AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Utah mayor allows Fourth of July fireworks despite statewide ban, then faces threats and doxxing
A small-town Utah mayor who used her legal authority to let residents light fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend, while wildfires burned hundreds of thousands of acres across the state, says she was doxxed, threatened, and called "the most horrible, disgusting person" by strangers statewide. Clinton Mayor Marie Dougherty made a straightforward call. Governor […] The post Utah mayor allows Fourth of July fireworks despite statewide ban, then faces threats and doxxing appeared first on American Almanac .
A small-town Utah mayor who used her legal authority to let residents light fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend, while wildfires burned hundreds of thousands of acres across the state, says she was doxxed, threatened, and called "the most horrible, disgusting person" by strangers statewide. Clinton Mayor Marie Dougherty made a straightforward call. Governor Spencer Cox had issued an executive order imposing a temporary statewide fireworks ban ahead of Independence Day, citing extreme drought and wildfire conditions. But the order included a provision allowing local leaders to designate safe areas within their jurisdictions. Dougherty consulted her fire chief, reviewed local conditions, and concluded that most of Clinton, a suburban…Open