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Published on: 7/19/2008
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GAINESVILLE - Gainesville City Councilman Bob Hamrick says its time to replace some of the state and U.S. flags at city buildings, and as it turned out, some Gainesville firefighters were unknowingly taking his advice.
Hamrick wants the faded banners hauled down and replaced, passing along the request at Tuesday's city council meeting.
"Some of them are looking worn, and I just made the comment that we needed to get new ones up and flying," Hamrick said Thursday.
By coincidence, (or maybe it was ESP?)the firefighters at Station #2 on Dixon Drive picked that very day to haul down their old flags and raise new ones without knowing Hamrick was calling for it.
Hamrick said the city often gets flags donated by State Representative Carl Rogers and various Gainesville civic groups.