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- Road commissioner Tom Eckerle was asked by another road commissioner at the meeting on Tuesday why he wasn’t wearing a mask. Eckerle responded by saying “Well this whole thing is because of them n------ down in Detroit, according to an article posted to the Leelanau Enterprise's website.
And he doubles down on it. https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/post/leelanau-county-road-commissioner-unapologetic-about-using-n-word-does-so-repeatedly These are my people.
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retrokestrel · 1347 days ago · link ·
He's quite the jackass. However, he's resigned now after the governor called for him to step down. I'd link but I'm a new user. Detroit News has the update.
johnnyFive · 1350 days ago · link ·
Not terribly surprising, given that we've seen that there's no real consequences for something like this.