To the editor:

It’s very upsetting that the only option left for the Barrington United Veterans Council was to resign.

There are so many locations, near town center and beyond, that would be more suitable for virtue signaling flags. 

A resident in town was previously willing to pay for two flagpoles so any and all flags could be flown at a different location. For whatever reason, the past and present council never moved forward with this option. I wonder why?

The town council freely spends hundreds of thousands of our dollars on various studies, so I don’t see why they can’t skip a study or two and find a more suitable place for the flags. It would have made more sense to spend $5,000 on a new flagpole than losing the support of the BUVC throughout the year and especially on Memorial Day. 

Local politicians holding up their hands saying “There’s nothing we can do now” is ridiculous.

I’m asking the town manager to step in and relocate the flags. The previous town manager raised the flags so I don’t see why the current manager can’t move them to a new pole. 

Joe Merrill

Barrington