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Ultimatum after NC fire department refused to remove Confederate flag
BY BRUCE HENDERSON
NOVEMBER 16, 2017 12:48 PM
UPDATED 9 HOURS 1 MINUTES AGO
Commissioners in Montgomery County .. will restrict funding to a rural volunteer fire department that for months has refused to take down the Confederate flag ...
Debate over the Uwharrie Volunteer Fire Department’s flag has simmered for months but complaints .. go back years ... The departmen .. occupies a privately-owned building but gets county money.
County commissioners had previously asked the department to remove the flag ...
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article184981043.html