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4 1 2 1 am a long time citizen of Orange County. I just have three issues to address: 3 The first one is our tax dollars paid around $10,000 for Linda Sarsour to speak right here 4 last Sunday. Unless you are woefully misinformed, or have turned a blind eye, you must 5 know by now that she is not a person who promotes love and tolerance. In the spirit of 6 truth and transparency, I would like to see a show of hands from you who supported her 7 engagement. And then a show of hands who opposed her engagement. If it hasn't been 8 done already, I think the Orange County taxpayers are owed the transcript of her speech 9 to be posted on the HRC website; after all we paid for it. 10 11 Number two, I am looking forward to seeing all taxes linked to the light rail project 12 removed, since light rail transit is dead. 13 14 Number three, no matter how many buses you put out there on the roads, it isn't going to 15 solve Hillsborough's traffic problems, which are worsening by the week. Hillsborough's 16 charm has been destroyed by too much downtown traffic. Hillsborough desperately 17 needs a practical, north-south bypass to divert traffic around the town for those who have 18 no business in downtown. 19 20 Steve Mahaley said he attended the Sunday event, and respectfully disagrees 21 with most that has been said so far about Linda Sarsour. He did agree that a transcript 22 of the event should be provided. He said the costs may have been high, but celebrating 23 the end of Women's history month was well served by the presence of Linda Sarsour. 24 He said she was one of the founders of the women's march, and her comments were 25 inspirational. He thanked Annette Moore for bringing this speaker to Orange County. 26 Andrea Sharpiro commended the HRC for organizing the Courageous 27 Conversations Speaker series. She said these conversations are meant to be difficult, 28 and feed our democracy, and Linda Sarsour was a good choice. She said she did not 29 agree with everything said by Linda Sarsour, but encouraged all to listen to the talk she 30 gave. 31 Kate Sullivan, Development Director of the Kidzu museum, said the museum has 32 reached two milestones: 1.) On March 6 the Town of Chapel Hill voted to negotiate a 33 development agreement with Kidzu for a future children's museum to be located in 34 Southern Villageand; 2.) This week Kidzu opened its first, of two, community based pop- 35 up museum in Hillsborough during spring break. She said they are still not seeing or 36 hearing all of the kids in Orange County, and asked if the BOCC would support Kidzu's 37 next pop up in July. She said support could come via the full funding of Kidzu's human 38 services request, or support the pop-up initiative with a $10,000 matching grant to enable 39 Kidzu to reach all the kids and families as it plans for its next community's children's 40 museum. 41 Jamie Paulen said she was among a group to attend a lunch with Linda Sarsour, 42 and she sat next to her. She said she asked her what she would want people to know 43 about her, and Linda Sarsour said she would want people to know her story is American. 44 She thanked everyone for making this happen. 45 Heather Redding thanked Orange County and HRC for inviting Linda Sarsour to 46 speak this past weekend. She said when those who differ from us come together there is 47 no place or power for hate. 48 Latarndra Strong said she was inspired from the events this past weekend, and 49 she appreciated hearing a different perspective on life. She said there are many places