he's an atheist. We

3446
02:23:29,439 --> 02:23:30,479
should all be able to get along.

3447
02:23:30,479 --> 02:23:32,640
>> You have 30 seconds remaining. So the

3448
02:23:32,640 --> 02:23:34,160
important part is to make sure that our

3449
02:23:34,160 --> 02:23:36,800
amendment rights doesn't get trampled on

3450
02:23:36,800 --> 02:23:38,720
and that things are followed because if

3451
02:23:38,720 --> 02:23:40,960
we don't have people in government, the

3452
02:23:40,960 --> 02:23:43,439
mayor, the police officers, and higher

3453
02:23:43,439 --> 02:23:46,960
up governors and stuff making sure our

3454
02:23:46,960 --> 02:23:49,760
amendments are followed because you took

3455
02:23:49,760 --> 02:23:52,880
an oath, mayor. Am I correct? Which I

3456
02:23:52,880 --> 02:23:55,200
should be. You know, the police officer

3457
02:23:55,200 --> 02:23:57,040
took an oath to stand for the

3458
02:23:57,040 --> 02:23:59,840
constitution to make sure all of us are

3459
02:23:59,840 --> 02:24:00,560
protected.

3460
02:24:00,560 --> 02:24:02,240
>> I'm sorry. Your time has expired for all

3461
02:24:02,240 --> 02:24:05,840
of us to stay protected and everybody's

3462
02:24:05,840 --> 02:24:07,680
welcome.

3463
02:24:07,680 --> 02:24:09,439
>> Thank you, sir. Thank you. Appreciate

3464
02:24:09,439 --> 02:24:11,994
it.

3465
02:24:11,994 --> 02:24:13,200
[applause]

3466
02:24:13,200 --> 02:24:33,750
>> All right. Next, we have Leslie Herrick.

3467
02:24:33,760 --> 02:24:36,240
Good evening, um, Mayor, esteemed city

3468
02:24:36,240 --> 02:24:38,960
council. Um, thank you for, uh,

3469
02:24:38,960 --> 02:24:40,720
entertaining my comments this evening.

3470
02:24:40,720 --> 02:24:43,920
I'm Leslie Herrick. I am the community

3471
02:24:43,920 --> 02:24:45,920
relations director for the intercultural

3472
02:24:45,920 --> 02:24:47,680
community center in Dearbornne, which is

3473
02:24:47,680 --> 02:24:49,359
a nonprofit organization serving

3474
02:24:49,359 --> 02:24:51,840
Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. Um, its

3475
02:24:51,840 --> 02:24:53,600
mission is to bring people together to

3476
02:24:53,600 --> 02:24:55,680
understand each other. um where we come

3477
02:24:55,680 --> 02:24:57,680
from, where we are today, the things

3478
02:24:57,680 --> 02:25:00,720
that bond us in unity here. Um there are

3479
02:25:00,720 --> 02:25:03,200
so many things that we have in common um

3480
02:25:03,200 --> 02:25:05,120
that outnumber those differences between

3481
02:25:05,120 --> 02:25:07,520
us and the intercultural community

3482
02:25:07,520 --> 02:25:09,040
center in Dearbornne seeks to address

3483
02:25:09,040 --> 02:25:11,280
those. For example, just earlier this

3484
02:25:11,280 --> 02:25:13,680
year, we had panel discussions on

3485
02:25:13,680 --> 02:25:15,520
challenges in finding housing,

3486
02:25:15,520 --> 02:25:17,920
affordable housing. Um we also had a

3487
02:25:17,920 --> 02:25:20,080
panel discussion on what's on the ballot

3488
02:25:20,080 --> 02:25:22,319
on the primary ballot. Um, coming up

3489
02:25:22,319 --> 02:25:24,399
later this year, we have a a community

3490
02:25:24,399 --> 02:25:27,200
picnic um for Good Neighbor Day, which

3491
02:25:27,200 --> 02:25:29,200
is in September. It will be celebrated

3492
02:25:29,200 --> 02:25:30,880
by the Intercultural Community Center in

3493
02:25:30,880 --> 02:25:32,560
Dearbornne, as well as the city of

3494
02:25:32,560 --> 02:25:34,800
Dearbornne um which is encouraging

3495
02:25:34,800 --> 02:25:37,040
neighborhoods to do what we always do.

