“As mayor, it is my privilege and responsibility to lean into such learning moments with my community – not to back away from them.”
– Austin Mayor Steve Adler, telling actual clown (and Texas Agriculture Commissioner) Sid Miller to mind his business over the upcoming Citywide Iftar Dinner featuring U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
This article appears in Summer Fun 2019.
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