Also, I believe that each legislator is responsible to try to resolve issues of the state. This one seems to keep coming up year after year. I thought it would be a responsible thing to put this issue to rest. The only way it will rest, others say, is if people leave it alone. And you can quote me on that, by the way.
Most people do it because they think they can get some political brownie points out of it.
For many, Confederate symbols represent more than just a unique period of history. They signify a tolerance for slavery and oppression, for segregation, for prejudice, and as such should be clearly placed in the state's past. For instance, two groups involved in promoting the state to the outside world haven't run into the flag issue. Our state has dealt with that, and it's not an issue. The flag hasn't come up in his 5 years with the Alabama Development Office, said research manager Robert Sutton.