The New Orleans City Council voted today to remove several monuments associated with its Confederate past. The 6-1 vote will remove monuments to Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, and a monument to Reconstruction era race riots in New Orleans.
The Hayride out of Louisiana is reporting that the monument removal process was done under very shady circumstances.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu first requested the proposal back in June after the AME Charleson Church shooting. At the time, Landrieu said he wanted to hold a “60-day discussion period” so that residents could converse about the four monuments on the chopping block.
Though, the Hayride exclusively reported how the Landrieu administration knew that they had the votes to remove all four monuments before even proposing the idea. Also, the Mayor’s administration apparently has been looking into warehouse spaces and construction companies to remove the monuments since August, even though the “60-day discussion period” was not over.
[..]Hayride exclusive reports exposed months ago how the Landrieu administration may have thrown thousands of dollars at a few of the monuments in order to make a money-trail to give the illusion that taxpayers are burdened by the upkeep of the monuments.
However, the Monumental Task Commission (MTC) has kept up all monuments in the city with no charge to the taxpayers for over a decade now. Officials with the MTC said the city knows this, but still spent thousands of dollars on upkeep over the last few months, though they have never done that in the past.
Meanwhile, reactions to the whitewashing of history in New Orleans are drawing sarcastic comments like this on Twitter that are mocking the city’s decision.
taylor crain @crainnn
we have so many problems in our world like starving people and violence but thank god we are removing the monuments New Orleans!!!!!
Among some of the other problems New Orleans is facing is a rising murder rate. It’s unlikely that Robert E. Lee is responsible for that.
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