HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-13-2020 Public Comment - S. McDowell - Disappointment in Commissioner SelectionFrom:agenda@bozeman.net
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Subject:Thank you for your public comment.
Date:Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:47:41 PM
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Email:
agenda@bozeman.net
Mail to:
Attn: City Commission
PO Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771
First Name Stephanie
Last Name McDowell
Email Address stephhgmcdowell@hotmail.com
Phone Number 406-548-4248
Comments
On October 7, 2020, the commissioners voted Jennifer Madgic to fill the open seat on the Bozeman City
Commission. Jennifer Madgic has engaged in civic work for many years with a level head and commitment.
She will serve our community well.
However, what weighs heavily on many in our community, including myself, is the qualifications on which
the Commission made their decision. If we look through the lens of a traditional hiring process, Christopher
Coburn was overwhelmingly supported by public comment and brought an important perspective to the
Commission a someone with public health experience during a time when public health arguably has the
most impact on our community.
But this isn’t a time to look through the lens of a traditional hiring process. This is the time to see you had a
candidate who is not only qualified to fill that seat based on their work in this community, but also because
he is a person of color, queer and can’t afford to live here. You had a candidate who would’ve represented
the hard-working members of our community who didn’t have a seat at the table and still don’t.
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