In Hillsborough, an election wrapped in a Confederate flag (NC)

[struggle4progress]

By Billy Ball

... In July .. the .. Board of Commissioners .. agreed to remove .. "Confederate memorial" from the town-owned museum ... once a whites-only library dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in the 1930s ... The .. decision prompted a .. pro-Confederate flag rally .. in August, which Talisman attended ... On Tuesday's ballot, Talisman will be one of two conservative candidates ... Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens .. says ... "Single-issue races are always very difficult for officials and troublesome for good governance" ... Talisman ... says .. "The Civil War was about so much more than slavery. Slavery just happens to be an offshoot that people have focused on" ...

http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/in-hillsborough-an-election-wrapped-in-a-confederate-flag/Content?oid=4845499

[ladyVet]

1. I don't live too far from Hillsborough.

It's a very small town, with a narrow main road that's always busy. The museum is really nice.

I hope the people there do the right thing.