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SILVERTON, Colo. — It’s hard to say precisely when Silverton, Colorado, started to come apart, but the town election of April 7, 2020, might be a good moment to begin the story. That was when a young, progressive New York lawyer and adventure skier named Shane Fuhrman beat the longtime fire chief Gilbert Archuleta, part of Silverton’s old guard, by 10 votes to become the new mayor. To supporters, mainly of his generation, Fuhrman, 42, represented progress. After working at top finance firms in M

It’s hard to say precisely when Silverton, Colo., started to come apart, but the town election of April 7, 2020,

Two years after death threats and aspersions roiled little Silverton, the town has found a semblance of peace and a lesson for a ruptured nation.

Well, it appears, so segmented that we can’t agree on being a country. For evidence, look to the small town of Silverton, Colorado. Last Monday, the 550-resident area’s mayor, Shane Fuhrman, made an announcement. He’d surmised something needed to be nixed from public meetings. As reported by Denver’s Fox31, the mayor addressed the issue at a trustee conference: “Due to direct and indirect threats, inappropriate comments in and out of public meetings and general divisiveness and issues created in our community, we will not be reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during Town of Silverton...

CBNNews.com Mayor Bans Pledge of Allegiance at Town Meeting, What Happened Next Shows Patriotism Isn't Dead in America 06-22-2021 Image Source: YouTube Screenshot/Town of Silverton A Colorado mayor tried to ban the Pledge of Allegiance at a town trustee meeting last week, but committee members decided to recite it anyway. KDVR News reports that Silverton Mayor Shane Fuhrman said he made the decision over inappropriate comments "in and out of public meetings and general divisiveness and issues created in our community." The mayor immediately faced opposition from members of the town's board as...