I have had a number of folks reach out to me to give their opinions on the topic of the removal of monuments locally. I have listened and I have told them that this topic is one the city of Pensacola, the Mayor, and the City Council are weighing very carefully at the moment.
I have also asked that folks pray for the Mayor and the City Council as these decisions are contemplated.
I have also said publicly that I simply pray for peace in our Country, Communities, and in our County.
Meanwhile, though, some constituents have made it very clear how they feel on this topic. One constituent gave his opinion clearly and unambiguously when he stated:
"So now they want to remove all statues, movies, books
etc. that offend them. Again, this is a
crazy idea, some of our history was bad but it is history and should remain so
we cannot repeat it. Who is to decide what should be removed? This is a XXXXXXX idea brought up by XXXXX people. Take
for example we have a XXXXXXXXX wanting to remove a statue in Pensacola
that has been there for over a hundred and twenty years and you are considering
removing it. Do you remember when you
were XXXXXXX and how smart you were, I do. She said she had over 10
thousand signatures, well you might want to check who signed and where they
live, my guess is most of them don’t know where Pensacola is. It does not
matter who signed this XXXXXXX petition, where does this nonsense stop?
