Flags at Half-Staff for Specialist Brittany B. Gordon

MEMORANDUM

TO:                  Kris Parks

                        Division of Facilities and Operations Maintenance

                        Robert S. LaSala, County Administrator 

                        Pinellas County

                        Bill Foster, Mayor

                        City of St. Petersburg 

                                               

FROM:            Governor Rick Scott

                        By and through Jesse Panuccio, General Counsel

DATE:            October 26, 2012

RE:                  Flags at Half-Staff

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Specialist Brittany B. Gordon, of St. Petersburg, Florida, died on October 13, 2012, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  Specialist Gordon was assigned to the 572^ndMilitary Intelligence Company, 2^nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2^nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. 

By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by 4 U.S.C. § 7(m), as amended on June 29, 2007, and the laws and Constitution of the State of Florida, I, Governor Rick Scott, hereby proclaim and direct as follows:

1.      All National and State flags shall be flown at half-staff at the County Courthouse of Pinellas County, Florida, and at the City Hall of St. Petersburg, Florida, on Saturday, October 27, 2012, in honor of Specialist Brittany B. Gordon.

2. The National and State flags at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, shall also be flown at half-staff on Saturday, October 27, 2012, in honor of Specialist Brittany B. Gordon.

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