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struggle4progress

(118,338 posts) Thu Aug 17, 2017, 08:50 AM Aug 2017

Tampa Confederate Statue May Not Be Relocated

By STEVE NEWBORN • 16 HOURS AGO

The Confederate statue at the county courthouse in downtown Tampa may not be moving after all. Hillsborough County Commissioners are now asking the public to pay for it.

Just weeks after the board agreed to relocate the statue to a private cemetery in Brandon, commissioners say it won't happen unless the public raises roughly $140,000 in the next 30 days.

That's the remainder of the cost needed to move the 116-year-old statue.

So far, less than a tenth of that amount has been raised in a Go Fund Me account ...

http://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/not-so-fast-tampa-confederate-statue-may-not-be-relocated#stream/0

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Tampa Confederate Statue May Not Be Relocated (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2017 OP

Maybe someone could just knock it over and drag it to the curb for garabage pickup SharonClark Aug 2017 #1

right, start running into these statues instead of loving Americans uponit7771 Aug 2017 #6

This is petty political gamesmanship by craven elected officials. procon Aug 2017 #2

Go Fund Me for removal HAB911 Aug 2017 #3

Tampa Mayor statement HAB911 Aug 2017 #4

+ struggle4progress Aug 2017 #8

+1 nt. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #9

the public HAS paid for it. it's called taxes. spanone Aug 2017 #5

There's a mob in Durham that can remove it for less. FSogol Aug 2017 #7

Yeah open up the process to volunteers workinclasszero Aug 2017 #11

In one day, fundraisers appear to reach goal to move Confederate monument from downtown Tampa HAB911 Aug 2017 #10

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)

1. Maybe someone could just knock it over and drag it to the curb for garabage pickup

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 08:54 AM

Aug 2017

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

6. right, start running into these statues instead of loving Americans

Reply to SharonClark (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 10:00 AM

Aug 2017

procon

(15,805 posts)

2. This is petty political gamesmanship by craven elected officials.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:40 AM

Aug 2017

They're refusing to act to avoid going on record as approving the removal of an objectionable Confederate Statue. They think the face less danger from their white supremacist loving base by shirking their responsibility than they would if they just did the right thing and ordered the removal.

The money is just a ruse. If the statue was unstable and posed a threat to public safety (which it does in any event) they would truck it off to the scrappers in a heartbeat.

HAB911

(8,912 posts)

3. Go Fund Me for removal

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:49 AM

Aug 2017

https://www.gofundme.com/hillsboroughcountystatue

HAB911

(8,912 posts)

4. Tampa Mayor statement

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:54 AM

Aug 2017

Link to tweet

struggle4progress

(118,338 posts)

8. +

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 10:26 AM

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Weekend Warrior

(1,301 posts)

9. +1 nt.

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 11:02 AM

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spanone

(135,873 posts)

5. the public HAS paid for it. it's called taxes.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:58 AM

Aug 2017

FSogol

(45,525 posts)

7. There's a mob in Durham that can remove it for less.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 10:00 AM

Aug 2017

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

11. Yeah open up the process to volunteers

Reply to FSogol (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 03:20 PM

Aug 2017

That trash will be down and outta there in no time!

HAB911

(8,912 posts)

10. In one day, fundraisers appear to reach goal to move Confederate monument from downtown Tampa

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 03:18 PM

Aug 2017

TAMPA — Hillsborough County commissioners gave an ultimatum Wednesday to people who want to move a Confederate monument from downtown Tampa: Raise the money yourselves or it stays. They had 30 days.

It took 24 hours.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/in-one-day-fundraisers-appear-to-reach-goal-to-move-confederate-monument/2334188

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