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then but I guess I'm wrong.
Seems like since Christians have one of their religious holidays observed, maybe we could make a tiny bit of effort to accomodate other religions particularly when a number of council members are impacted. But I guess that's too "woke". Never mind.
Edited to add
But perhaps the Muslim council members dropped the ball, as I read the article:
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/minneapolis-city-council-votes-5-4-against-rent-stabilization-while-bills-authors-absent-for-eid/
. . . As the 3 Muslim members of the Minneapolis City Council, we were observing Eid with our families and community when we learned of this news. (Presumably the news that the meeting is/was today, Wednesday. Wow, there sure was a breakdown of communication somewhere -progree)
City Council meetings are typically held on Thursdays. When the Councils calendar for this year was voted on in September 2022, this weeks meeting was set for this Wednesday in an effort to accommodate Eid for the Citys Muslim Councilmembers and staff. The precise date of Eid al-Adha is determined by the lunar calendar; early last week, Eid al-Adha was confirmed to be observed Wednesday, June 28, the same day of the Council meeting. Unfortunately, Council leadership decided against using their authority to reschedule this meeting.
. . . In response, City Council Vice President Linea Palmisano confirmed with the clerk that the councils calendar was voted on twice during 2022 and Thursday was specifically designated for the Muslim holiday of Eid.
City Clerk Casey Carl then spoke, saying, To the extent that the clerks office manages [the calendar], we have always relied upon those council members who represent those traditions of faith to tell us when and if there are changes since we dont track that after the council adopts the calendar. So to the extent that the clerks office failed to check back and recognize that the holiday was actually identified for today versus tomorrow, when it was originally adopted as a part of the adopted calendar, I can apologize but that has not been our practice to expect clerks to check back on those holidays.
Carl added that the holiday got missed and that by the time he was aware of the scheduling conflict, there wasnt enough time to comply with the states law requiring a minimum of three days to change a meeting time.
late edit to add 1126p -- below and I also bolded key parts in the above on the timing
"Early last week"
"minimum of 3 days"
Something isn't adding up. Exactly when did somebody/anybody inform whoevers should be informed about the change in the Eid date?
Anyway, there was the intent to schedule around Eid, and I see nothing at all wrong with that. In fact I think it is commendable. And I'm an atheist. And I'm certainly no fan of Islam. I won't name any religions, but most of them are pre-Zinjanthropus Ooga Booga to me.
But it looks like some kind of cluster-fuck of miscommunication occurred somewhere. Or someones aren't quite telling the truth.