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re: New Orleans spent $2.1 million removing monuments . Really Mitch??? OP UPDATED
Posted on 6/9/17 at 4:28 pm to JetsetNuggs
Posted on 6/9/17 at 4:28 pm to JetsetNuggs
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Sweet background info. You really painted the picture perfectly for us.
OP is a regular fricking John Steinbeck
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 4:30 pm to SlowFlowPro
NEW ORLEANS – The city says it spent $2.1 million to remove the four Confederate monuments.
The amount, released Friday afternoon, included security and logistics.
The city said $1 million of the monument-removal costs came from budgeted city funds, with $1 million from private donations.
Deputy Mayor Ryan Berni said "racial extremists" forced the city to spend $710,000 on a safety and intelligence contractor.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu had said there would be no city funds used the remove the Liberty Place monument and statues of Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard and Jefferson Davis.
Berni emphasized no city funds were used on actual removal, only logistics and storage.
The amount, released Friday afternoon, included security and logistics.
The city said $1 million of the monument-removal costs came from budgeted city funds, with $1 million from private donations.
Deputy Mayor Ryan Berni said "racial extremists" forced the city to spend $710,000 on a safety and intelligence contractor.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu had said there would be no city funds used the remove the Liberty Place monument and statues of Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard and Jefferson Davis.
Berni emphasized no city funds were used on actual removal, only logistics and storage.
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