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Title VI Anvil Stills Lingers Over Our Heads
However, the issue has not gone away. If anything, the pressures on our community are even greater now that federal officials are beginning to review and investigate fraud allegations that have been lodged with their different agencies. It’s about time they came out of their shells to ascertain the true status of compliance here. July 2nd will mark the 43rd anniversary of Pres. Johnson signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act into law. Our own state legislature however didn’t adopt it into the TCA until 1993. Our city council still has yet to do so to this day. Federal regulations and rules are easily available to the public via the USDOJ (U.S. Dept. of Justice) website. Yet our city council reps claim they know nothing about this law and relied on the former city attorney to advise them. Please forgive our incredulity at this farce of an excuse. They are elected to make “informed decisions!” The Internet is not the big bad bogeyman of old. A simple search on Google will direct you to the USDOJ website. Once there, a simple inquiry about Title VI will yield a wealth of information for careful perusal. Try this: <www.usdoj.gov/> Let us keep in mind a few salient facts:
These facts are irrefutable. Both the city and the county are sub-recipients of federal and state financial assistance and thus subject to the requirements of Title VI. It’s been forty-two plus years since this legislation became the law of the nation. How long will we continue to procrastinate before “Gittin’ ‘er dun?” And “Why Procastinate?” SectionsOpinion, PoliticsTopicsFederal Government, Title VI |
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