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struggle4progress

(118,236 posts) Wed Sep 27, 2017, 09:20 PM Sep 2017

Hamilton County TN Commission to vote on removal of statue

by Katherine Marchand

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —

Hamilton County Commissioners will vote next week on a resolution to remove a Confederate statue from the grounds of the old courthouse ...

The bust portrays Confederate Lieutenant General Alexander P. Stewart ...

http://newschannel9.com/news/local/hamilton-county-commission-to-vote-on-removal-of-confederate-statue

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Hamilton County TN Commission to vote on removal of statue (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2017 OP

I live there.... IamFortunesFool Sep 2017 #1

IamFortunesFool

(348 posts)

1. I live there....

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 09:38 PM

Sep 2017

I'm surprised (pleasantly) that it's even coming up for a vote... I'd love to see a meaningful progressive civil action from our local government. I imagine there will be immense pushback from all the zealous illiterates and stubborn revisionist here in Chattganistan.

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