Pensacola City Council starts countdown to enable removing monument (FL)
Jim Little, Pensacola News Journal
Published 7:59 p.m. CT June 11, 2020 | Updated 9:12 p.m. CT June 11, 2020
... The Pensacola City Council on Thursday evening unanimously approved an item to start the 30-day waiting period required by council policy for the city to alter or remove a historical marker.
City Council President Jewel Cannada-Wynn said the vote Thursday was not an endorsement to remove the monument.
"It is not whether or not we should move or remove or alter the monument," Cannada-Wynn said. "It is about having this opportunity to discuss it, is what this item does.
The item was done through a rare agenda add-on drafted Thursday before the meeting that was sponsored by three council members, Sherri Myers, Ann Hill and Jared Moore. The council rarely adds items onto its agenda, and if it does, the item is usually added during its Monday agenda conference before its Thursday meeting day ...
https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2020/06/11/pensacola-starts-countdown-enable-removing-confederate-monument/5347223002/
