TALKS OF REVIVING a version of the defunct CornFest — now tentatively called “Farm Fest” — consumed a significant majority of Tuesday’s Brentwood City Council public comment period.
But Brentwood resident Melissa van Ruiten said the conversation appeared to be more about discomfort with the city’s growing diversity. She criticized other public speakers for calling diverse cultural events exclusive and separatist and using Farm Fest as a means to replace them.
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