Democrat in North Carolina quits job rather than lower flag in honor of Jesse Helms

A 51-year old state worker in North Carolina quit his job rather than lower the flag at half mast to honor Sen. Jesse Helms. News & Observer:

L.F. Eason III gave up the only job he'd ever had rather than lower a flag to honor former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms.

Eason, a 29-year veteran of the state Department of Agriculture, instructed his staff at a small Raleigh lab not to fly the U.S. or North Carolina flags at half-staff Monday, as called for in a directive to all state agencies by Gov. Mike Easley.

When a superior ordered the lab to follow the directive, Eason decided to retire rather than pay tribute to Helms. After several hours' delay, one of Eason's employees hung the flags at half-staff.

The N&O notes the party affiliation of this holier-than-thou oddball later in the article. (No surprise: he's a Democrat.)
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Hat tip: Jammie Wearing Fool. Photo credit: Raleigh News & Observer.

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Over at the Huffington Post, another left-wing oddball, Greg Mitchell, calls Eason a hero. In typical fashion, no-class Mitchell adds that he was "sickened" by the news coverage following the death of Jesse Helms.