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Around Town August 18, 2017 7:00 am

8.18.17 Around Town

By Observer Staff

  • “I think that it shouldn’t affect their work. If they do good work they shouldn’t be fired for it.”
- Ashley Piechowiak, 20

  • “I don’t think it’s ok. Everybody’s got to make money. They have to make a living. Unless they committed a crime they shouldn’t be fired.”
- Cory Richardson, 41

  • “I think it’s ok they are fired. Any company with any sense of ethics should not employee racists and they discriminate against even people that go in as customers.” - Donna Gellman-Rodriguez, 66

  • “Yeah absolutely. It’s bringing a bad name for the business and if you’re going to run a business or be an employee of said business you should be representing who you work for and present yourself well.” Jack Ray, 18

  • “No they shouldn’t be fired. Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, their own opinions. We’re all our own individuals, why not have our life outside of work. So I don’t think it should influence it.”
- Lucy Ibarra, 28

  • “No it’s not fair. You do have the right to be at a protest. If they’re just expressing their side of the story but they’re not being violent they should not be terminated." - Mike Salo, 60

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