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POR 2016 #110 · Agenda item attachment · Apr 25 2016
That the City Council go on record urging the National League of Cities to move the venue for the NLC City Summit scheduled to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, in November 2017 to another state which does not have such discriminatory legislation on the books
MAYOR SIMMONS
City of Cambridge
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Original Order
IN CITY COUNCIL
April 25, 2016
WHEREAS:
Communities across the nation, including Cambridge, have been condemning North
Carolina’s recent passage of discriminatory legislation against the LGBTQ
community; and
WHEREAS:
Many communities have sought to make their displeasure with this harmful legislation
known by encouraging boycotts of official travel and expenditures in North Carolina
until this legislation has been reversed; and
WHEREAS:
It has come to the attention of the City Council that the National League of Cities NLC
City Summit is scheduled to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, in November 2017;
and
WHEREAS:
The NLC City Summit is an event that would draw civic leaders from across the nation
to Charlotte, pumping a significant amount of revenue into the city’s economy over the
course of four days; now therefore be it
ORDERED:
That the City Council go on record urging the National League of Cities to move the
venue for the NLC City Summit scheduled to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, in
November 2017 to another state which does not have such discriminatory legislation
on the books; and be it further
ORDERED:
That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of
this resolution to Clarence E. Anthony, Executive Director Of the National League Of
Cities, on behalf of the entire City Council.