Pledge Allegiance to the (Digital) Flag

The Woodbury City Council has a longstanding tradition of saying the Pledge of Allegiance before each meeting.

On Wednesday, the agenda was light—Mayor Mary Giuliani Stephens said it was the shortest meeting she’s ever attended—and the council moved proceedings from its chambers to a room downstairs at City Hall where a subsequent workshop was held.

That room doesn’t have an American Flag, and as council members got ready to say the pledge, staff put up an image of the stars and stripes on a screen.

It otherwise went off as usual.

Meanwhile, there was a Cub Scout on hand at the meeting, and Councilman Paul Rebholz joked that he and his mother picked a good night to attend.

She responded that they would stay for a few items of the workshop, as the Scout had a big worksheet to fill out.