Tiny town Trump won with 63% of vote seeks to remove Confederate monument

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The residents of Owensboro, Kentucky, are ramping up their fight to have a Confederate monument removed from outside of their local courthouse.

The small town — said to have only 4,000 Black residents out of 60,000 — is in Daviess County, which voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in the 2020 election, according to an editorial by The Louisville Courier-Journal.

A billboard was erected Tuesday calling for the monument of a rebel soldier to be moved from outside the Daviess County Courthouse, where it has stood for 122 years.

“Show (love) for all,” the billboard reads. “REMOVE Owensboro-Daviess County’s Confederate Monument.” In small print is #TakeItDown and #WhoseHeritage. It was paid for by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiny-town-trump-won-63-163230771.html

[70sEraVet]

1. So there IS hope.

[Karadeniz]

2. I hope they're successful!!!

[GaYellowDawg]

3. LOL, 60K isn't "tiny"

Not in Kentucky. I wonder if the removal will happen. There are people of good conscience everywhere, but results are what really count.

[bottomofthehill]

4. Not only not tiny, one of the larger cities in the state.

I know there are not many big city cities in Ky, maybe Louisville and possibly Lexington, but still, you can’t call the 4th largest city in the state a tiny town.

10 Largest Cities in Kentucky
Louisville (615,067)
Lexington (325,330)
Bowling Green (76,273)
Owensboro (61,289)
Covington (40,101)
Richmond (37,180)
Georgetown (36,846)
Florence (34,174)
Nicholasville (31,354)
Elizabethtown (30,832)

[struggle4progress]

5. Who owns statue?

by: Jana Garrett
Posted: Feb 8, 2022 / 03:35 PM CST
Updated: Feb 8, 2022 / 04:22 PM CST

... Attorneys are asking the court to declare Daviess County as the owners of the statue and for a lifting of the restraining order preventing it from being moved from courthouse grounds. No ruling on the motion was made during February 7’s hearing.

The Daviess County Fiscal Court wanted to move the statue about two years ago, but a judge granted a temporary restraining order against it until rightful ownership could be determined.

https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/who-owns-owensboros-confederate-statue/

[struggle4progress]

6. Monument expected to be relocated regardless of ownership

By Josh Kelly
JUNE 17, 2021 | 12:12 AM
UPDATED JUNE 16, 2021 | 10:18 PM

While a judge has ruled for Daviess County’s Confederate monument to remain where it is for now, that’s only temporary until the battle over ownership is won. Regardless of that outcome, both sides in the ownership dispute plan to move it from the Daviess County Courthouse lawn ...

https://www.owensborotimes.com/news/2021/06/confederate-monument-expected-to-be-relocated-regardless-of-ownership-battle-outcome/

[struggle4progress]

7. NAACP, Southern Poverty Law Center asking for removal of statue

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) ... After the NAACP Branch 3107 called for its removal two years ago, the Daviess County Fiscal Court unanimously agreed ... The Southern Poverty Law Center raised funding for the billboards to support the NAACP. ...

https://www.wdrb.com/news/naacp-southern-poverty-law-center-asking-for-removal-of-confederate-statue-in-owensboro/article_3569e1a0-af9b-11ec-81a7-6b8098589485.html