as a mayor you must hire private construction companies to repair damaged roads your Chief of Staff approaches you and informs you that in the past the city has done a very poor job of awarding contracts to construction firms that are owned by minorities although make up about $70\%$ of the Carson population minority$-$owned businesses receive less than $25\%$ of the construction contracts awarded last year. some of these firms are considered a lawsuit against the city as may or you$$d like to support minority own businesses without violating the equal protection clause as a mayor do you establish a new policy that award $70\%$ of the contract to minority own businesses or not