Orange County Bans Display of Non-Governmental Flag on County Facilities After Heated Debate
A motion to limit only flying government flags on county facilities was approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors on June 6.
The board voted 3–2 to pass the motion—which limits flags allowed on county properties to the United States, state, county, and a newly added POW/MIA flag—with Chairman Donald Wagner, Vice Chairman Andrew Do, and Supervisor Doug Chaffee voting to approve, while Supervisors Katrina Foley and Vicente Sarmiento opposed.
“There are three [flags] … and only three, [that] should fly on government buildings because they speak for all of us, collectively,” Do, the motion’s initiator, said at the meeting….