*Yeah, this happened. It happened at a city council meeting where citizens gave their opinion on their 2017 budget. Council member Sheri Gallo asked the Latino kids present to promisr they’d register to vote when they turned 18. Zimmerman followed and told the same kids to promise to do something productive and not “have to live off others.” He was booed, but he thought there was nothing wrong with what he said. VL
A group of kids were at the City Council meeting Thursday night during the debate over Austin’s proposed budget for next year.
Their parents — many of whom are Hispanic and addressed the City Council in Spanish — came to City Hall to campaign for continued funding for after-school programs at Austin’s public schools.
At the conclusion of the debate, Council Member Sheri Gallo asked all the children to promise that when they turn 18, they would register to vote. Then Council Member Don Zimmerman spoke up and it went downhill from there.
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