Georgia lawmaker wants to allow cities to manage Confederate monuments
An Atlanta lawmaker said the fact that local governments have passed resolutions urging the state to let them decide whether to move Confederate monuments might help her gain support for a bill she plans to introduce to do just that.
State Sen. Elena Parent, D-Atlanta, said she will file a bill next month that would allow decisions about the monuments to be made locally.
“I think that given that it’s the people who live in these communities who see certain monuments and memorials in their public space, it really is an appropriate decision to be made at the local level,” she said.
State law prohibits Confederate monuments from being “relocated, removed, concealed, obscured, or altered in any fashion,” but governments are allowed to take action to preserve or protect monuments.
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