We bring on District 5 City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj to recap and process the city council’s debate last night over whether to apologize to Thu Nguyen for a rash of bigotry, starting with Candy Mero-Carlson and culminating in a literal Fox News segment. Luckily, the vote was 8-2 to do so, but it doesn’t erase the great shame brought onto Worcester, nor does it show that our old guard councilors really understand the extent of it.

Some links to things discussed within:

Greg Opperman’s story for Worcester Sucks on Etel’s journey to America. My piece on the situation: The Unbearable Bigotry of Townies.

Candy sneaky texting while Maydeé Morales speaks about her failures as an elected leader

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