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Committee deadlocks on ordinance to restrict private memorials on public property
Summary
After public comment and committee debate, the Cheyenne Public Service Committee did not forward a recommendation on a proposed ordinance (chapter 8.72) that would regulate unauthorized private displays on public property; an amendment to reduce the proposed fine failed for lack of a second.
A proposed ordinance that would create chapter 8.72 to regulate private displays on public property failed to win a committee recommendation March 2 after public testimony and council debate.
The ordinance, described briefly by Deputy City Attorney David Hopkinson as creating a new regulatory chapter for private displays on public property, drew several public commenters who urged opposite outcomes. "It is really bad for culture when we criticize how other people mourn and when we remove opportunities that allow them to mourn," said Chelsea McCourt (Ward 1). She and…
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