Norfolk VA council will support moving Confederate statue
By Eric Hartley
The Virginian-Pilot
Aug 22, 2017 Updated 39 min ago
The City Council plans to vote tonight on a nonbinding resolution supporting the removal of a Confederate monument from downtown. But Norfolk won’t move the structure until it gets legal guidance from Virginia’s attorney general.
Several council members said they favored a proposal by Mayor Kenny Alexander to place the 110-year-old monument in a city-owned cemetery.
Alexander said the resolution, which the council plans to vote on during its 7 p.m. formal meeting, supports moving the monument to Elmwood Cemetery. It also asks the attorney general for an official opinion on whether it's legal to move Confederate monuments.
The city is waiting because of a state law that says localities can’t “disturb or interfere with” any memorial or monument for war veterans, including Confederate soldiers ...
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