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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can somebody explain to me why the county will be clearing snow from low income and minority areas? Why this group and the other group? They cite high traffic and accidents but it feels more like they don’t think we are capable of understanding or following laws so they’re just going to lower the bar for us (I’m Latina).

This bothers me because special exemption bills and laws like this end up creating resentment towards all of our groups.

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Racial equity is about providing access.  There are already multiple barriers than impede wealth creation and challenging commutes is one of them.    It's not about individual people of color, but the fact that when looked at by group demographic data, AA and Latino/a residents have worse outcomes in every measure -- wealth, income, education, health care, housing, etc.

I've always been white but I have lived in very low income areas and now in upper middle class areas.    The ability to access EVERYTHING is so much easier now.   They are like two different worlds.   MoCo is already much better at providing access to many services, including public transportation.  This would make it a little easier.    The cost benefit analysis is up for debate, for sure.   But this is one of their equity approaches that I actually agree with in theory.  [/quote]

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