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Kenilworth council debates a third flagpole amid legal and budget questions
Summary
Council members, a resident and counsel discussed whether to install a third flagpole at the borough site, handling requests for nonofficial flags, and the budgetary consequences of returning the pole.
Council members debated whether to install a third flagpole at the borough’s front plaza, raising questions about who may request flags to fly, constitutional limits, and project costs.
At the meeting residents and council members expressed concern that adding a third flagpole could create recurring debates about which groups’ flags the borough would allow to fly. One council member argued that removing the third pole would avoid future polarization over requests from private groups. Another member said the…
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