Robert E. Lee Statue Is Gone, but it Certainly Was a Painful Process

After a week-long melodrama of false starts, pratfalls and tragedy, the city finally succeeded Thursday night in evicting Confederate General Robert E. Lee from his place of prominence atop a hill over Turtle Creek two miles north of City Hall. Spurred by the threat of an armed rally in defense…

Restraining Order Delays Lee Statue Takedown

Even as work crews began dismantling the Robert E Lee statue, it seems a court has intervened. Councilman Scott Griggs posted on Facebook that a Temporary Restraining Order has been granted in federal court preventing the statue of Robert E. Lee from coming down. “Case filed by Hiram Patterson against…

Council Votes to Remove Robert E. Lee Statue

After an hour spent listening to the public and another hour stating their own positions, the Dallas City Council voted 13-1 today to pull down an equestrian statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in an upscale neighborhood near downtown. Within hours of the vote a crane appeared at the…

Confederate Memorials Debate at Dallas City Council is Huge

Let’s not get fooled on the Confederate memorials question in Dallas. It’s easy to do. It’s worse than a who’s-on-first routine. This one is more like where-is-first? What may camouflage the real controversy more than anything else, especially for people who are outside the city looking in, is the recruitment…