Charlottesville City Council adavotera 3-2 Lolemba kuti agulitse kwa wotsatsa wamkulu kwambiri amene Chithunzi cha Robert E. Lee zomwe zakhala zikukangana kwambiri. Mu february, Khonsolo idavota ndi malire omwewo kuti achotse chipilalachi ku Lee Park - voti yotsutsana yomwe idadzetsa mlandu ku City Council, kuletsa izi pakadali pano. Marguerite Gallorini wa WMRA akuti.
MAYOR MIKE SIGNER: Chabwino. Usiku wabwino aliyense. Kuyitanitsa msonkhano uno wa Charlottesville City Council kuti alayire.
Zosankha zitatu zazikuluzikulu zotayidwa ndi chifanizo cha Lee zinali patebulo pamaso pa City Council Lolemba madzulo: malonda; kupikisana; kapena kuperekera fanizoli ku boma kapena ku bungwe lopanda phindu.
Ben Doherty ndi wothandizira pakuchotsa fanoli. Kumayambiriro kwa msonkhano, adafotokoza kukhumudwa kwake momwe zinthu zidayendera pang'onopang'ono, m'mawa mwake.
BEN DoHERTY: Mutha kupereka zolemera mopitilira muyeso yabodza yolakwika yomwe idaperekedwa ndi gulu la Confederate romists pamilandu yawo yotsutsana ndi mzindawo. Izi ndi zifukwa zonse. Lemekezani voti ya 3-2 ya City Council ndikugwira ntchito ndi anzanu kuti mupite patsogolo mwachangu potengera chifanizo cha tsankho pakati pathu. Zikomo.
Mlandu womwe iye amatchulawu adasungidwa mu Marichi ndi Monument Fund ndi ena omasulira, kuphatikizapo omenyera nkhondo, kapena anthu okhudzana ndi wosema chiboliboli Henry Schrady, kapena kuti Paul McIntire, yemwe adapatsa fanolo mzindawo. Omasulira mlandu akuti mzindawu udaphwasulidwa gawo la Code of Virginia lomwe limateteza zikumbutso zankhondo, komanso malingana ndi momwe McIntire idaperekera mapaki ndi zikumbutso kumzindawu. Ngakhale kuti mwina sungamakonde ndi ochotsa ochotsa, mlanduwu uyenera kukumbukiridwa, monga Membala wa City Council Kathleen Galvin anakumbutsa omvera.
KATHLEEN GALVIN: Gawo lotsatira, ndikukhulupirira, likhala msonkhano wapagulu pofunsira kwa pempholi. Pakadali pano, Council siingachotse fanizo mpaka lingaliro likaperekedwa pa lamulo. Khonsolo silingasunthire fanoli mpaka mlandu wokhudza kusuntha kwa fanoli ukhazikitsidwa kukhothi. Palibe amene amadziwa kuti nthawi yake ndi chiyani.
Zomwe akanatha kuchita pakadali pano anali kuvota pa kuchotsa ndikusintha mayina awo. Khansala Kristin Szakos amawerenga mayendedwewo, amavomerezedwa pa voti ya 3-2:
KRISTIN SZAKOS: Mzinda wa Charlottesville upereka Pempho Loti Agulitse fanolo ndipo adzalengeza za RFB - Funsani Ma Bids - kwambiri, kuphatikiza mabungwe omwe amayang'anira masamba omwe ali ndi mbiri yakale kapena yolumikizana ndi Robert E. Lee kapena Civil War .
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SZAKOS: Chithunzicho sichiwonetsedwa kuti chisonyeze kuthandizira malingaliro aliwonse; chiwonetsero cha fanolo makamaka chidzakhala pamaphunziro, mbiriyakale kapena zaluso. Ngati palibe malingaliro omwe angalandiridwe, Khonsolo lingaganizire zopereka za fanolo kumalo oyenera.
Ponena za mayendedwe achiwiri ausiku, adavoteranso limodzi kuti achite nawo mpikisano kuti asankhe dzina latsopano panjirayo.
Charles Weber ndi loya wa Charlottesville, wakale wa Republican ku City Council, ndipo woimira mlandu pamilandu. Monga wankhondo wakale, ali ndi chidwi mwapadera kuti asunge zikumbutso zankhondo.
CHARLES WEBER: Ndikuganiza kuti zikumbutso zankhondo ndizikumbutso zapadera kwambiri kwa iwo omwe akuyenera kupita kukamenya nkhondo; kuti sizongonena zandale, amangokhala ngati msonkho kwa anthu omwe adachita izi. "Stonewall" Jackson ndi Robert E. Lee anali asitikali ankhondo ndipo adamenya nkhondo, sanali andale.
Makamaka, Weber akuwonetsa kuti milanduyi ili yokhudza kusunga osankhidwa kuti azikhala ndi mlandu:
WEBER: Ndikuganiza kuti tonsefe, mbali zonse ziwiri za mkanganowu, mkangano wandale, tili ndi chidwi chofuna kuwonetsetsa kuti osankhidwa athu saphwanya lamulo potsatira ndale, chifukwa chake ndikuganiza kuti mlanduwu ndichachidziwikire konsekonse.
Wolemba komanso omenyera ufulu wa anthu David Swanson - yemwe amachirikiza lingaliro la City Council - amaziwona mosiyana.
DAVID SWANSON: Chilolezo chilichonse chomwe chikufuna kukana mzindawu kuti ufuluwo uyenera kutsutsidwa, ndipo chikuyenera kugonjetsedwa ngati pakufunika. Pomwe mudzi wawo uyenera athe kusankha zomwe akufuna kukumbukira pamalo ake pagulu. Sipayenera kukhala choletsa kuchotsa chilichonse chokhudzana ndi nkhondo kupatula kuletsa kuchotsa chilichonse chokhudzana ndi mtendere. Ndi tsankho lalikulu bwanji kuyikapo!
