'Dumb Flags' and 'Dumb Bill' Cox Says of Salt Lake City Flag Feud

Gov. Cox goes off on Utah’s ‘dumb’ bill and SLC’s ‘dumb’ new flags even as city raises its Juneteenth banner

While Salt Lake City officials gathered Tuesday for a celebration to raise the city’s new Juneteenth flag over City Hall, Utah’s governor said “the whole thing’s just dumb.”

‘Dumb flags’ and a ‘dumb bill’: Utah governor rolls his eyes at SLC’s workaround of flag ban

Flags adopted as official banners of Salt Lake City, circumventing the state's ban on most flags being displayed at government buildings and schools, hang outside the Salt Lake City and County building on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. The official city flags include the Salt Lake City flag, pride flag, Juneteenth flag and transgender flag. (McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)“Dumb.” That was the word Utah Gov. Spencer Cox used Tuesday to express his a…

'Dumb flags' and 'dumb bill' Cox says of Salt Lake City flag feud

Asked about Salt Lake City's alternative flags designed to skirt a new state law prohibiting "non-sanctioned" flags from being displayed on classrooms and government properties, Governor Spencer Cox