City warned removal of Confederate flag will bring lawsuit
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 2:44 pm
GoDanRiver staff
Fred Taylor .. sent Danville City Attorney Clarke Whitfield a letter today warning that his clients will “pursue any and all legal remedies available to them” if the Confederate flag at the Sutherlin Mansion is removed.
Taylor told Whitfield that the 1994 agreement between the city and the Heritage Preservation Association is specific that the obelisk, flagpole and Third National Flag of the Confederacy are all part of a veterans memorial and that state law prohibits alteration of any kind to such a monument.
Taylor said his clients include the HPA and unnamed individuals ...
Danville City Council is scheduled to vote Aug. 6 on a proposed flag ordinance that would limit the city to only flying the United States, Virginia, Danvillle and MIA/POW flags on city-owned property. Since the city owns the Sutherlin Mansion, the ordinance would mean the Confederate flag at the site would have to be removed.
http://www.godanriver.com/news/danville/city-warned-removal-of-confederate-flag-will-bring-lawsuit/article_e52dc4d0-3621-11e5-982e-2bc9ed73d439.html
