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Flaggs rebukes online accusations
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Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. was offended by an online comment made by a former educator that tried to place the blame on him for any upcoming illnesses or deaths of school children.
The post said:
“Mayor George Flaggs, Jr and Superintendent Chad Shealy can stop these schools from opening in August. So, if your child dies from COVID-19 or brings the virus home to you, then you know exactly where to place the blame.”
“I have had no input. I have not spoken to anybody [with the school board], and I think it is wrong to say or suggest in any comments that if somebody dies as a result of COVID-19, to blame me. I can’t speak for that board. I can’t speak for the superintendent, but I can certainly speak as Mayor George Flaggs, mayor of this city” said an emphatic George Flaggs in a live interview with the Vicksburg Daily News. “I have done everything I could to minimize the spread of this disease, minimize the lives that we could.”
The Vicksburg Warren School District has laid out a plan to reopen the schools in August. The debate around reopening the schools has evoked a lot of emotions, including today’s posts regarding Mayor Flaggs.
