Gordonsville council ends police agreement with ICE

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's nine o'clock Eastern, this is No Bull with Hank, and folks, tonight a town of about fifteen hundred people is set to vote on ending its police department's agreement with ICE.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number one.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPolice Chief Chris Votaw signed that agreement on May fifteenth, and the town council took no formal action on it until this month's agenda.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number two.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFour and a half months in, almost no one in town government could say with certainty what the program was doing, and that includes the mayor.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd in July, Byrd Street reports, the mayor gave an interview and left out the police part. It's a short part. It's the police.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number three. Every speaker at public comment was opposed.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMayor Ron Brooks says he has heard from fifty or sixty residents who want to keep it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the people against it filled the room, and the people for it filled a phone. The silent majority is the mayor.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFifteen hundred people in town, one signature in May, and the council took until October. That's the fast part, the signature.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe only unanimous thing in Gordonsville is the public comment. I'm Hank Ledger, and No Bull is back same time tomorrow.