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struggle4progress

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Wed Sep 27, 2017, 08:06 AM Sep 2017

Memphis TN sends 2nd letter asking for statue waiver

Tuesday, September 26th 2017, 10:24 pm EDT
Wednesday, September 27th 2017, 5:50 am EDT
By WMCActionNews5.com Staff

... The waiver would allow the city to remove the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue, which Memphis police officers continue to guard ...

McMullen, the city's chief legal officer, recently sent a letter to the commission asking for them to adopt an emergency rule that would allow the commission to vote on the waiver at the Oct. 13 meeting ...

This letter makes the second time in a matter of weeks the administration has reached out to the THC. So far the city has not heard back, and they still don't know if the city's waiver is on the agenda.

"We are anxiously awaiting to see the agenda, and whether or not we are put on the agenda," McMullen said ...

http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/36460294/city-sends-2nd-letter-to-thc-asking-for-confederate-statue-waiver-to-be-heard

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