With the assistance of the Goldwater Institute, Councilman Allen Skillicorn has introduced a resolution to prohibit DEI in the Fountain Hills town hall. The DEI prohibition is on the agenda for the Fountain Hills Council meeting April 16, 2024.
DEI is defined as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Skillicorn’s resolution was inspired by what he described as “the taxpayer funded abuse and ideological discrimination from Gilbert, AZ’s DEI department called the Office of Digital Government, exposed by Arizona Free Enterprise Club.
In Gilbert, the Chief Digital Officer harassed employees and residents who did not align with a progressive, liberal agenda. The Office of Digital Government would ‘patrol’ social media accounts of employees and residents to censor their free speech. One DEI incident had the Chief Digital Officer demand Gilbert fire fighters and police officers not fly Blue Lives Matter flags after seeing an online video of the pro-police flag.
The Gilbert Office of Digital Government salaries added up to over $1.15 Million of taxpayer money.
“DEI discriminates against merit. Ensuring colorblind and sex-neutral policies are good governance. We have an opportunity to make MLK’s dream come true today in Fountain Hills by passing this resolution prohibiting DEI,” said Skillicorn referring to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have A Dream,” speech.
Speed trap! We never see deputies out here, yet we pay for the coverage. Nice, real nice. Thanks Penzone.
People don’t know what DEI is really about.
I hope the state government excludes Fountain Hills from support, it’s just a speed trap on the way to the white mountains.
DEI is poison. When the gov’s office flips, the top three agenda items should be to purge the administration of these racists and race hustlers and to shutdown anything even remotely ‘woke’.