So, i mean, i would vote for having this removed but i really would hope that the Art Commission would make some efforts to figure out that with to do with the pedestal. Because the empty pedestal alone is not enough. I know in some cases there was the desire to put kind of a neting around some of the confederate sculpture that you could actually see through. You could you know, it was like a mesh that you could see through but it would be tied around the base and then there would be a plaque about why it was done that way. So thats another there are other it seems to me there are other options to deal with this problem. But its very disconcerting to me that we look that we take our point of view from 2018 and assume thats the only way of looking at things and we start to, you know, we start to take away our little pieces of history, one by one and then what do we have . We have our own opinion of what today looks like, but not our stream of history about how we got here. So, and that
1894 when this monument was built. You know, i know that poland literally rebuilt parts of auschwitz as a museum to tell people to not forget. I mean, my background is jewish. And, you know, my ancestry, i had relatives who were lost during the war. And, you know, i think thats significant. Because i think that if, you know, if we just wipe out that history, i mean, were already seeing some of it in our current Politics Today of, you know, of things that could happen that could, you know, create the path towards the kind of things that happened during world war ii. So, the notion of someone put it very well, the empty base as the symbol is really challenging. Because the empty bases a great symbol, if it had something there to tell why it was a symbol. Because if you take off the sculpture and you take off the words early days and i guess the black will still be there. Again, whoever asked about the landscaping pulled away, i mean hopefully that will happen. If the plaque is still ther
The bay area. It starts now and continues until 7 00 this evening. Temperatures from the 90s to 106 degrees. Heatrelated illnesses will be possible. Keep drinking lots of water, even if you dont feel thirsty in this heat. Its now 75 degrees in San Francisco. The peninsula, 83. 84 now in the south bay. As we get a close are look at the east bay, its 90 in dublin. Brentwood, 88. Its 89 in lafayette. A day when you want to try to limit your time outdoors. Ozone levels are unhealth wy fo those with breathing problems. That will continue as we go through the week. Gilroy 94. 96, napa. Oakland, 96. For today and the next couple of days. I will let you know when the heat breaks. Thats coming up. Thank you. Its so hot, as we mentioned. 8,000 students are getting out of school early today and tomorrow and, in fact, the Campbell Union High School District is releasing them in about a half hour from now. Fewer than half of the districts classrooms have air conditioning. Theres no good way to keep
Life will change during the papal visit. This mornings meeting gave them an idea of what to expect when thousands of visitors descend to the area to take septa trains and trolleys into center city. I was here when the previous pope, Pope John Paul ii, it was thronged, massive and everyone celebrated. Reporter people like paula are feeling more anxiety about the weekend. My dad, whos 95, lives near the radner train station and im concerned i wont be able to get to him over the weekend. People will want to get into the city and it will be closed at 476. Reporter some Business Owners came to the meeting to learn if they can set up food tents or kiosks near the train station. Were not going to allow that because weve got so many calls from outside the community who want to come in and sell all kinds of things. And right now we just cant do that. Reporter reporting from radner township, katy zachry, nbc10 news. Two more meetings, one at 1 00 and this evening at 7 00 p. M. Also leaders in de
Police. But a month later, charging documents say that the chief voided gants ticket any way because she was an elected official. The documents say officers continued to notice that ganlts car had expired tags and citations could have been issued but a memo was sent out to the Police Department in august of 2014 from the chief pro hinting police from enforcing parking regulations in the community where gant lives. Investigators say wasnt until february of 2014 when a wtop reporter started asking questions about the unpaid ticket that action was taken and it was partially paid in cash. Chief walkers attorney bob says his client is innocent. The filing of these charges is absurd. This appears to be a renegade act by a subordinate officer. Reporter now, the States Attorneys Office still has to screen these charges to see if there is enough evidence to move forward. Were told that process could happen over the next couple weeks. Coming up at 6 00, what neighbors in this community, the smal