Mayor Caroline McCarley, through the Mayoral equivalent of an executive order, had the buildings department remove all the American flags hanging from light posts in town and replace them with Gay Pride (Rainbow) flags.
There is a gay pride parade in Rochester, New Hampshire this weekend, the same weekend as the 15th anniversary of 9/11, and it doesn’t look like the American flags will be back in place until Monday.
I have to wonder if Mayor McCarley would swap Old Glory for Gadsden’s if the Free Staters held a parade. Not that they wouldn’t prefer the American flag. It’s just a thought experiment; one in which I suspect the mayor would say it is not appropriate for the City to expend public resources for that purpose.
The Mayor did think it proper to use public resources to put up Gay Pride flags that will still be there on September 11th unless a city employee works on the weekend to take them down or the city allows someone or several someones who volunteer to do it for them.
Given the run-around Kathy Dunton, who contributes to this blog on a blue moon, has been getting from the bureaucracy just to uncover who approved the change and how I’d bet they’ll still be there Sunday morning.
To get her full story and all the details Kathy has been posting updates on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/kathy.dunton.7/posts/10154579378644697
