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Showing Original Post only (View all)So... It Looks Like They Want To Tear Down Newtown Elementary School And Rebuild It... [View all]
That's the voting so far, but it has not been finalized.
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/05/10/sandy-hook-school-demolish.html
And I definitely understand the thinking... But...
How would YOU vote on this...
I can sympathize with moving on, but I'm not sure I would want the memory permanently erased.
What say you.
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Raze it and build a new school. | |
4 (57%) |
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Leave it as is, and as a reminder. | |
1 (14%) |
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Obligitory Other. | |
2 (29%) |
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So... It Looks Like They Want To Tear Down Newtown Elementary School And Rebuild It... [View all]
WillyT
May 2013
OP
Other: This is so far out of any experience I have had, and I am so removed from what that town is
Brickbat
May 2013
#2
And That's Why I Asked The Question... They Just Put The Topping On The 9-11 Tower...
WillyT
May 2013
#13
Tear it down, erect a memorial - and build the new school at a different location. n/t
Tx4obama
May 2013
#10
I think if I lived there I'd want to tear down that portion of the building(s) and replace
petronius
May 2013
#21
I Might Too... Unless Somebody Conviced Me That That's Probably What The NRA Wants Too...
WillyT
May 2013
#23
If the taxpayers of that community want to rip the thing down and move on, who am I to tell them no?
MADem
May 2013
#33
I would not want my child to attend that school or any school erected on that property.
JDPriestly
May 2013
#34