Post Falls City Council votes to remove Juneteenth
Post Falls City Council had split votes for a mayoral invocation at the meeting in council chamber Tuesday night. Council members also had a split vote to add Columbus Day and remove Juneteenth from the city's celebrated holidays.
Pictured: Samantha Steigleder, Aaron Plew, Joe Malloy, Randy Westlund, Nathan Ziegler, Jack Mosby and Marc Lucca.
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Post Falls Council Chairman Joe Malloy dons a tinfoil hat to laughs during a discussion of the proposal to add a mayoral invocation during future meetings.
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The Post Falls City Council on Tuesday approved the addition of a meeting invocation, removed Juneteenth as a city holiday and added Columbus Day.
The invocation and holiday action items were approved in four to two votes, with Samantha Steigleder, Aaron Plew, Jack Mosby and Marc Lucca voting yes and Joe Malloy and Nathan Ziegler voting no.
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