HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-05-20 Public Comment - A. Robison - Francesca Pine-Rodriguez and Christopher Coburn for City Commission VacancyFrom:Alice R
To:Agenda
Subject:City Commission VOTE
Date:Monday, October 5, 2020 2:10:12 PM
Dear CC,
As a 30+year resident of the community of Bozeman I am VERY concerned about who the
next city commissioner will be. As you all are aware a person of color is NECESSARY and
important to put on the commission. The many meetings i have attended over the years I
have said to myself and others: "What is missing is a person of color here."
Bozeman, like all cities across the US, are at a turning point. It is no longer an option to just
put people on the city commission that are from immigrant, white Northern European
descent because it is not representative of the people who live in Bozeman.
Growth in Bozeman causes a lot of issues and one positive result is diversity. We are
moving from a Eurocentric immigrant population to diversity.. even though we are living on
stolen land and the Indigenous folks whose land we live on should be invited to be on the
CC... it is their land you make decisions on that does not necessarily represent their
culture.
Please consider and be the FIRST commission to bring in Francesca Pine-
Rodriguez- a Crow Nation citizen onto the CC. To offer her a seat is
support her to learn and grow into the CC seat to encourage futureleaders, like Francesca, to follow. We honor Indigenous voices and
bodies!
Along with Francesca I am also supporting supporting Chris Coburn to be
selected. He has grown up in MT and has much insight and skills torepresent the African American folks in town so they know they have a
voice. How important is this? Very. Indigernous women are missing and murdered, and
African Americans are being murdered by the police.Their voices need to be heard on the
Bozeman City Commission so they can help you all make smart decisions when it comes to
housing, police funding, health care, education,development and open space.
Be smart!
Do the right thing please.
Don't mess up! Thank you.
Alice Robison
16 E Villard St
Bozeman, MT