This one pissed me right off!!
From the article; She explained the history of the phrase. She told them why it excluded the non-religious people in the community. And she also pointed out that she’s heard these complaints from several people in the area but that they were fearful of speaking out in public — that’s why she was doing it on their behalf.
Mayor Nick Guccione responded by essentially dismissing her criticism because she was the only person they had ever heard speaking out against the phrase… even though she had just explained why others weren’t giving speeches against it.
She tried re-explaining everything, but Guccione told her that her time was up and she needed to sit down before he called for her removal. (Update: Guccione said her five minutes were up after she had only spoken for 4:35. You can see that in the video.) Hunt eventually went back to her seat after realizing he wasn’t listening.