Those who are regular readers of our blog know that we have for some years lobbied for either a balancing memorial at the Lauderdale County Courthouse or the removal of the current CSA monument to the Florence City Cemetery. Our take on the current situation is that it's the Lauderdale County Commission barring the removal at this time.
It's also our take that the current standoff between the city and county will be solved only by the repeal of the 2017 monument legislation that forbids such a relocation. Cost? If the law is repealed, there will be no fine, only the actual removal charges that the city would pay to complete this task legally. With city workers to perform the removal, it shouldn't be an astronomical cost.
So what's new? It seems a relocation is in the works, legal or otherwise:
