Editing Pocatello, Idaho (section)

===Flag===
{{main|Flag of Pocatello, Idaho}}

The Pocatello flag used from 2001 to 2017 was considered by the [[North American Vexillological Association]] to be the worst city flag in North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnv5iKB2hl4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/pnv5iKB2hl4 |archive-date=November 14, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed – Roman Mars |last=TED |date=May 14, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2017 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore }}</ref> In April 2016, the city's newly created flag design committee met for the first time. Attending the meeting was [[Roman Mars]] {{Ndash}}whose 2015 [[TED Talk]] had made Pocatello's flag infamous.<ref name="WTimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/14/pocatello-starts-effort-to-improve-derided-city-fl/ |title=Pocatello starts effort to improve derided city flag |newspaper=The Washington Times |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826031035/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/14/pocatello-starts-effort-to-improve-derided-city-fl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 20, 2017, after a year and a half of work by the flag committee, the Pocatello City Council approved the adoption of a new flag with the informal name of "Mountains Left" out of a total of 709 designs.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Pocatello City Council Approves Flag Resolution, New and Official City Flag to be Raised |url=http://www.pocatello.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=623 |publisher=City of Pocatello, Idaho |date=July 20, 2017 |access-date=August 31, 2017}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|fix-attempted=y|reason=IABot put in a 404 link, and I can't find alternative location of source }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Inglet |first=Misty |title=Pocatello officially has new city flag |url=http://www.localnews8.com/news/pocatello/pocatello-officially-has-new-city-flag/590773207 |publisher=[[KIFI-TV]] |date=July 21, 2017 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721080156/http://www.localnews8.com/news/pocatello/pocatello-officially-has-new-city-flag/590773207 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Pocatello council approves new flag for Gate City |url=http://idahostatejournal.com/news/local/pocatello-council-approves-new-flag-for-gate-city/article_cbcca881-dc51-5b5b-971a-566a590ca691.html |newspaper=[[Idaho State Journal]] |date=July 20, 2017 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=July 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721154706/http://idahostatejournal.com/news/local/pocatello-council-approves-new-flag-for-gate-city/article_cbcca881-dc51-5b5b-971a-566a590ca691.html |url-status=live }}</ref>