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[QUOTE="KellySyracuse, post: 3540474, member: 1644"]
Well, lawyers are involved now. No fair claims Pirro, the deck was stacked against them :rolleyes:

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/10/italian-group-explores-legal-action-to-halt-removal-of-syracuses-columbus-statue.html[/URL]

"Syracuse, N.Y. -- A group of Italian-Americans is exploring legal action to prevent Mayor Ben Walsh from removing the Columbus statue from its prominent location downtown.

The Columbus Monument Corp. has retained an attorney and will attempt to preserve the statue at its current location, according to Bob Gardino, the organization’s secretary.

Former Onondaga County Executive Nick Pirro said the decision to remove the statue is more about politics than history. He said Columbus is often blamed for atrocities of others after he first sailed to the Americas.

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Pirro is part of the Columbus Monument Corporation and was also a member of the action group appointed by Walsh to discuss the future of the statue. He said the action group didn’t give fair consideration to proposed compromises that would have kept the statue where it is while still honoring Native Americans.

“Right from the beginning we said it was a stacked committee, and it was,” Pirro said. “It was clear the decision was made long before we even started."
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