3496
02:25:37,040 --> 02:25:39,040
We have um just like across the country

3497
02:25:39,040 --> 02:25:40,720
and probably more than many cities

3498
02:25:40,720 --> 02:25:43,200
across the country, we have um

3499
02:25:43,200 --> 02:25:45,920
neighborhood picnics um block parties

3500
02:25:45,920 --> 02:25:47,760
that bring people together. no matter

3501
02:25:47,760 --> 02:25:49,359
where they came from, they ended up on

3502
02:25:49,359 --> 02:25:51,040
the same street or on the same block and

3503
02:25:51,040 --> 02:25:53,680
they break bread together. They do um

3504
02:25:53,680 --> 02:25:55,680
potlucks and family activities,

3505
02:25:55,680 --> 02:25:58,240
family-friendly uh children's activities

3506
02:25:58,240 --> 02:26:00,800
across our city. So, these are examples

3507
02:26:00,800 --> 02:26:03,040
of what what makes Dearborn similar to

3508
02:26:03,040 --> 02:26:04,800
other cities across the country, but it

3509
02:26:04,800 --> 02:26:06,479
also makes us unique because of the

3510
02:26:06,479 --> 02:26:08,479
people that are here. We are here by

3511
02:26:08,479 --> 02:26:11,280
choice for the most part and we we love

3512
02:26:11,280 --> 02:26:13,760
our city and we love the diversity that

3513
02:26:13,760 --> 02:26:16,399
makes us stronger and um some of those

3514
02:26:16,399 --> 02:26:18,240
things that you see if you come to visit

3515
02:26:18,240 --> 02:26:20,080
if you're not part of our neighborhoods

3516
02:26:20,080 --> 02:26:21,520
and going to our picnics or block

3517
02:26:21,520 --> 02:26:24,399
parties you you would experience if you

3518
02:26:24,399 --> 02:26:27,760
have not already wonderful food um at

3519
02:26:27,760 --> 02:26:29,840
many of our restaurants upcoming uh

3520
02:26:29,840 --> 02:26:33,120
later this fall our coffee month it's a

3521
02:26:33,120 --> 02:26:35,359
our coffee week and and it's a wonderful

3522
02:26:35,359 --> 02:26:37,120
time to experience all kinds of

3523
02:26:37,120 --> 02:26:38,560
different coffee if you are a coffee

3524
02:26:38,560 --> 02:26:42,479
drinker or even tea um at um many of our

3525
02:26:42,479 --> 02:26:44,880
coffee houses. Some are are um locally

3526
02:26:44,880 --> 02:26:47,840
they're locally owned um by different um

3527
02:26:47,840 --> 02:26:50,000
nationalities. So please come experience

3528
02:26:50,000 --> 02:26:51,680
some of those activities. Earlier

3529
02:26:51,680 --> 02:26:53,439
somebody mentioned our farmers market.

3530
02:26:53,439 --> 02:26:55,200
Again you see those across the country,

3531
02:26:55,200 --> 02:26:58,160
but ours is special um with the with

3532
02:26:58,160 --> 02:27:00,479
people that are local here participating

3533
02:27:00,479 --> 02:27:02,319
um and enjoying the activities or

3534
02:27:02,319 --> 02:27:04,960
running the booths that are there. Um I

3535
02:27:04,960 --> 02:27:06,240
just wanted to mention there were a

3536
02:27:06,240 --> 02:27:06,800
couple things.

3537
02:27:06,800 --> 02:27:08,560
>> We have 30 seconds remaining.

