His uncle was a state lawmaker who would rise to be Speaker of the House in the Arizona Legislature.Īfter graduating from Snowflake High School, Flake went to college at Brigham Young University. It made for a lot of Flakes in the city, whose population hovered below 4,000 when Flake grew up there.įlake's father served as mayor of Snowflake. Flake should not expect to be memorialized in bronze here anytime soon.įlake once told the White Mountain Independent he had 69 cousins on his father's side alone. In the center of Snowflake, there is a statue commemorating the meeting between William Flake and Erastus Snow that gave the city its start and its name.īut Sen. “The place is named after the Snow and Flake families. “I figured he’d have more support in his hometown,” the registered Libertarian said.
MORE: Jeff Flake defends FBI's Kavanaugh probe as 'good' That was a surprise for Ken Jackson, 45, who moved to Snowflake six months ago. “Even people who’ve known him since he was 5 years old,” she said.Įarlier this month Voutour was at a booth selling cell phone plans at Snowflake’s annual Harvest Festival, held in Pioneer Park, so-named in honor of the Mormon families that started the community.įor Flake, though, there appears to be little honor. She said the sentiment was common in the area.
Shirley Voutour, 73, gave an immediate thumbs-down when asked her thoughts of her city’s namesake senator. But he appears to have lost favorite son status.
Jeff Flake was born and raised here, in the city co-founded by his great-great-grandfather. It also misidentified the co-founder of Snowflake, Erastus Snow. Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story had an incorrect year for Jeff Flake’s election to the U.S.
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