One of the group's billboards includes an image of the Civil War cannon in midtown Mobile as it was painted last year in rainbow hues during LGBGT Pride Month. “Our values are under attack,” the billboard reads. “Vote NO on annexation July 18th.”
Jul. 13, 2023, 8:02 a.m.
A sign urging voters to "Vote No" on annexation during Mobile's special election on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. . Catino blasted Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, an annexation proponent, for supporting Diversity and Inclusion training within the City of Mobile and for having LGBTQ liaisons to boost the city’s Municipal Equality Index through the Human Rights Campaign.while interviewed by Dalton Orwig and Dan Brennan during their morning show on FM Talk 106.5 in Mobile on Wednesday.
“Scott Catino came in and did his presentation that was based on social issues and was all about DEI and LGBTQ and all the federal stuff going on nationally and that the city would be this overwhelming influence into everyone’s lives and forcing issues down everyone’s throat,” Reynolds said. “My answer was simple: If you don’t like the policy of the City of Mobile, the way you influence that policy is by way of the vote.
Day said in her personal opinion, the city has “so many things they are working on …that are just not good for the community or our children.”
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