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struggle4progress

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Thu Jul 30, 2015, 02:37 PM Jul 2015

Otsego County Fair to keep out Confederate flags (NY)

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:11 pm
By Joe Mahoney Staff Writer

... "Our state and our Fair represent inclusion and respect for all," state Fair spokesman Dave Bullard said in a statement. "The Fair requests vendors to refrain from selling or displaying items that may offend or in cases of public health and safety. Our vendors have always complied with these requests. The Fair is aware of two vendors who have sold Confederate merchandise in the past. They have agreed not to sell such merchandise at the State Fair" ...

http://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/otsego-county-fair-to-keep-out-confederate-flags/article_222fff5a-02b6-5f22-a22b-de4166c77763.html

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