"South Lake Tahoe has, in recent weeks, been recovering from the shock of its former mayor's embezzlement of funds from a church and the recent arrest of new Mayor Cody Bass after an argument escalated outside a bar in Stateline. But it was the debate over changing up the city's 60-year-old official seal that took center stage at the Tuesday city council meeting, eliciting some unexpected emotions."
"City Council Member Scott Robbins believes that the current seal is geographically inaccurate. It features an outline of Lake Tahoe, bisected by a straight dotted line that represents the border between California and Nevada. The actual border line goes straight down from Crystal Bay on the California-Nevada border on the North Shore and turns diagonally east, starting around Zephyr Cove as the line is drawn south."
"City Clerk Blankenship gave an emotional introduction to the proposed change. "This proposal did not originate from the community, no residents or civic organizations have requested such a change and there is no operational or public need for it," Blankenship told the city council and those in attendance."
South Lake Tahoe, a city of about 21,000 on Lake Tahoe's shores bordering Nevada, recently confronted scandals including a former mayor's embezzlement and the arrest of Mayor Cody Bass. During an eight-plus hour city council meeting, council members debated revising the city's 60-year-old official seal. Council Member Scott Robbins argued the current seal inaccurately depicts the California-Nevada border and proposed adjusting the southernmost dash to reflect the border's diagonal turn near Zephyr Cove. City Clerk Susan Blankenship, custodian of the seal, stated the proposal originated within the council, not from residents or civic groups, and noted no operational or public need, while the proposal nonetheless provoked strong emotions.
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