Council tables any discussion of Confederate flag use (FL)
Posted Sep. 4, 2015 at 1:50 PM
Updated at 1:52 PM
After much discussion from residents and Milton City Council members on both sides of the Confederate flag issue pertaining to whether it should be displayed on the city's seal, the council voted 5-3 to once again table the issue for a future discussion.
The issue to remove the Confederate flag came before the council in last month’s meetings when the city was given two letters from concerned residents seeking to have the flag removed from city grounds and seal. After being brought before the city’s Administration committee on August 20, committee chair Marilyn Jones moved to table the issue before the council during Thursday night’s executive committee meeting.
“The committee recommended the removal of the Confederate flag on the seal and replacing it with the National flag of the Confederacy,” Jones said. “However, I feel that at this time it needs further consideration and looking into, the history of the seal itself and I would move to table that.”
Although she received a second from fellow council member Mary Ellen Johnson, Jones motion to further table the discussion did not set well with fellow Councilman Alan Lowery ...
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