Villa Park’s turn with “In God We Trust”

April 9th, 2008, 10:56 am · Post a Comment · posted by Michael Doss

If it seems like these posts about city councils and “In God we Trust” are coming weekly, you’re close: five OC cities has proposed displaying the motto since mid-February, and today we’ve got a sixth - Villa Park. From Ellen Pak’s story:

Orange County’s smallest city will consider displaying the official national motto – “In God We Trust” – at City Hall, following a string of cities that have recently adopted the words.

The City Council is slated to review the proposal at its April 22 meeting at 17855 Santiago Blvd. The council meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Mayor Brad Reese requested the item to be placed on the agenda.

The LAV doesn’t think this will be the last city, either - so far, every city to consider the motto (except for Villa Park) also does a religious invocation before their meeting. 20 or so other Orange County cities also do these invocations, so expect to hear more on the topic.

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