More Jackson County Courthouse Flag Follies

15 September 2009 3 Comments

In the past I have noted the Jackson County Courthouse flying a tattered flag for several days, and on another occasion flying the flag upside-down. Looks like they’re back to their old antics again of completely forgetting proper flag display ettiquete. And whenever the death of a political figure warrants lowering the flag, the Jackson County Courthouse is always the last place to remember to do so.

This past Friday, the courthouse completely forgot about lowering the flag to half mast for the 9/11 anniversary. They finally remembered to do so late in the day.

The problem is, they then promptly forgot all about it. It’s now 9/15, and the flag still hasn’t been returned to the proper position.

If the Jackson County Courthouse is going to continue to disregard their flag they way they do so consistently, they should just remove the flagpole altogether out of respect.

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Concerned said:

Jackson County Courthouse is not the only building where the tradition was forgotten. Our own Police Department failed to disply respect and honor to those who’ve fallen during 9/11. When they were asked why the flag was not at half-staff, the response was, “What’s that mean.” Are you kidding me? How is it that this happens?

# 16 September 2009 at 11:34 am

ScooterJ (author) said:

It’s still at half mast today. Maybe they are mourning Patrick Swayze.

# 16 September 2009 at 12:01 pm

Can someone please just take the Jackson County Courthouse’s flag away until someone works there that knows how to display it properly? | Living in the Scoot Utopia said:

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# 14 December 2009 at 5:38 pm