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image located by Valentin Poposki, 28 April 2019
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image located by Valentin Poposki, 28 April 2019
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Municipal flags in Otero County:
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Image above posted by Valentin Poposki on FOTW-fb, probably sourced from https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/2018/12/15/otero-county-commissioners-vote-new-flag-design/2305070002/.
Commissioners vote on new design
ALAMOGORDO - Otero
County Commissioners voted 2-0 in favor of an ordinance to designate the
official design for Otero County's flag while Commissioner Janet White abstained
from voting at the Commission's regular meeting Thursday. "I'm just not going to
vote on it," Otero County Commissioner Janet White said. White did not give a
reason.
Otero County Commission Chair Lori Bies and Vice Chairwoman Susan
Flores voted for the measure.
At a public hearing Nov. 28, Otero County
Commissioners discussed two flag design mock-ups while several more designs were
drawn up for discussion at Thursday's, Dec. 13, Commission meeting. According to
the ordinance, the color white represents the gypsum sand dunes of the White
Sands National Monument, located in Otero County. The cyan represents the
mineral turquoise, which is the state gem of New Mexico and has been mined in
Otero County. The colors red and yellow represent the flag of the State of New
Mexico, whose colors in turn are that of Spain, the ordinance states.
There
were also two ideas submitted from the public that were also discussed at
Thursday's meeting. The Otero County flag will be halved along the diagonal with
the lower half being yellow with a red Zia symbol and the top half will be
turquoise on to and white on the bottom.
The mock-up that was presented had
the words "OTERO COUNTY" along the long center diagonal line. The version that
the commission approved will not have OTERO COUNTY or any lettering on it.
Also, the design of the Zia symbol was discussed and will be considered when the
process is farther along. The commission would like to have a Zia symbol on the
flag that is similar to the one on the Otero County logo.
The ordinance will
be updated to reflect the description of the Zia symbol used.
The cost of
producing the flag will come from the county commission's discretionary fund.
Commissioners are in the beginning phase of the flag's design, they're unsure
when the final flag design will be approved.
Valentin Poposki, 28
April 2019
An official ordinance exists describing this flag of Otero County. It can be
seen here at
https://ecode360.com/34184981#34211020. Since it is part of the official
administrative legislation, it means the ordinance described above was adopted.
Color specifications, etc. are also listed in the ordinance.
Daniel
Rentería, 11 August 2023
![[Flag of Otero County, New Mexico]](../images/u/us-nm-ot.jpg)
image located by Dave Fowler, 1 December 2018
An article about the current flag of Otero County, New Mexico and two
proposals for a new one was posted at
https://www.alamogordonews.com. The current one is white with a centrally placed device
showing a rising sun, a black carving of a sunbird, above a blue bar stating
SUNBIRD and scene of white waves and tufted grasses.
Located by Dave Fowler, 1 December 2018
