Decision to not include Pledge of Allegiance draws fire

Pledge of Allegiance Dropped from Meetings

The Winchester Planning Commission voted 4-2 to drop the Pledge of Allegiance out of its bylaws. Commissioner Leesa Mayfield, who opposed the proposal to add the pledge to the bylaws, said, as reported by The Winchester Star, that Planning Commission Chairman Beau Correll “has been rewriting the bylaws unilaterally.” “He was working with commissioners one on one to discuss the changes that he was proposing, including some changes that we might h…

Town At Center Of American Founding Votes To Keep Pledge Of Allegiance Out Of Planning Meetings

A public commission in Virginia voted Tuesday not to recite the Pledge of Allegiance before its business meetings, according to The Winchester Star.

Decision to not include Pledge of Allegiance draws fire

The Winchester Planning Commission voted this week to not recite the Pledge of Allegiance prior to its business meetings, a decision that has caused a furor on social media and made one member of the commission the target of online…