Saturday, November 18, 2017

NC fire department refused to take down its Confederate flag. Now there’s an ultimatum.

Via Billy

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Commissioners in Montgomery County say they will restrict funding to a rural volunteer fire department that for months has refused to take down the Confederate flag that waves over it.

Debate over the Uwharrie Volunteer Fire Department’s flag has simmered for months but complaints about it go back years, according to news accounts. The department, organized as a nonprofit corporation in 1983, occupies a privately owned building but gets $19,000 a year in county money plus $400,000 annually for fire trucks.

County commissioners had previously asked the department to remove the flag. This week they delivered an ultimatum.


Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article184981043.html#storylink=cpyMore @ Charlotte ObserverM
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6 comments:

  1. DanNovember 19, 2017 at 10:31 PM

    Solution is simple....disband the volunteer department and tell the whiny snowflakes complaining about the flag that they are ON THEIR OWN.

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    1. Brock TownsendNovember 19, 2017 at 10:57 PM

      they are ON THEIR OWN.

      But they would have to be mechanically enough inclined to use a hose....:)

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  2. Average JoeNovember 20, 2017 at 3:47 PM

    They need a go fund me page. I'd be pleased to donate.

    Y'all have a nice day.

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    1. Brock TownsendNovember 20, 2017 at 4:41 PM

      That's a good idea. Send them an email.

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    2. Average JoeNovember 20, 2017 at 5:45 PM

      https://www.gofundme.com/2s5jz678

      Y'all have a nice day.

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    3. Brock TownsendNovember 20, 2017 at 8:58 PM

      Thanks! https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2017/11/go-fund-me-uwharrie-volunteer-fire.html

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