Re: 'County says it won't pay for flagpole at library [Village News, 6/16/2011]

Last week’s article about the furor over the lack of a flagpole and flag at the new library reminds me of the time, a few years back, when I tried to give them one and they wouldn’t accept it. The answer, some 15 years ago was, none of the San Diego County libraries have flagpoles!

I was doing public relations for the new Sycamore Ranch subdivision, at the corner of Hwy 76 and Gird Rd. In addition to holding a Chamber of Commerce Sundowner western barbecue under the Sycamore trees at the 500-acre site, I proposed the flagpole as something the developer, Presley Co. of San Diego, could do for t...