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Board that challenged Confederate Flag dissolved
South Florida Times ^ | 5/8/09 | Elgin Jones

Posted on 05/08/2009 2:27:46 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur

An advisory board that addressed racial issues in Homestead and Florida City has been dissolved, leading some residents to question whether the move was an attempt to stop their fight against the Confederate Flag.

Led by Homestead Mayor Lynda Bell, all seven members of the Homestead City Council voted on April 20 to shut down the Homestead/Florida City Human Relations Board (HRB).

(Excerpt) Read more at sfltimes.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: confederate; crossofsaintandrew; dixie; flag; homestead; saintandrewscross; scv

1 posted on 05/08/2009 2:27:47 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

...any government committees’ dissolution seems in principle like a good thing to me.


2 posted on 05/08/2009 2:29:11 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: americanophile

Isn’t that the truth?


3 posted on 05/08/2009 2:32:00 PM PDT by MamaB (Heb.13:2)
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To: americanophile

No question ~


4 posted on 05/08/2009 2:47:35 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Non-Sequitur

“Human Relations Board.” Seriously?


5 posted on 05/08/2009 3:02:53 PM PDT by YCTHouston
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To: Non-Sequitur

I’m not a big fan of the Confederate Flag, but I certainly don’t want my public officials wasting time and money on some crusade against it.


6 posted on 05/08/2009 3:12:29 PM PDT by Brilliant
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