To the Editor,
Putting aside the fact that our elected officials were blindsided by the terms of a recent $1.73 million federal grant they accepted because of a lack of due-diligence on the city’s part, I am dismayed that Commissioner Steve Yokeley would take issue with the city government’s need to now comply with one of those terms – i.e., create a complaint process for alleged cases of housing discrimination [see “Yokeley opposes housing complaint process” in the May 12th issue of The Mount Airy News].
I am equally dismayed by Commissioner Yokeley’s seemingly ignorant assessment of renters – who he seems to believe are committed to ripping-off landlords by falsely claiming discrimination bias. Yokeley’s comments, along with the hypothetical case he cited of a potential renter (“with a low credit score and a criminal history of ‘50 pages’”), suggest that renters have less integrity than landlords when attempting to engage in standard business transactions.
Shame on Commissioner Yokeley for harboring such a foul attitude – which smacks of both classism and racism. With such a questionable mind-set, perhaps Steve Yokeley should relinquish his seat as a city commissioner. By so doing, he would free up that spot for a more enlightened individual to serve in that important role; and he could devote his full attention to his real estate business.
Rebecca Harmon
Mount Airy
Source: https://www.mtairynews.com
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