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Judi Lynn

(160,609 posts) Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:39 PM Feb 2016

Alabama bill could stop removal of Confederate monuments

Source: Associated Press

Alabama bill could stop removal of Confederate monuments
Feb 9, 5:06 PM EST

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- As some southern cities mull taking down the Confederate monuments that dot the Old South, an Alabama legislator wants to stop their ability to do so.

Republican Sen. Gerald Allen of Tuscaloosa has proposed legislation that would prohibit cities from taking down historic monuments and memorials on public property without obtaining permission from a legislative panel.

The proposal sparked passionate testimony in committee, but a similar bill failed to win approval last year.

The New Orleans City Council in December voted to take down four monuments, including a bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The city of Birmingham has explored removing a Confederate memorial from a downtown park.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_XGR_CONFEDERATE_MONUMENTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-02-09-17-06-28

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Senator Gerald Allen of Tuscaloosa[/center]

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Alabama bill could stop removal of Confederate monuments (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2016 OP

Always pissing and moaning about STATES RIGHTS, yet at the same time wants control over what... Crowman1979 Feb 2016 #1

I live in Alabama Third Doctor Feb 2016 #2

I'm actually against removing the sculptural monuments Warpy Feb 2016 #3

we'll never have a shortage of bunch of stuffed shirt rich guys pick a fight and end up making total saturnsring Feb 2016 #4

Crowman1979

(3,844 posts)

1. Always pissing and moaning about STATES RIGHTS, yet at the same time wants control over what...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 07:11 PM

Feb 2016

...municipalities do with their property.

Third Doctor

(1,574 posts)

2. I live in Alabama

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 07:23 PM

Feb 2016

The cons here try to pick and choose who is a real American while they celebrate treason. They hate the federal government while the state is supported financially by it. It's nuts.

Warpy

(111,336 posts)

3. I'm actually against removing the sculptural monuments

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 07:31 PM

Feb 2016

because it's good to remember when a bunch of stuffed shirt rich guys pick a fight and end up making total jackasses of themselves. A lot of good people end up getting killed and everybody who's left where the war was fought has to struggle to recover.

The state's rights issue was settled a long time ago when everybody but Dixie admitted Federalism didn't work. It was re settled by the Civil War. I hope we don't have to revisit this bullshit again. Maybe this time we should just let them go.

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)

4. we'll never have a shortage of bunch of stuffed shirt rich guys pick a fight and end up making total