Cochran still flying Confederate flag

COCHRAN - A middle Georgia city plans to keep the Confederate flag flying at the municipal building -- at least for now. <br> <br> Cochran Mayor Charles Killebrew cast the deciding vote Thursday in a dispute about flying the flag on city-owned property. <br> <br> The City Council in Cochran -- which has 4,500 residents -- called the meeting after residents objected to the flag. <br> <br> Council members were split three-to-three on the issue of whether to take down the flag -- now padlocked in a spot near a Confederate memorial. <br> <br> The flag was erected last year next to a 1910 monument to Confederate soldiers that stands in front of the city&#39;s chamber of commerce. The Sons of Confederate Veterans did not seek permission before raising the flag on city property, but the mayor says he thought its location at a monument would not be controversial. <br> <br> The head of the local chapter of the NAACP -- Doris Harris -- says the flag represents slavery and the issue is not over.

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