Fresno council bans Confederate flag on city-owned property

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BY GEORGE HOSTETTER
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The Confederate battle flag will never fly legally over city of Fresno property, the City Council said Thursday.

The issue now lands on the desk of Mayor Ashley Swearengin.

The mayor is on vacation, but her Communications Director Mark Standriff said she will not veto the council’s action.

The council, on a 4-0 vote with two abstentions and one member absent, approved a law that prohibits Fresno officials from flying or displaying the battle flag of the Confederacy on city property ...

http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article27448849.html

[onecaliberal]

1. Happy to hear that. It's a red city.

[shenmue]

2. Good

You know you suck if you're proud of a flag that lost.

[kestrel91316]

6. Indeed.

[951-Riverside]

3. I hope they ban the ISIS flag too after the latest shooting

We cannot allow radicals to continue symbols of hate openly and freely.

[kestrel91316]

5. Funny, but I don't see any government offices flying the ISIS flag anywhere in the US.

Do you?

[Travis_0004]

8. And according to Fresno officals, a confederate flag has never flown in Fresno.

[LuvNewcastle]

7. You can't do that.

We're substituting our ISIS flags for the old rebel flags now. We must have at least one offensive flag to wave around.

[kestrel91316]

4. Good.