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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.alxnow.com/2023/02/16/alexandria-cancels-grant-program-for-minority-owned-businesses-after-lawsuit/

So the People's Republic of Alexandria has decided the shelve the minority-owned business grants because, well, they are unlawful. It's astounding how far down the road they allowed themselves to get despite the blatant illegality of such an approach.

"The Washington Post reported that [b]Alexandria officials admitted that the grant criteria as written was a violation of the 14th Amendment[/b], but that the city would work to find other ways to help minority business owners disproportionately impacted by the pandemic."[/quote]
Once the lawsuit was filed, it was always going to end this way. It was an obviously unconstitutional program that was completely indefensible.

I still do wonder what their goal was. Upthread speculation was that they were trying to entice Mirales and Youngkin into responding. Perhaps they just thought that they would try to get away with it for as long as they could until someone complained? I have no idea. But there needs to be some public accountability for how this program made it this far. Under the law, it is no different if this was a BIPOC or “whites only” grant program. The accountability for doing either should be the same.[/quote]

As a previous resident of the City, I think their thinking was far more basic. The City is very liberal and very supportive of any idea of something that is woke. They likely figured there would be no objection. [/quote]

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