Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes won't be saluting the new county flag anytime soon

http://enquirer.com/ ^ | June 19, 2002 | By Dan Klepal

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Auditor irked by flag

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County disdains townships, Rhodes says

By Dan Klepal, dklepal@enquirer.com
The Cincinnati Enquirer

        Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes won't be saluting the new county flag anytime soon.

Hamilton County's flag, held here by Todd Portune, is offensive to townships, says Auditor Dusty Rhodes.
(Steven M. Herppich photo)
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        Mr. Rhodes, a longtime Delhi Township resident who served as a trustee for 21 years, said the flag disrespects the township form of government.

        The flag has a golden circle on its blue field. Inside the circle are 36 stars with another star inside the H, representing the county's cities and villages.

        Surrounding the circle are 12 “cogs” meant to represent the county's townships.

        Mr. Rhodes has asked county commissioners to reconsider the flag design, adding that townships get overlooked at all levels of government from the state of Ohio to quasigovernmental organizations such as the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments.

        About 40 percent of the county's population live in townships, Mr. Rhodes said.

        “Cogs on the wheel just don't get it done for me as a township resident,” said Mr. Rhodes, who went on to read definitions of cog out of the dictionary.

        A cog is a “necessary but subordinate part” of a larger organization.

        “A star, on the other hand, is defined in much more positive and glowing terms,” Mr. Rhodes said. “I believe townships could be more appropriately and respectfully recognized.”

        Commissioner Todd Portune, a former Cincinnati city councilman, said he likes the flag.

        “The artist did take into consideration the differing types of government we have,” Mr. Portune said.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

looks like a UNITED NATIONS knock off to me the M in the middle looks like its got a crown on it does the M stand for marxism , marxist who knows ? its supposed to be an H i think but the artist went to public skool i guess./Sarkasum orf/

[DoughtyOne]

That blue caught my attention too. But that crown is probably a city outline since that's the topic of the flag. If the townships are ignored as this fellow says, then I can understand his touchiness about this.

[discostu]

My first comment: Dusty Rhodes didn't he play with Poison?

#2: Counties have flags?

[dighton]

That's neither here nor there. The important thing is, does it have a fringe?

[AppyPappy]

The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes. Go on, Big Dust. Get funky like a monkey wid 'em.

[Poohbah]

Maybe the flag doesn't have a fringe, but this guy is on the fringe nonetheless...

[TC Rider]

My first comment: Dusty Rhodes didn't he play with Poison?

I thought he was either a movie cowboy or a pro wrestler.

[discostu]

Wrestler that's it! 80s culture all jumbles in my head.

[PeterPrinciple]

Peter Principle in action.......he has reached his level of incompetence!

[gdani]

Go get 'em Dusty!

[Ohioan]

Todd Portune is about as Left as they come in Hamilton County politics. His flag looks ridiculous, and it is difficult to understand just what the function of a County flag is supposed to be. The presence of a gear as part of the design most certainly has suggestions of Marxist symbolism; and with Todd as the promoter, that may be the intention.

Dusty Rhodes, by contrast, has been known for years around here as one of the few Democratic office-holders with common sense. He and Portune would be at opposite ends of the political spectrum.

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[LuLuLuLu]

Wow. Ohio people here.

If any of you posted on the now defunct Enquirer Cincinnati Talk forum, please let me know. I'm a co-mod of refugees from that hell hole.