Dispute over Islam lands Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne on national stage
Before she made national headlines as the tough Texas mayor taking on Islam, before Facebook fans prayed for her and religious leaders lamented her, Beth Van Duyne stood alone on a stage and compared local politics to war.
Speaking to a dining hall full of Irving’s business elite last year, the mayor quoted from a book on corporate culture:
“Divisions compete for resources, sabotage each other to steal glory. Bosses pit subordinates against one another so that no one can mount a coup,” the mayor said in her State of the City address. “Companies aren’t families; they’re battlefields in a civil war.”
“I’m gonna tell you, City Council is not much different,” she continued a moment later, cracking a small smile to scattered laughs. “But these debates, these intense discussions and sometimes disagreements bring forward excellent, excellent results in the end.”
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