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The flag issue began when a resident contacted the City of Alexandria after noticing several incidents of people displaying the flag contrary to city code.
The council is considering amending the ordinance so it will no longer say that it’s “unlawful” to intentionally cast contempt on the flag, or to alter it, or to use it for commercial purposes. Instead, it will say that “no person should” do those kinds of acts.
Motion to repeal the code from the early 1970s fails to get a second at the Alexandria City Council meeting Monday night.
But enrollment is up from the end of the school year in June.