In delivering the speech at the anti-war rally, Anderson said: "So James Evans and these folks who financed this massive radio campaign these last few days, let them understand that blind faith in bad leaders is not patriotism. A patriot does not tell people who are intensely concerned about their country to just sit down and be quiet; to refrain from speaking out in the name of politeness or for the sake of being a good host; to show slavish, blind obedience and deference to a dishonest, war-mongering, human-rights-violating president."

Anderson did not return a telephone call Wednesday evening seeking comment on Evans' request to the city council. In an e-mail last week regarding the accusation, he said Evans' complaint stems from an ongoing disagreement between the two.

"I didn't even refer to James or the Republicans who financed the recent radio campaign against dissent in my written speech but was moved while delivering the speech to make reference to them because of their partisan support of this disastrous presidency," Anderson wrote.

However unintentional the reference may have been, Evans still feels he was the target of a racial remark.

"He singled me out, and when he mentioned my name, it told me I was definitely on his mind," he said. "He knew what he was doing. He always retaliates."

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