No penalty for Lynnwood council member's 'underinformed' views on racism
LYNNWOOD — City Council member Jim Smith won’t be disciplined by council colleagues in the wake of an investigation that found he discriminated against a Black city employee and expressed “underinformed views on race and social justice issues” made people of color in the community uncomfortable.
Smith got his chance Monday night to publicly dispute the allegations, and as he has before, he condemned the investigation as one-sided and urged another independent review be done of the complaints that sparked the probe.
Smith spoke for about 30 minutes. In that time he argued he did nothing wrong in sending four emails seeking information on where diversity commission applicants live and their voter registration status.
Then the other six council members got their opportunity to respond. Some pushed back. Others want to move on.
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