Southington flag ordinance needs some work

An ordinance about what type of flags can and can’t be flown on town property in Southington was supposed to make things straightforward but instead is making things more complicated.
Take, for example, the upcoming Italian-American Festival. Italian flags have flown on lampposts as part of the celebration, but that is not going to happen any longer. So they were up, along Center Street, and then they were down, as the R-J reported. Down because of the ordinance passed in April.
The Italian-American Festival is as closely …
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