Rockville Council argues over Confederate Statue (MD)

30 Jul 2015

ROCKVILLE-- City Council member Tom Moore said on Tuesday the mayor ignored the council’s majority opinion supporting the Confederate statue’s removal from Red Brick Courthouse.

Moore said Rockville Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton submitted her own version of a letter to County Executive Ike Leggett and County Council President George Leventhal on July 24 that did not issue an opinion on whether the statue should be moved. Moore said Newton ignored the original version of the letter, which called for the removal of the statue, and resubmitted her own version without the entire council’s knowledge.

“Rockville Mayor Bridget Newton was bound and determined that the City wouldn't take a position on removing the Confederate statue from the courthouse grounds, even though the Council had decided to tell the County it should go,” Moore posted on his Facebook page July 28. “I've seen a fair amount of lawless and unprofessional behavior from this Mayor, but this takes the cake” ...

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