Jackson County Legislators are leaving the decision whether to remove the statues of Andrew Jackson to Jackson County voters…
Their decision was 6-2 in favor of putting it up for a vote – with both black county legislators against putting it up for a vote and the white legislators in favor of letting locals decide.
County Executive Frank White’s take: “The people elected us for these decisions”
That said, I think that the elected legislators should not make these kinds of decisions, as they tend to bow to social pressure.
It should be left up to the people to vote.
My argument is supported by the erroneous decision of the Kansas City Council last year to change the name of The Paseo to Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard.
The elected officials made the decision to change the name, but when put before a vote of the people, 70% voted to change it back to The Paseo.
My point is, if we truly live in a democracy then let the people vote and live with the majority decision.
If we don’t know history we are bound to repeat it.
It most definitely should be left up to the people for a vote. The fewer decisions we leave up to the nitwits in office, the better. They always manage to dick it up.
Can we vote to require Frank White to pay his taxes?
Think you’ll have to write that one in…
The VooDoo specialists in BLM have tried renaming Nichols Fountain, and that has not reduced the murders. I’m sure that when Jackson is pulled off of his horse that the VooDoo will work and the murder rates will abate.
Sounds like bad ju-ju to me!
Maybe we need an organization that focuses solely on ending black on black crime/murders. Chicago would be a great place to start.
Easy there, Guy…
You don’t wanna piss off the Thought Police