Council Ripped For Pledge Stand

Hundreds of hostile calls and emails poured into Eugene City Hall after the city council’s vote Tuesday to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at four meetings a year. City spokeswoman Jan Bohman told The Register Guard more than 90 percent were from out of state, generated by a Fox News report she called misleading. It characterized the vote as against saying the pledge on a regular basis. Some people reacting to the story said they will boycott Eugene. The council voted to recite the pledge at four meetings each year close to patriotic holidays: Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Flag Day and the Fourth of July. It was a compromise after Councilor Mike Clark suggested that the pledge be recited at the start of each regular meeting/ Associated Press . (SR file photo for illustration purposes)

Question: The Coeur d’Alene City Council (and I suspect Post Falls, Hayden, Rathdrum, and other local councils) recites the pledge of allegiance before every meeting. Do you think it should? Or should it follow the example of the Eugene council and only recite the pledge near patriotic dates?