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Indiana State Fair Asks Vendors Not To Sell Confederate Flag
By BARBARA BROSHER
Posted July 23, 2015
The Indiana State Fair Commission sent a letter to vendors this week asking them not to sell or display the Confederate flag or any items in support of the flag ...
Indiana State Fairgrounds spokesperson Lesley Gordon says the commission has had a longstanding policy with its vendors that prohibits offensive items:
The Indiana State Fair is welcoming to all and does not support any offensive merchandise or behavior from any of our vendors. Per your concessionaire contract and manual ISFC has the discretion to require the exhibitor to remove from the grounds any exhibit, display, handouts, demonstration, entertainment, or other event or item(s) for sale, which the ISFC, in its sole discretion, considers objectionable.
The commission doesn’t anticipate any issues with compliance ...
http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/indiana-state-fair-asks-vendors-sell-confederate-flag-85336/
