Salute for the Pledge?

 Since Jim Shelton and Gerd  "Jake" blasted a fellow council member for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during council meetings, these two have taken to Saluting while reciting the Pledge!

  Rules for Saluting the US Flag

  Law Now Allows Retirees and Vets to Salute Flag

Traditionally, members of the nation's veterans service organizations have rendered the hand-salute during the national anthem and at events involving the national flag only while wearing their organization’s official head-gear. 

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 contained an amendment to allow un-uniformed service members, military retirees, and veterans to render a hand salute during the hoisting, lowering, or passing of the U.S. flag.

A later amendment further authorized hand-salutes during the national anthem by veterans and out-of-uniform military personnel. This was included in the Defense Authorization Act of 2009, which President Bush signed on Oct. 14, 2008.

  The Pledge of Allegiance was left out of the above law.
 

The United States Flag Code states:

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”, should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute. Members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans may render the military salute in the manner provided for persons in uniform.

Note the last two sentences, i.e.  Remain Silent and Salute..  

Seems Jim Shelton and Gerd Jacobi have established their own Code, they Salute without cover AND Recite the Pledge.  

  These two are both retired military and should follow the US Flag Code!

Time to Vote Jim Shelton and Gerd Jacobi out of office.  Vote Frank Archuleta, Place 1,

Joan Pedrotti, Place 2 and Pam Dodson, Place 3.  It's time to get Windcrest back on the right path, of following the laws of the land.