A debate over what flags can be displayed along city streets is stirring passions in a small city in California’s Central Valley.
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Tuesday’s meeting of the Orland City Council was packed by residents wanting to weigh in on a request to allow Mexican flags to be erected “during significant Hispanic holidays.” After hours of public comment, the five-member council declined to make a decision, instead directing the city attorney to draft options for a policy concerning flags, Chico TV station KNVN reported.
The issue burst into the public discourse after the Orland Flag Society announced it would line a downtown street with U.S. flags on the day of the memorial for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said Orland.News.
The day after that memorial, the newly created Me