3538
02:27:08,560 --> 02:27:10,960
>> Two things that again unite us with

3539
02:27:10,960 --> 02:27:13,760
around the world. Um we have Rotary Club

3540
02:27:13,760 --> 02:27:15,920
of Dearbornne. Um Rotary International

3541
02:27:15,920 --> 02:27:17,600
is a nonprofit organization around the

3542
02:27:17,600 --> 02:27:18,960
world that brings people together and

3543
02:27:18,960 --> 02:27:21,600
serves those in need. So thank you for

3544
02:27:21,600 --> 02:27:24,080
entertaining our little free library. Um

3545
02:27:24,080 --> 02:27:25,760
it's a partnership between the Rotary

3546
02:27:25,760 --> 02:27:27,439
Club of Dearbornne and the city of

3547
02:27:27,439 --> 02:27:29,359
Dearborn. So that was on uh the consent

3548
02:27:29,359 --> 02:27:31,439
agenda. And then I also wanted to speak

3549
02:27:31,439 --> 02:27:33,680
about trees. Thank you. Uh for a couple

3550
02:27:33,680 --> 02:27:36,399
years ago, we activated our cultural I'm

3551
02:27:36,399 --> 02:27:37,760
sorry, our environmental.

3552
02:27:37,760 --> 02:27:39,120
>> Sorry, your time has expired.

3553
02:27:39,120 --> 02:27:40,560
>> And there's a subcommittee that deals

3554
02:27:40,560 --> 02:27:42,800
with trees. Um and thank you for

3555
02:27:42,800 --> 02:27:45,680
considering the trees when when um you

3556
02:27:45,680 --> 02:27:47,600
look at the plans for the sewer

3557
02:27:47,600 --> 02:27:48,880
separation project.

3558
02:27:48,880 --> 02:27:51,280
>> Thank you. Appreciate it. Uh Byron

3559
02:27:51,280 --> 02:27:54,080
Harmon,

3560
02:27:54,080 --> 02:27:55,840
>> is it? Yeah. I'm sorry. I apologize.

3561
02:27:55,840 --> 02:28:01,670
Yes.

