Dumont banning pride flags - vote is tonight, Feb 11 at 7pm
The final vote on this is happening tonight, Tuesday Feb 11 @ 7pm
50 Washington Avenue, Dumont, NJ
A preliminary hearing was heard and was referenced in this post...
https://www.reddit.com/r/newjersey/comments/1ibfylh/my_town_may_try_to_pass_ban_on_pride_flags_on/
Edit: You may read about the planned ordinance in this article -
Updates
As of 7:38pm
Open to public now. There’s a long line of people who want to speak. I’m pretty sure almost entirely pro lgbtq.
There are not only adults, but students, and even younger kids on line to speak
Before they opened to the public one board member said she’s in favor (though apparently everyone knew that about her already). The mayor then spoke and said he’s against it. Then another board member spoke and said he’s against it. Now public has been speaking.
As of 9:20pm
People still speaking. About 10 left in line. Most people want to keep the flag amd reject the proposed ordinance. Only 2 people who have spoken so far want the ordinance to pass, so if it were up to those speaking it would be completely rejected. Let's hope the members resoect the townspeople.
Also, it's important to mention that at the beginning of the meeting, the board said that after the last meeting, they got emails / messages from citizens where 147 messages were against the ordinance and only 5 were for it.
The townspeople clearly want to keep the flags. Let's just see how the council votes...
10:30pm
It passed. No more pride flags on government property.
The council members voted exactly as they did last meeting. You can see who voted Yes and work to vote them out.
Public information:
Contact info and term info for council members
Fyi, the mayor was for keeping the flag in place, but his vote is only needed if the council vote is a tie.