Finally a city council with balls denies a mosque and "islamic education center" being built on 15 acres in Broken Bow. They denied it based on the lack of infrastructure and said the area would not be able to handle it for at least 10 years. Wish it was more of a firm no but they found a way unlike Abbott who is allowing places that don't follow American laws like EPIC and Colony Ridge. Paxton is doing some work but feels like it is mostly for show.
Broken Bow city council denies mosque 4-1
Broken Bow city council denies mosque 4-1
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After the meeting, Mayor Debra Wimpee doubled down to local media that her vote to deny the rezoning was based strictly on a lack of sufficient infrastructure on Olive Avenue for the influx of weekly traffic to a mosque.
"I was really upset that a lot of people brought it about religion and that's not what that vote was for, in my opinion," Mayor Wimpee told 2 News. "(The planning commission's) job is kind of different than (the council) in the way that they looked at it clearly as, 'It is legal to be able to change it to commercial.' Like, they have that ability to change it. And it was a split vote when it came to the special use (permitting), which I didn't necessarily agree with them splitting the vote because it was a one agenda item and it should have remained a one agenda item. But that's their role. They get too make those decisions. They felt that...it was an OK vote for the sequential use and four people thought it was OK to change it to commercial."
"My message is that (our vote) had nothing to do with the place of assembly," Mayor Wimpee added. "(The land) wasn't even prepared for commercial use,much less adding commercial use and a place of assembly. There is not infrastructure in place to be able to do that. I'm talking about the road right in front that is not prepared, and it won't be in at least ten years.
