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In Your Opinion: Prasad Owes Catalpa Park Opponents An Apology

July 30, 2015 Speak Out!

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By Raleigh Steinhauer, Somerset.

Councilman at Large Rajiv Prasad has accused opposition to the Catalpa Park project of being racially motivated against Asian Indians. Councilman Prasad singled out the Facebook group leading the opposition known as the Tranquility Protection Alliance of Franklin Township, and directed the Human Relations Committee to issue a statement denouncing Tranquility’s Facebook page, which was founded by residents in order to fight overdevelopment in the Township. Councilman Prasad bases his allegations against Tranquility on what he claims to be Facebook posts containing cryptic racist undertones and code words.

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