New Orleans Monuments

I think the people would vote for them to stay.

But like it was said above, Mitch the B**ch doesn't care. Or, he cares, but only for political reasons. He doesn't care for hurt feelings, but like a typical politician only panders for votes. He might realize now it may not have been a good idea to take them down because of the backlash, but he can't been seen backing down from it or he fears he would be seen as weak. Maybe if more politicians would admit a mistake every now and then and move on, the public may be a little more forgiving of them. But, no, they have to keep their heads firmly up their arses.

If you're really unhappy send an e-mail to the entire city council and let them know you won't be spending another dime in the city due to this.

I like the idea someone had in another thread to replace them with a statue of a pile of body bags. It will represent Katrina and our Murder Rate. So much potential there.

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do you think the majority of people would be in favor of the removal?

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No. The preservationists would lose.

I'm on your side, but never make the mistake of thinking that there are more people who think like you than don't. We're outnumbered on this one, and their voices are louder and more organized than ours, to boot.

I think they'd stay up. Lucky for mitch the bitch he doesn't need a vote..

Mitch would never allow it. That is why the monument removal is moving at a much quicker pace now to avoid a public referendum that would be required once the House Bill regarding monument protection passes.

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New Orleans already had a vote and elected Landrieu. He thinks he is representing the people by removing the monuments.

That's how both a democracy and a republic works.

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So if Mitch decided to murder some people, the citizens of NOLA support murder because they voted him mayor?

I tend to agree, I feel a majority of the voters would support bringing them down.

We already know the voters would have voted to keep the statues. If Mitch thought the voters would have voted to take them down, then he would have let us vote on it.