Moss Croft, president of the Identity Alliance at Cooperstown Central School, joins community members for the annual unfurling of the Pride Flag at 22 Main Street in Cooperstown.…
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NO POMP, CIRCUMSTANCE Pride Flag Raised At Seat Of Village At 22 Main, Not Main And Pioneer…
LETTER from ROGER MacMILLAN Reserve Village Flagpole For The Stars & Stripes To the Editor: I am opposed to flying the rainbow flag from the Cooperstown village flagpole during Pride Month this June. Let me make myself clear, I have many friends who have their personal orientation and I fully support them in every sense of the word. As such, it is none of my business concerning their individual persuasion. However, I believe that the American flag flown from the…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Protocol Directs: Don’t Put Private Flag On Public Pole To the Editor: I was so flummoxed over the slavery flag issue that I almost overlooked the other flags. Public flag protocol is governed by established tradition and state law, not by local plebiscites or whims. If any flag goes up on a public flagpole, it should be the national flag, then the state flag, then a municipal flag. A municipal flagpole is not a sign board for…
DEBATE AT 22 MAIN Despite Village Atty’s Warning, Trustees Vote To Fly Pride Flag By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A month after voting unanimously to fly the Pride Flag on the flagpole next June, village trustees once again debated and, in the end, affirmed their decision. “I gave every member of this board every opportunity to table this motion,” said Trustee MacGuire Benton, who introduced the resolution at the board’s July meeting. “For any vote you…
Cooperstown Trustees Affirm Flying Pride Flag COOPERSTOWN – After brisk debate, the Village Board a few minutes ago stood by the decision to fly the Pride Flag during the month of June with the Stars & Stripes on the flagpole at Main and Pioneer streets. Against the advice of Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh, they approved a policy on flags. And they approved flying the POW-MIA flag on the Main-Pioneer flagpole during Novembers, POW-MIA month, “in perpetuity.” DETAILS IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Flag Already Symbolizes Hope, Freedom, Equality To the Editor: I get tired of all these special interest groups whining for attention. Basically, the Pride flag is a symbol of whom you want to embrace and the freedom to do such and be loved and accepted. The design of the flag is not very creative. That flag design is used to represent the Inca Empire, the indigenous in Peru and Bolivia. The design is used around…
Mayor: Let Committee Study What Flags To Fly Editor’s Note: This was reprinted from the current edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, available at local newsstands. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – As suggestions expand to hanging banners beyond the Pride Flag on the village’s flagpole, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch is asking Trustee MacGuire Benton to form a committee with two other trustees to develop a policy for all such requests. “We need a policy,…
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FRESHMAN TRUSTEE CARRIES DAY Pride Flag Will Fly Over Cooperstown Village Hall By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Pride Flag flew over the state Capitol in Albany this summer for the first time. The idea of flying it over Village Hall in Skaneateles was proposed in June, but no action’s yet been taken there. That means the Village Board’s unanimous voted Monday, July 22, may make Cooperstown the first municipality in the state to authorize flying…