CAL CITY HOPEFUL APOLOGIZES FOR RACIAL REMARK : SLUR DIRECTED AT MAYOR HALL.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer A City Council candidate in California City apologized this week for using a racial slur in reference to African-American Mayor Richard Hall. Candidate Fred Hilton said the remark was inadvertent and justified it by noting he, too, had been a victim of a slur. ``I said the n-word,'' said Hilton, a retired Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control electronics engineer. ``It's no big deal because I've been called a Nazi by others on the council. It just slipped out. It was a bad remark.'' Hilton apologized Tuesday during a City Council meeting after City Manager Steve West Steve West can refer to:
Hall, who is running for re-election as mayor in the Nov. 5 election, said Hilton's remarks did not surprise him. ``I've personally heard him use the word before, as well as other derogatory de·rog·a·to·ry adj. 1. Disparaging; belittling: a derogatory comment. 2. Tending to detract or diminish. words to describe other ethnic people,'' said Hall, a retired fire chief who also is a trustee on the Mojave Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. Board. ``In my opinion, Fred Hilton doesn't like anyone. He has derogatory words for everyone, including whites.'' Carson, a utility clerk and deputy city clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". , said Hilton made racial comments when he came to City Hall to pay a deposit for his campaign signs. ``Don't tell that black man where my signs are, he might remove them,'' Hilton told Carson, city records show. Hilton used the slur when pressed to describe which African-American man he was referring to, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the record. ``That . . . mayor we have in office,'' he reportedly said. After Carson told Hilton that she was offended by his remarks, she said Hilton laughed and left the building. Hilton said Friday he made just one racial comment in his conversation with Carson. |
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