'Didn’t Register for Me': Iowa County Official Says He Hurled Racial Slur During Public Meeting Because He Had Been Using It for Years

'Didn’t Register for Me': Iowa County Official Says He Hurled Racial Slur During Public Meeting Because He Had Been Using It for Years

A county supervisor in a small town in Iowa had to answer for why he casually used a racial slur in a public meeting. Steve Wanders, a county supervisor in Mahaska County, arbitrarily used an anti-Black slur as he was discussing the HVAC system at a county-owned building during a March 4 public meeting, The Oskaloosa Herald reported. A county supervisor in Mahaska County casually used a phrase that contained a racial slur during a public meetin…