Atlanta council asks Deal to consider changes to Stone Mountain relief

[struggle4progress]

Katie Leslie
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6:23 p.m. Monday, July 20, 2015

The Atlanta City Council is calling on Gov. Nathan Deal to consider giving Stone Mountain’s famous Confederate Memorial Carving a makeover. Councilman Michael Julian Bond is behind a resolution asking Deal to form a committee to study possible changes to the famous state-owned memorial. Bond, who described the relief of Confederate generals as “art,” said he doesn’t believe it should be sandblasted off the face of the mountain. Instead, state leaders should explore adding others to the carving who reflect Georgia’s broader history, he said, such as James Oglethorpe, President Jimmy Carter or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ... Bond’s move was affirmed by a 9 to 2 vote on Monday ...

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/atlanta-council-asks-deal-to-consider-changes-to-s/nm3tt/

[Hoyt]

1. The only change Nathan Deal would approve is adding a confederate flag to the mountain. He"s a loser

Will be interesting to see how he couches his "no." Probably blame budgetary constraints, like he did with Medicaid expansion.

[onehandle]

2. I suggest a 1500 foot statue of a smiling Obama be erected in front, obscuring the carving. nt

[msongs]

3. put James Brown and Little Richard up there, 2 famous Georgians nt