Tue Aug 30, 2022 – 6:22 pm EDT
FRESNO, California (LifeSiteNews) — The Republican mayor of a California city last week tossed out a budget proposal to allocate $1 million in taxpayer dollars to abortion giant Planned Parenthood. Countered by a pro-abortion supermajority on the city council, however, the veto is unlikely to survive.
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, a former police chief, vetoed a budget amendment Thursday that would have granted $9.5 million in total state funding to three local organizations, including $1 million to Planned Parenthood’s Mar Monte location, The Fresno Bee reported.
#Fresno @MayorJerryDyer vetoes resolution on state pass-through grant for #PlannedParenthood, setting the stage for a City Council #override vote next week. The veto leaves grants for two other nonprofits hanging. https://t.co/orXjdXbqNT
— Tim Sheehan (@TimSheehanNews) August 26, 2022
The resolution would have also awarded a $7 million grant to Latino arts organization Arte Americas, and $1.5 million for job training group Neighborhood Industries.
The Fresno City Council had advanced the resolution by a 5-1 vote earlier this month, despite pushback from Councilmember Garry Bredefeld and pro-life activists.
In a letter to the council after vetoing the budget amendment, Dyer decried the fact
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