McDONOUGH — Removing the Confederate statue Tuesday night from the McDonough Square cost taxpayers $39,630.

The contract was signed on July 28 between Henry County and Roper & Sons, LLC. According to the agreement, the monument will be stored in a county-supplied storage building or container “until a new site is prepared.”

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Oversight1

Like a thief in the night, under additional cover of the Wuhan, China pandemic, (Marxist) BLM supporting commissioners Vivian Thomas, Dee Clemmons, Bruce Holmes and Chairman June Wood continued their push to erase history they deem offensive here in Henry County. Let there be no mistake, this is right out of the communist playbook which also encourages book burning.

These are the same players bent on changing our form of government by incrementally turning over the reigns of control of HC to the majority unelected and controlled Atlanta Regional Commission. Drunk and getting drunker on their growing sense of power and control they stoke the once dormant fire of racism and division. None of the aforementioned represent a majority of the county but that does not deter them from altering our Constitutionally protected form of government which, in this writers opinion, violates their Oath of Office and can only be seen as an outright act of sedition. These are the same tactics Hitler used to gain absolute control over Germany.

Like a pot of water and live frogs, the heat can easily be turned up in small increments before the frogs even realize they are being boiled. By the time they do it's already too late.

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