A letter writer to the Ithaca Journal reports that Ithaca's controversial police chief, Lauren Signer, has ordered officers to remove the American flag from their uniform:

Ms. Signer and the deputy chief of the Ithaca Police Department have decided, in their wisdom, to remove the U.S. flag from the police uniform and put a police patch in place of it.

The men and women of the police force have been told that if they do not remove the flag they will be charged with gross insubordination.

I was told that a small pin (which inaccurately depicts the American flag) will be put on the uniform and that because the city buys the uniforms, the "chief can do as she wants."

Ithaca has long claimed to be the "most enlightened city in America," for its extreme liberal policies.

Like most liberals, however, the people of Ithaca equate "enlightened" with "anti-American."