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The common council on Wednesday failed to override Mayor Erin Stewart’s veto of the council’s decision last month to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus. ....
Conn. Mayor vetoes council vote to remove Columbus statue December 18, 2020 GMT NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) A Connecticut mayor on Thursday vetoed a common council’s decision to remove and store the town’s Christopher Columbus statue. New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart issued a statement condemning “cancel culture” and said that taking down the monument would set a bad precedent. “Where does it end?” the Republican wrote. “Are we going to examine the battlefield tactics of generals Kosciuszko or Pulaski to ensure they adhered to the social mores of today?” Local Republican leaders and Italian-American groups largely pushed to keep the statue at McCabe Park while local Democrats, Puerto Rican activists and the New Britain Racial Justice Coalition supported removing it from the property, the Hartford Courant reported. ....
Published December 18. 2020 6:07PM NEW BRITAIN (AP) A Connecticut mayor on Thursday vetoed a common council’s decision to remove and store the town’s Christopher Columbus statue. New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart issued a statement condemning “cancel culture” and said that taking down the monument would set a bad precedent. “Where does it end? the Republican wrote. “Are we going to examine the battlefield tactics of generals Kosciuszko or Pulaski to ensure they adhered to the social mores of today?” Local Republican leaders and Italian-American groups largely pushed to keep the statue at McCabe Park while local Democrats, Puerto Rican activists and the New Britain Racial Justice Coalition supported removing it from the property, the Hartford Courant reported. ....
In this Monday, July 27, 2020, file photo, is the Christopher Columbus statue located at South Exchange and S. South Chicago avenues in the South Chicago neighborhood of Chicago. The third statue of Columbus was taken down Thursday, July 30, . more > By - Associated Press - Friday, December 18, 2020 NEW BRITAIN, Conn. A Connecticut mayor on Thursday vetoed a common council’s decision to remove and store the town’s Christopher Columbus statue. New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart issued a statement condemning “cancel culture” and said that taking down the monument would set a bad precedent. “Where does it end?” the Republican wrote. “Are we going to examine the battlefield tactics of generals Kosciuszko or Pulaski to ensure they adhered to the social mores of today?” ....