3562
02:28:01,680 --> 02:28:05,200
Hello, my name is Brian Harmon. Um, I

3563
02:28:05,200 --> 02:28:09,120
came to Dearbornne today because I seen

3564
02:28:09,120 --> 02:28:14,960
a video of a man who was just trying to

3565
02:28:14,960 --> 02:28:18,319
say Christian things and he got stuff

3566
02:28:18,319 --> 02:28:21,920
thrown at him and he was attacked. Uh me

3567
02:28:21,920 --> 02:28:26,080
I I'm not a Christian personally but I

3568
02:28:26,080 --> 02:28:28,080
have Christian values and I do not want

3569
02:28:28,080 --> 02:28:32,399
to see anybody attacking my country for

3570
02:28:32,399 --> 02:28:37,520
just expressing themselves. And um like

3571
02:28:37,520 --> 02:28:41,040
what happened there was

3572
02:28:41,040 --> 02:28:42,479
something that I thought I would never

3573
02:28:42,479 --> 02:28:45,680
see in my country. There's a lot of

3574
02:28:45,680 --> 02:28:46,720
things that are happening in my country

3575
02:28:46,720 --> 02:28:48,160
that I thought I'd never see. Like flat

3576
02:28:48,160 --> 02:28:50,479
cameras and these data centers that are

3577
02:28:50,479 --> 02:28:52,240
coming and nobody wants this stuff to

3578
02:28:52,240 --> 02:28:54,319
happen. Like if we want data centers, we

3579
02:28:54,319 --> 02:28:55,920
should put them in space, not in our

3580
02:28:55,920 --> 02:29:00,640
oceans, not in our backyards. Um but but

3581
02:29:00,640 --> 02:29:03,359
what I came here today was because I'm

3582
02:29:03,359 --> 02:29:05,840
not I don't support Jake Lang. He I

3583
02:29:05,840 --> 02:29:09,368
believe he's an Israeli PL plant and he

3584
02:29:09,368 --> 02:29:11,200
[applause] is literally just here to

3585
02:29:11,200 --> 02:29:15,200
spew hate and I don't See, I don't

3586
02:29:15,200 --> 02:29:17,760
disagree with everything he says, but he

3587
02:29:17,760 --> 02:29:20,000
goes at things a very hateful way and he

3588
02:29:20,000 --> 02:29:24,080
wants to target a certain group. Um,

3589
02:29:24,080 --> 02:29:27,439
he said that Sharia law is here and is

3590
02:29:27,439 --> 02:29:30,319
wrong. Jake Lang is wrong. Shri Law is

3591
02:29:30,319 --> 02:29:31,760
not here and it will never be here

3592
02:29:31,760 --> 02:29:33,280
because of us young patriots of this

3593
02:29:33,280 --> 02:29:36,319
country. Um, but I really think a lot of

3594
02:29:36,319 --> 02:29:39,520
Christians are scared and why like this

3595
02:29:39,520 --> 02:29:43,680
event could have been so much worse is

3596
02:29:43,680 --> 02:29:45,040
what's happening in Europe. Like the

3597
02:29:45,040 --> 02:29:47,439
gentleman said earlier, Christians are

3598
02:29:47,439 --> 02:29:50,319
being like

3599
02:29:50,319 --> 02:29:52,720
taken over and like there is a Zionist

3600
02:29:52,720 --> 02:29:55,359
regime that is trying to wipe out the

3601
02:29:55,359 --> 02:29:58,720
white population across the world. And I

3602
02:29:58,720 --> 02:29:59,920
mean look at what's happening even

3603
02:29:59,920 --> 02:30:01,680
Africa. like Christians have been been

3604
02:30:01,680 --> 02:30:03,120
slaughtered for years and years and

3605
02:30:03,120 --> 02:30:04,640
years. Like the militaries have to take

3606
02:30:04,640 --> 02:30:09,040
action over there because of it. But

3607
02:30:09,040 --> 02:30:11,840
um fascism is not the problem in

3608
02:30:11,840 --> 02:30:14,399
America. It's Zionism.

3609
02:30:14,399 --> 02:30:16,960
And I honestly like there's a lot of

3610
02:30:16,960 --> 02:30:18,960
people here that talk about Henry Ford

3611
02:30:18,960 --> 02:30:21,200
and what he believed in, but Henry Ford

3612
02:30:21,200 --> 02:30:23,120
would be rolling in his grave for what's

3613
02:30:23,120 --> 02:30:25,520
happened to this country. Like if you

3614
02:30:25,520 --> 02:30:27,439
look into what Henry Ford believed about

3615
02:30:27,439 --> 02:30:30,319
the Jews in Zionism, like I bet you it

3616
02:30:30,319 --> 02:30:33,120
would wake so much people's eyes up to

3617
02:30:33,120 --> 02:30:34,640
this. Um

3618
02:30:34,640 --> 02:30:36,000
>> you have 30 seconds.

3619
02:30:36,000 --> 02:30:38,640
>> Thank you. Um yeah, I didn't come here

3620
02:30:38,640 --> 02:30:41,359
to talk today. Like I came here to just

3621
02:30:41,359 --> 02:30:43,520
see what was happening because I was

3622
02:30:43,520 --> 02:30:47,120
afraid what was happening. And uh I

3623
02:30:47,120 --> 02:30:49,680
talked to both sides and uh everybody

3624
02:30:49,680 --> 02:30:52,240
agreed that Zionism bad, Muslims and

3625
02:30:52,240 --> 02:30:54,560
Christians. Well, some Chris K, not

3626
02:30:54,560 --> 02:30:58,800
most. Not the MAGA people. Um, but

3627
02:30:58,800 --> 02:31:00,800
that's that's what they want us to be.

3628
02:31:00,800 --> 02:31:02,800
divided. Zionism is

3629
02:31:02,800 --> 02:31:04,640
the problem. And that's

3630
02:31:04,640 --> 02:31:06,000
>> I'm sorry your time is expired.

3631
02:31:06,000 --> 02:31:06,880
>> Thank you. That's all I want to come

3632
02:31:06,880 --> 02:31:07,359
here to say.

3633
02:31:07,359 --> 02:31:07,760
>> Thank you.

3634
02:31:07,760 --> 02:31:08,640
Zionism.

