On Monday afternoon, The Bon Air Fire Company in Haverford reversed its previous position. On a Facebook Post they wrote that they “agreed with the Township, that the board should have accepted the resignation…”
That same night, the Haverford Board Of Commissioners voted to reinstate the company. Previously, the township had shut down Bon Air Fire Company because they refused to accept the resignation of Bruce McClay, who reportedly, at one time, had been listed as a Lieutenant of the company. McClay had attended events that were sponsored by The Proud Boys.
Support for Bon Air Fire Company, and then a retraction
Bon Air Fire Company’s Facebook post has drawn 154 comments (so far). Among them was one by conservative columnist Christopher Freind (Freind’s father is former State Representative Stephen Freind),
Freind was referring to an Op Ed. he had written that had appeared in The Delco Times on Monday. In that editorial he praised the Bon Air Fire Company. He wrote, “The fire company, understanding that their brother was being unfairly treated, and victimized by a smear campaign, refused to accept the resignation. The ‘incident’ should have ended there.”
Columnist and local TV commentator Chistine Flowers attended the Commissioners Meeting on Monday and posted a Youtube video of the comments she made there (You might need to turn the volume up on your device to hear her). Speaking of McClay, she told the commissioners that “this town has now turned into that old movie – a town without pity.” Flowers argued that McClay had never been convicted of any crime, never been arrested for any crime.” According to Flowers, McClay merely went to the meetings “to investigate” the Proud Boys. Flowers pointed out that McClay had been “ratted out” by Antifa, and went on to excoriate that group. She then challenged the commissioners “to provide a list of all of the organzations to which you belong.'”
Flowers’ “fallen hero” of Bon Air Fire Company was first “ratted out” in a tweet by AntiFash Gordon on August 2. The tweet shows a picture (not dated) of McClay and other alleged members of the Proud Boys flashing the “Okay Sign.” The meaning of that hand gesture has become a controversy in and of itself.
