Bailey: Unfurled Germantown flag is hard to salute
The flag design without Germantown’s longitude and latitude coordinates. (Courtesy City of Germantown)
Clay Bailey
Clay Bailey, a lifelong Memphian, has worked as a reporter in the city four decades. He concentrated on suburban coverage for the bulk of his career, except for a stint as sports editor of The Daily Memphian when it launched in September 2018. He now is suburban editor and also serves as a freelance sports writer for The Associated Press.
I have wrestled for more than a day about how to write this week’s column. The approach to take. How to diplomatically make the point. Be understanding to those who did the work.
And the best, fairest description is this:
That proposal for the Germantown city flag fell flat. Didn’t work. It is not even “meh.”
It is more like “What the holy hell is that supposed to mean?”
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