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Equipment, Manpower Delay Dallas Statue Removal
By Ken Kalthoff
... lack of proper equipment and manpower delayed removal of a Robert E. Lee statue Friday according to the contractor hired .. for the job.
... Van Enter studio .. had a crane and crew .. on Wednesday when the Dallas City Council voted to immediately remove the statue ...
A temporary restraining order .. Wednesday stopped that work. A federal judge dropped that order Thursday, ruling against .. the group that filed the lawsuit.
But .. large cranes and skilled workers are .. busy with hurricane damage along the Texas coast and .. unable to get the statue removal underway again Friday ...
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Equipment-and-manpower-delay-Dallas-Confederate-statue-removal-443317673.html
