Councilors continue fielding flag complaints Written by Geoffrey Plant on March 10, 2021 Silver City councilors have been collecting copious complaints from constituents — and the largest culprit behind the cacophony is a certain flag being flown at the intersection of 33rd and Swan streets that disparages President Joe Biden and ※everyone who voted for him” — although that’s not the only issue rankling residents, it turns out. ※I want to thank everyone who has contacted me regarding the flag at 33rd and Swan, the debris piles that remain from the demolition of the old U-Haul location on the northwest corner of Silver Heights Boulevard, Hudson and Juniper; and [about] the home demolition on 12th Street west of Grant Street,” District 1 Councilor Cynthia Ann Bettison said during her comments at Tuesday evening’s regular council meeting, which was held remotely via GoToMeeting. ※As per the flag, for those people who’ve contacted me: I would just like to say publicly that while I, too, find the profanity on the flag offensive, and I am sympathetic to others who feel the same, this individual has a First Amendment right to free speech that does not incite harm towards a person or a group.