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Resolution banning flags flops
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A measure restricting which flags can be flown on Warren County property has been grounded by the full Warren County Commission.A resolution to ban all flags on Warren County property with the exception of the flag of the United States of America, the flag of Tennessee, the flag of Warren County, the flag of the city of McMinnville, and the POW – MIA flag failed by a 22-1 margin Monday night. Commissioner Michael Shane Wilcher asked for the resolution as a way to prevent future controversy after a recent spat over placement of a Confederate flag beside the courthouse. He was the only one to vote in favor of it.Commissioners David Rhea, Ron Lee, Diane Starkey, Carl E. Bouldin, Ken Martin, Teddy Boyd, Blaine Wilcher, Michael Martin, Charles Morgan, Linda Jones, Tommy Savage, Gary Martin, Scott Rubley, Randy England, Carlene Brown, Wayne Copeland, Carolyn Miller, Morris Bond, Terry Bell, Carl D. Bouldin, Tyrone Sparkman and Kenny Roberts voted against it.