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The Temple City Council decided Thursday to delay a decision on allowing the city’s unit of the NAACP to fly a flag recognizing Juneteenth later this month.
The Killeen City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously against a resolution that would have allowed the city to fly the Juneteenth flag at City Hall June 18-20.
The NAACP-Killeen Branch spoke out against the resolution during citizens comments, expressing concerns that it would open Pandoraâs box and allow other flags to be flown at City Hall as well.
âFlying the Juneteenth flag would make it where other groups and organizations could make the same request of their flags to be flown. And yes, Iâm even talking about the Confederate flag or the LGBTQ flag,â Samuel Powell said during citizensâ comments on Tuesday. Powell made the comments on behalf of NAACP-Killeen Branch President TaNeika Driver-Moultrie.
Killeen voters will head to the polls Saturday to decide four Killeen City Council races. Two incumbents are running to retain their seats, while District 1 and District 3 will see fresh faces representing them in council chambers.
The Herald spoke with the candidates as they made their final appeals to voters to see what issues are top of mind in Killeen.
District 1
The District 1 race to replace term-limited Councilmember Shirley Fleming features five candidates, the most in any district this election cycle. Candidates said the city-wide issue of poor road conditions dominated a lot of their conversations with constituents. But the lack of grocery stores in District 1 was the biggest district-specific issue they heard about.