LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. -- The City of Liberty Lake will not observe a 'Charlie Kirk Day' this month, after a city council vote failed on Tuesday evening.

The Liberty Lake City Council voted 6-1 against declaring October 14 'Charlie Kirk Day' in the city, a proposal meant to honor the late controversial conservative political activist who was killed during a public event in September.

At the beginning of the meeting, Councilmember Linda Ball made a motion to strike discussion of the proclamation from the agenda.

"I don't think it's appropriate for us to discuss this, because the individual in question never lived in Liberty Lake and has no ties to Liberty Lake," she said. "I think it's going to foster a lot of ill will and I just don't think it's smart to bring this up."

The motion to stri

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