PA Chester James Johnson

Mr. Commissioner, as a Veteran I must tell you that your decision to have a fellow Veteran remove the U.S. Flag from the outside of his locker is a slap in the face to all of us. I encourage you reconsider your position on this.

Commissioner
Do you not OFTEN wonder how we got to this point in this country? If you do not, they then you, among with millions of others, have missed the important points of American history.
I pray that this country and you will one day see the importance of being proud of this country and of voicing that pride in our everyday lives. Until people in leadership positions are willing to step up and say, “you know, he is right, we should be showing our love, respect, and pride for this greatest country in the world. Until that happens, we will flounder as a nation, otherwise we will continue to focus on what divides us and not what unites us….we are AMERICANS!!!

THE SYMBOL OF AN AMERICAN FLAG – YOU ARE AWAKENING THE RAGE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO LOVE THIS NATION. SHAME ON YOU, COMMISSIONER!

The flag is a symbol of this country. It should be proudly flown/shown–and in this case it was. For this Chief to tell this VETERAN firefighter, who fought bravely for the country that this flag represents, to take this flag down is shameful.

It is time for the Mayor of the city to remove this Fire Chief. He obviously is not a leader of men. He is a bigot.

Get him off the payroll and lets make sure that no one else hires him.

Mr. Commissioner,
I’m sitting down now to explain to my child — yet again — that our nation is not one of rules. Our leaders simply cannot bear the burden of leading. American culture — which ironically is what your decision to ALLOW flag stickers caters to — simply doesn’t support rules any longer.

Leaders like you, and those who support you on this decision, fail to make the hard decisions — hence, you do not lead.

You fail to actually ENFORCE THE RULES out of fear that someone who changes the subject will actually out-maneuver in the court of public opinion.

Rather than simply, boldly state “this rule discriminates against stickers not countries, pride or patriotism” you cave. Shame on you and shame on a country that has so few true leaders.

The subject is/was stickers, not patriotism. You lose — and so does our country, so do our kids.

Those who think this is just about blindly followiing the leader no matter what cliff he/she is leading towards should recognize that this is a nation whose forefathers spoke of inalienable rights given by God and that our nation was founded on the belief that right or wrong is not defined by men but by God. Just as the nazi soldiers who obeyed their leaders in the murder of millions were wrong there sometimes comes a time when a people have to stand up and say that the orders their leaders give are wrong no matter their divinely appointed place as leaders.

this is so sad how people have jumped all over the commissioner giving a order and it was okay for employee to do what he wanted…..YES I know this was the flag I am not blind to that issue it is just every other firefighter had to adhere to the same order clear lockers and now the world has made this a patriotic issue…….Let this issue die it is over with u were never in that city to know the whole story so don’t degrade a man for ONE cituation when he has done plenty good things saved many lives and the list goes on and on……just let this story goooooo