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Yonnie3

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2. protecting the citizens as well.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 9, 2021, 12:47 PM

Jul 2021

There were armed "patriots" hanging out in the vicinity to protect the statues against vandalism up to a month ago. I hadn't heard of them lately.

At the special meeting to allocate funds:

“This is just putting funding in place so that we can either remove, store or cover any or all of the three statues. ... Any type of permanent dispossession, transfer of ownership or otherwise, would have to come back to you as a council for approval and a vote.”

Looks like it is finally happening.

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I think it is pretty clear that they are trying to protect their workers. hlthe2b Jul 2021 #1

protecting the citizens as well. Yonnie3 Jul 2021 #2