3635
02:31:08,640 --> 02:31:14,230
>> Appreciate

3636
02:31:14,240 --> 02:31:25,190
» Mr. Barham.

3637
02:31:25,200 --> 02:31:28,960
Ted Baram, Dearborn resident.

3638
02:31:28,960 --> 02:31:31,040
A lot of the problems that we are seeing

3639
02:31:31,040 --> 02:31:32,880
here today

3640
02:31:32,880 --> 02:31:36,080
uh started uh from something that

3641
02:31:36,080 --> 02:31:39,280
happened last year where I objected to a

3642
02:31:39,280 --> 02:31:42,960
street sign and then the uh mayor um

3643
02:31:42,960 --> 02:31:44,479
told me I'm not welcome here and he'll

3644
02:31:44,479 --> 02:31:48,399
throw a parade when I uh leave the city

3645
02:31:48,399 --> 02:31:52,080
and later uh spread defamation about me

3646
02:31:52,080 --> 02:31:54,319
um in conjunction with others in the

3647
02:31:54,319 --> 02:31:58,880
ArabAmerican news and in Alazer era and

3648
02:31:58,880 --> 02:32:01,520
in the Guardian newspaper uh scurless

3649
02:32:01,520 --> 02:32:04,240
and ridiculous uh defamation.

3650
02:32:04,240 --> 02:32:06,880
Uh that street sign is named after a

3651
02:32:06,880 --> 02:32:08,319
journalist who says that the most

3652
02:32:08,319 --> 02:32:10,319
important thing that he's ever done he

3653
02:32:10,319 --> 02:32:14,080
continues to maintain is when he uh led

3654
02:32:14,080 --> 02:32:16,240
the crowd here in Dearborn paying homage

3655
02:32:16,240 --> 02:32:20,160
to the leader of Hezbollah and of course

3656
02:32:20,160 --> 02:32:21,760
Hezbollah

3657
02:32:21,760 --> 02:32:24,880
um bombed uh to death hundreds of

3658
02:32:24,880 --> 02:32:27,920
Americans in Beirut.

3659
02:32:27,920 --> 02:32:30,319
Um, now that's not just an isolated

3660
02:32:30,319 --> 02:32:31,840
incident. That's that's the thing. Uh,

3661
02:32:31,840 --> 02:32:34,319
it's representative of bigger problems.

3662
02:32:34,319 --> 02:32:38,479
Uh, imams in the biggest uh mosques uh

3663
02:32:38,479 --> 02:32:41,439
in Dearbornne and Dearborn Heights uh

3664
02:32:41,439 --> 02:32:44,960
praise the Iranian regime uh which has

3665
02:32:44,960 --> 02:32:47,920
caused so much oppression uh to so many

3666
02:32:47,920 --> 02:32:49,680
people. It's killed hundreds of

3667
02:32:49,680 --> 02:32:51,920
thousands of people directly and through

3668
02:32:51,920 --> 02:32:53,600
proxies.

3669
02:32:53,600 --> 02:32:56,240
and my fellow Christians in Iran, which

3670
02:32:56,240 --> 02:32:59,040
is a great concern to me, are extremely

3671
02:32:59,040 --> 02:33:02,479
persecuted there in Iran. Um, so these

3672
02:33:02,479 --> 02:33:05,920
are legitimate concerns that we have and

3673
02:33:05,920 --> 02:33:07,600
I don't think it should be controversial

3674
02:33:07,600 --> 02:33:10,319
to raise these concerns.

3675
02:33:10,319 --> 02:33:12,560
Um,

3676
02:33:12,560 --> 02:33:15,200
Jewish people, uh, you can paint a rosy

3677
02:33:15,200 --> 02:33:16,720
picture of Dearborn. Jewish people are

3678
02:33:16,720 --> 02:33:18,960
terrified of coming to Dearbornne. Uh,

3679
02:33:18,960 --> 02:33:20,640
I've talked to multiple Jewish people

3680
02:33:20,640 --> 02:33:23,040
who said that.

