Mayor Potter explained they viewed the request from a private citizen as a commemoration of a month-long event, June marks the 50th anniversary of gay rights protests known as the Stonewall Riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, in New York City. If there were further questions the approval would come to the city manager and the mayor. Heber Mayor Kelleen Potter explained that the policy has been if someone requests flags to be hung on Main Street the request to schedule would go through the public works department. In all five people spoke against the rainbow banners in some form. I think they would have a real problem if I started flashing my sexual orientation on the poles on Main Street.” I have no problem with people’s sexual orientation, I have a real problem with it being flashed in front of my face. “I have a big problem with the rainbow flags lined up and down Main Street. “I’m trying to remain civil tonight,” Thompson said. Heber City Council heard comments from around a half a dozen residents regarding rainbow colored banners flying on Main Street that read ‘Pride in the Wasatch Back’.Īt the opening of the Tuesday evening Heber City Council meeting, Heber City resident Patricia Thompson expressed her opposition to the banners flying on Main Street.
