Editorial: Question anything that government does under cover of night
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I am a native Floridian. A St Augustinian, to be exact. When the world was young, my business took me to Georgia where I had occasion to travel to a few large cities as well as a state-full of small rural communities. After all those years spent growing up here, the southeastern-most state in the nation, it was during those seven years in Georgia that I learned something else about me. I am also “a Southerner”; a heritage to be celebrated.
Friday we will celebrate the birthday of Pedro Menendez de Aviles; the conquistador and European explorer who settled St Augustine in 1565. Florida grew up under the flags of five nations. It is the Second Spanish Period that has been the focus of our restored architecture, historic education and, except for the Fountain of Youth Archeological Park, most of our attractions.
By Aris Folley - 02/08/21 05:41 PM EST
A Confederate monument that was erected outside a local courthouse in Gwinnett County, Ga., in 1993 was recently taken down.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the statue, which previously stood outside the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse in Lawrenceville, was removed late Thursday.
The removal comes after Gwinnett County commissioners decided to have the monument placed in storage last month amid an ongoing legal challenge and after local incidents of vandalism, the newspaper reported.
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A resolution the local body passed at the time indicated that not taking down the monument could “result in additional acts of vandalism and create a public safety concern for the City of Lawrenceville and Gwinnett County.”
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Democratic lawmakers spoke Wednesday at the Georgia Capitol in support of two Georgia House bills to remove protections of Confederate monuments in the state. When I look up and see Confederate monuments everywhere, I don t need a reminder of my family s trauma, Rep. Shelly Hutchinson (D-Snellville) said Wednesday at a press conference, after filing House Bill 237 and House Bill 238 earlier this week.
HB 237 would remove protections of monuments on public property, including memorabilia related to the Confederate States of America, except for museums and Civil War battlefields. HB 238 would be a direct repeal of current law protecting existing monuments from removal by the state of Georgia.
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