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Commissioners debate whether to restrict flags at county temporary safe-stay area after constituent complaints
Summary
Commissioners discussed constituent complaints about a Confederate flag being displayed at a temporary safe-stay area on county property and debated whether to amend rules to ban flags or flagpoles; legal staff cautioned that speech restrictions could face strict-scrutiny review.
A discussion about whether to regulate flags at a temporary safe-stay area (TSSA) on county property drew sustained attention from commissioners Monday.
One commissioner said multiple constituents had called about a Confederate flag flown at the temporary safe-stay area, which the commissioner described as being on county property rather than the city portion of the site. The commissioner asked whether the county could amend…
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