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The Bastrop County Commissioners Court on Monday approved a new location to house a pair of Confederate monuments that sit on the courthouse s grounds after a months-long process to find the obelisk and headstone a new home. The Commissioners Court approved the relocation by a 3-2 vote, with commissioners Donna Snowden and Mark Meuth dissenting. The monuments an obelisk erected in 1910 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and a granite headstone erected in 1964 by the state of Texas commemorating Joseph D. Sayers, a major in the Confederate army and Texas’ 22nd governor will be relocated to county property located off Texas 95 and Cool Water Drive in Bastrop. ....
Herman: An irregular opening day of regular legislative session Make laws. Stay safe. On this opening day, much of the usual pomp gave way to the circumstances. The Rev. Curtis John Guillory, bishop emeritus of the Catholic diocese of Beaumont, opened the House session with an invocation that acknowledged “the extraordinary challenges of governing in a time of pandemic.” On the Senate side, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s opening remarks included this: “For those watching online, everyone has been tested that s on the floor today, in the gallery, ourselves, up front. The governor. We ve all been tested today. This was an opening day marked by vigilance against violence and virus. An unprecedented Day One show of armed force, including surveillance drones buzzing around the Capitol, guarded against the former. Masks over faces, cotton swabs up noses and hand sanitizer on lawmakers’ desks guarded against the latter. ....