A flag with a prominent expletive displayed across from Orchard Mesas Middle School prompted questions from residents about whether that was allowed within the city of Grand Junction.
A resident in Orchard Mesa is displaying a flag with a four-letter-word in reference to the current President of the United States, but that is constitutionally protected speech, City Attorney John Shaver said.
Shaver said the city does not have an ordinance prohibiting certain words from being displayed on flags or signs within the city. He said, in a statement, that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 2015 case that content, based regulation of signage is impermissible.