To the editor:

Are the members of the Barrington Town Council above the law? Their unwillingness to abide by or enforce the law seems to suggest so.  

It's always bothered me when people use the playing of the National Anthem to stage their protests. I find it disrespectful, but it is not unlawful to do so. Flying advertising under the US flag is another matter entirely. It's the law.  

4 U.S.C. 5 - Display and use of flag by civilians; codification of rules and customs; definition; Title 4, Section 8 states "Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown."

This isn't a difficult concept to grasp.  

Do the members not see that, or do they just not care?  

And if it is the latter, more than just the veterans in town should be speaking up.

Kevin Brennan

Barrington

US Navy Veteran