3681
02:33:23,040 --> 02:33:24,560
Um,

3682
02:33:24,560 --> 02:33:27,600
also my fear was uh was justified. I

3683
02:33:27,600 --> 02:33:30,160
said he's spreading violence. He's he he

3684
02:33:30,160 --> 02:33:31,359
could be interpreted as spreading

3685
02:33:31,359 --> 02:33:34,080
violence in Michigan. And then a few

3686
02:33:34,080 --> 02:33:36,319
months later, somebody attacked a

3687
02:33:36,319 --> 02:33:39,920
synagogue full of 140 small children uh

3688
02:33:39,920 --> 02:33:42,319
in West Bloomfield.

3689
02:33:42,319 --> 02:33:45,280
Uh so these are legitimate concerns.

3690
02:33:45,280 --> 02:33:47,200
At the same time, I'm embarrassed uh

3691
02:33:47,200 --> 02:33:50,319
with uh Jake Lang's so-called

3692
02:33:50,319 --> 02:33:51,760
Christianity, this fake Christianity,

3693
02:33:51,760 --> 02:33:53,920
which many people have said. I hope this

3694
02:33:53,920 --> 02:33:55,680
doesn't put my Muslim friends off

3695
02:33:55,680 --> 02:33:59,120
Christianity because that's not that's not real Christianity.

3696
02:33:59,120 --> 02:33:59,840
Christ,

3697
02:33:59,840 --> 02:34:01,280
>> you have 30 seconds remaining.

3698
02:34:01,280 --> 02:34:03,680
>> represents love.

3699
02:34:03,680 --> 02:34:06,000
Um I do want to say just a couple more

3700
02:34:06,000 --> 02:34:08,560
things. First of all, uh I'm not racist

3701
02:34:08,560 --> 02:34:11,359
and I I want to discourage that as well.

3702
02:34:11,359 --> 02:34:13,120
I have dear Arab friends. I was speaking

3703
02:34:13,120 --> 02:34:15,760
in Arabic uh church on sun uh this

3704
02:34:15,760 --> 02:34:18,000
weekend. Uh, and the last thing I want

3705
02:34:18,000 --> 02:34:20,080
to say, giving credit where it's due, is

3706
02:34:20,080 --> 02:34:23,359
when we had an Israeli Jewish man who

3707
02:34:23,359 --> 02:34:26,240
came to Dearbornne to Peace Park West, I

3708
02:34:26,240 --> 02:34:28,080
appreciate how when there was a threat

3709
02:34:28,080 --> 02:34:30,479
and I contacted the FBI, the Dearborn

3710
02:34:30,479 --> 02:34:32,800
police came out in full force to protect

3711
02:34:32,800 --> 02:34:34,080
him

3712
02:34:34,080 --> 02:34:36,640
>> uh to speak about the tragic loss of his

3713
02:34:36,640 --> 02:34:38,880
son who was murdered in Washington DC

3714
02:34:38,880 --> 02:34:40,800
and he spoke in love and in compassion

3715
02:34:40,800 --> 02:34:42,240
to people in Dearborn who are

3716
02:34:42,240 --> 02:34:44,000
experiencing loss. So, I want to give

3717
02:34:44,000 --> 02:34:45,920
credit where it's due to the Dearborn

3718
02:34:45,920 --> 02:34:47,920
Police and the Dear Dearborn government

3719
02:34:47,920 --> 02:34:50,080
for helping in that situation. Thank you

3720
02:34:50,080 --> 02:34:50,720
very much.

3721
02:34:50,720 --> 02:34:53,680
>> Thank you, sir. All right. Uh, Mr.

3722
02:34:53,680 --> 02:34:55,200
Clerk, is there any more cards?

3723
02:34:55,200 --> 02:34:56,880
>> No more cards. All right. At that time,

3724
02:34:56,880 --> 02:34:58,880
we will conclude our public uh comment

3725
02:34:58,880 --> 02:35:01,760
portion. Is there a motion to adjurnn?

3726
02:35:01,760 --> 02:35:03,120
We are have a motion by Councilman

3727
02:35:03,120 --> 02:35:07,160
Alawi. We are adjourned.