Pierce County Council member Amy Cruver, who represents District 3, appeared virtually from her office. Her reasoning — she would not sit in council chambers where a Pride flag sits on display.
On Tuesday, one Pierce County Council member was absent from the dais during a regularly scheduled meeting. Amy Cruver, who represents District 3, appeared virtually from her office. Her reasoning: she would not sit in council chambers where a Pride flag sits on display.Cruver, who serves citizens of Ashford, Eatonville, Elbe, Elk Plain, Frederickson, Graham, Spanaway, Kapowsin, Roy, McKenna, Lacamas, and Harts Lake spoke at length at the end of the meeting, explaining her reasoning.
"I just found myself at odds with my responsibility to focus on the people’s business while in chambers and being distracted with the memories or thoughts that the flag creates in my mind," she said.Cruver’s three-minute long oral statement was followed by 10 seconds of silence from the rest of her peers on the dais.
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