Opinion: One departure won't quiet questions about San Diego County's Human Relations Commission [Opinion]
and elsewhere, have also strongly denounced the Israeli government, especially under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Still, the purpose of the commission is to help the San Diego community come together. Making it one of the many forums for the airing of historical grievances is a recipe for dysfunction. Making this point is not taking a side in the complex May dispute. It is stating the obvious.
Raufi’s departure won’t end profound questions about the Human Relations Commission. While Raufi’s remarks were horrific, so was the aftermath. The audience can be heard reacting in theof the meeting; Sara Brown, the regional director of the American Jewish Committee of San Diego, says, “Are you serious right now?” But only one commissioner — Kate Clark, who works for Jewish Family Service of San Diego — took Raufi to task.
In a Wednesday phone interview with an editorial writer, Nash said it will take “a lot of work,” but that she remains confident that the commission can “get beyond this” and be the community resource it is supposed to be on crucial issues including the treatment of immigrants, jail deaths and school equity. She said a respected consulting group, Essential Partners, was working with members and staff to build a strong, constructive culture.
Alas, whether that’s possible is an open question. Raufi is gone, but Commissioner Dennis Hodges — who called transgender people “an abomination in the eyes of God” at a meeting last year — remains after surviving an
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