COMMISSIONERS’ STATEMENT AGAINST HATE SPEECH

In recent weeks, there has been an alarming uptick in anti-immigrant, anti-Asian, and anti-Jewish speech online and in lots of communities across the state and nation, and the Franklin County Board of Commissioners cannot condemn these attacks strongly enough.
 
People have always come to this country seeking a better life, and they have always ended up making our country better in the process.  This crisis has demonstrated even more strongly than ever before that we are in this fight together. 
 
Franklin County is a stronger, more resilient place for all the many different kinds of people who live here, and we will always stand with all of our neighbors against hate and fear.