Post by pavel on Jan 14, 2016 22:23:54 GMT -6
Contractor working on Confederate monuments project quits after death threats
A company hired to help New Orleans take down four Confederate monuments has walked away from the job after its employees received death threats and other businesses threatened to cancel their contracts, a city attorney said in court Thursday (Jan. 14).
Rebecca Dietz is defending the city in federal court against a lawsuit from groups that believe taking down the monuments is illegal. She mentioned at Thursday's hearing that a company hired for the job, H&O Investments of Baton Rouge, notified the city it would no longer be performing the work. Click here to follow live coverage of the court hearing.
A worker with H&O Investments was seen earlier this week taking measurements of the Jefferson Davis monument in Mid-City near Canal Street. The City Council voted in December to remove the monument to the Confederate president along with statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard and the Battle of Liberty Place obelisk.
The full extent of H&O's role in the project in uncertain. The city has contracted with the Foundation for Louisiana to handle the project, and the nonprofit is not disclosing details on the work and contractors involved. A city representative identified H&O earlier this week.
Read more: www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/contractor_working_on_confeder.html#incart_river_home_pop
A company hired to help New Orleans take down four Confederate monuments has walked away from the job after its employees received death threats and other businesses threatened to cancel their contracts, a city attorney said in court Thursday (Jan. 14).
Rebecca Dietz is defending the city in federal court against a lawsuit from groups that believe taking down the monuments is illegal. She mentioned at Thursday's hearing that a company hired for the job, H&O Investments of Baton Rouge, notified the city it would no longer be performing the work. Click here to follow live coverage of the court hearing.
A worker with H&O Investments was seen earlier this week taking measurements of the Jefferson Davis monument in Mid-City near Canal Street. The City Council voted in December to remove the monument to the Confederate president along with statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard and the Battle of Liberty Place obelisk.
The full extent of H&O's role in the project in uncertain. The city has contracted with the Foundation for Louisiana to handle the project, and the nonprofit is not disclosing details on the work and contractors involved. A city representative identified H&O earlier this week.
Read more: www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/contractor_working_on_confeder.html#incart_river_home_pop