Hero
When the governor of North Carolina ordered the state's flags to be flown at half-mast in remembrance of the vile bigot Jesse Helms L.F. Eason III, a 29-year veteran of the state's Department of Agriculture, refused:
Eason, a 29-year veteran of the state Department of Agriculture, instructed his staff at a small Raleigh lab not to fly the U.S. or North Carolina flags at half-staff Monday, as called for in a directive to all state agencies by Gov. Mike Easley.When a superior ordered the lab to follow the directive, Eason decided to retire rather than pay tribute to Helms. After several hours' delay, one of Eason's employees hung the flags at half-staff.
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"Regardless of any executive proclamation, I do not want the flags at the North Carolina Standards Laboratory flown at half staff to honor Jesse Helms any time this week," Eason wrote just after midnight, according to e-mail messages released in response to a public records request.
Eason, 51, was forced to take early retirement because of his refusal.
It's good to see someone stand up for basic decency - and no surprise at all that he was punished for it.
[Via JMM.]
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