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O.B. agrees to fly the Progress Pride flag - The Martha's Vineyard ... (Martha's Vineyard Times)

The Oak Bluffs select board approved the raising of the Progress Pride flag on town property in a 4-1 vote on Tuesday with select board member Jason Balboni ...

Despite some hesitancy by the board to allow the Pride flag to be raised, community pressure kept coming, with numerous emotional testimonies regarding the significance of the Pride flag and the flag policy itself, eventually swaying the board to reassess. Select board member Brian Packish said the intent of including the flag policy discussion was not to exclude the LGBTQ+ community but to avoid any possible lawsuits by other groups who may be denied their request to fly a chosen flag. The Oak Bluffs select board approved the raising of the Progress Pride flag on town property in a 4-1 vote on Tuesday with select board member Jason Balboni casting the lone dissenting vote.

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R. Thayer Broili Jr. (Southern Pines Pilot)

Thayer was born on April 13, 1946, in Hillsborough, to the late Robert Thayer and Grayce Mitchell Broili. He graduated high school in Hawaii and attended the ...

He traveled his whole life with his family while his dad was in the Navy and experienced a new place every year: he experienced more culture than most. He was passionate about the environment and how it all worked together and did a lot of service through his career to help change how the government and other people understood this bigger picture. If anything that Thayer would have wanted is to keep the Earth healthy for our next generations. He taught his children and grandchildren that you need to always keep an open mind and heart to anyone and everyone because you never know their background. Whether it was planting things with them or teaching them about animals, he was always trying to plant the seed about how important this was with people. In addition to his professional endeavors, he also served 23 years in government.

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