Daily (more or less) commentary on news and events in Carbondale and the Southern Illinois region, with occasional excursions to other locales.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Flags at Half Staff
While it's certainly a nice gesture for Mayor Cole to order city flags lowered to half staff as a tribute to the death of Springfield mayor Tim Davlin, it violates the Flag Code of the United States (scroll down to section 7-M), which says that only the President of the US or the state governor may order the lowering of the American flag to half staff.
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