What is he complaining about? He had the freedom to express his opinions. The town has the freedom to choose who they want to elect them and to fire someone if they decide they made a bad choice.
" Habecker has sued the town in federal court to have the Pledge declared unconstitutional. That suit is pending."
Isn't that special? I would vote to recall this whining ungrateful idiot as well.
Good job people! I find it puzzling that agnbostics who complain and whine anytime they have to mention diety, saying that our values are being imposed on them, yet have no problem imposing theirs on us when they take away our rights to do so. I am fed up with this double standard. I'm glad to hear that some people are doing something about it.
If this guy had just been silent during the "under God" part of the pledge, recited the rest of it, and not made a big deal out of not saying it, this would never have happened.
and another thing (LOL) anybody who lives in Estes Park and can't look around to see what beauty the Good Lord has made is too stupid to serve on that council anyway.
Mr. Agnostic jerk, it is a sign of respect to say the pledge and honor the country and its religious foundations. You are not pledging to God or being forced to practice a religion. You are simply recognizing what most people believe --- this is a nation blessed by God, and the belief in God was very important in the nation's creation. It does you absolutely no harm, and it is good manners.
This crap is so ego driven and narcissistic. I don't like it, so everyone must change for me. Me, me, me, me, me.
Actually, it is a reason to want him out. There's something off balance about this guy, not to mention arrogant, and it shows in his actions (or lack of). Regardless, the people of Estes Park can remove him for any darn reason they want. He serves at their pleasure, not his own.
But I bet he takes our money that says "In God We Trust" as payment for the rooms he rents out! Another "agnostic" hypocrite.
"Good job!" to the 905 Estes Park citizens who voted him out. He service is subject to the wishes of his constituents, but he seems to have forgotten that. They wish him gone, so be it!
I will have to keep my eyes open for The Stanley Hotel the next time I visit Estes Park. It is a place to avoid.
No one ever denied him that right. He was free to say the Pledge and skip "under God", he was free to sit it out and he was free to wait until it was over before entering the room. He chose to make a protest and demand that the Board stop reciting the Pledge at all. When Board members wouldn't back that he made a stink and threatened to take it to court on "1st Amendment, freedom of religion" grounds.
He made so many people mad they started a recall. He went to a Federal judge and tried to stop the recall election. The judge said the recall election was legitimate to hold. He still has a lawsuit against the Town of Estes Park and the recall committee.
The election cost the town $5,000 and a lot of heartburn, lost business from bad publicity (which will be down the road) and will continue to cost the taxpayers if he presses his lawsuit. And he claimed to be "representing all of the people of Estes by protesting." Yet not one person in town, so far as has ever come out, asked him to make an issue of it. Whatta guy!
Everyone would have been satisfied.
But NOOOOOOooooo, he had to make a big deal and say his religious rights were being violated.
Now he's without the position.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.