‘Glenn Beck Day’ Draws Protests

A local advocacy group says that 16,000 people have signed a petition to be presented to the Mt. Vernon City Council Wednesday asking the council to cancel “Glenn Beck Day.” “Our problem is with honoring Glenn Beck,” said Aaron Ostrom with FUSE Washington. Mount Vernon Mayor Bud Norris declared September 26th Glenn Beck Day to honor the radio and TV host that grew up in Mount Vernon. Norris will be awarding Beck the key to the city in a ceremony at Skagit Valley College at 5:30 p.m. “I don’t think we’re going to change the mayor’s mind, but we’d like the city council to stand up for all the residents of Mount Vernon that disagree with him,” said Ostrom/Jamie Griswold, MyNorthwest.com. More here .

Question: Would you care if the mayor of your town announced s/he declared “Glenn Beck Day” and planned to give the talk-show host the key to the city?