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struggle4progress

(118,320 posts)
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 04:34 PM Feb 2016

ACLU, NAACP file complaint over Talbot Boys statue decision (MD)

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 2:27pm
By Associated Press

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and the Talbot County branch of the NAACP are challenging the way the county decided to keep the Talbot Boys monument honoring Confederate soldiers.

The two groups announced Tuesday in a release that they filed a complaint asking the Open Meetings Compliance Board to rule that the county council violated the Maryland Open Meetings Act. They allege that while the council held public forums on the matter, it didn't provide minutes of closed discussions about it ...


http://www.delaware1059.com/story/22252-aclu-naacp-file-complaint-over-talbot-boys-statue-decision

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ACLU, NAACP file complaint over Talbot Boys statue decision (MD) (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2016 OP
with all of the problems in the world... clarice Feb 2016 #1
 

clarice

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1. with all of the problems in the world...
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 05:03 PM
Feb 2016

I'm glad to see that they are focusing on something as profound and earth shattering as a monument.

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