[Libloather]

The land where the Lenin statue sits is owned by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber told the Seattle PI the statue was, “an integral part of the quirkiness of the neighborhood.”

Statues of Lenin are coming down in Russia and yet, Seattle still holds on tight.

[Publius]

Murray is long gone and forgotten. It’s up to the new mayor.

[D Rider]

Trust me. The statue of Lenin belongs in Seattle.

[Frank_2001]

Remove the Lenin statue, eh? The Mayor won’t ever get re-elected with THAT kind of attitude! /s;)

[max americana]

Hey idiot leftard mayor. Which part of “on private property” don’t you understand?

[D Rider]

Trust me. The statue of Lenin belongs in Seattle.

[stylin19a]

not seattle...
Since both statues are on private property, the city has no power to demand or enforce their removal.

[PAR35]

Take down Lee’s statute, and replace it with Forrest. Lee surrendered and went home. Forrest developed the theory of asymmetrical warfare and brought a measure of freedom to the people for 3/4s of a century.

[BenLurkin]

Seattle Mayor Ed Ed Murray requested the removal of a large statue of Vladimir Lenin.

Really?

Unbelievable!

[dynachrome]

I predict that lenin will not be removed.

[clearcarbon]

Lenin? It’s surprising they should desire to remove one of their own.

[Rurudyne]

Lenin was vile.

Just the same, people need to start telling these easily offended people to go screw themselves.

If they want you to take down a statue put another up. If they want you to rename something revert the name of something else. Complying only makes such folks more demanding, never less.

[right way right]

August 2017?
That homo is not even the mayor of Seattle any more.

[VeniVidiVici]

Riiiight. Lenin killing millions of people makes his statue “quirkey”.

[RightGeek]

[BBell]

I'd take it. I'd put a bird feeder on it and never clean the poop off of it.

The Lenin statue that is.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Private land.

[Hugin]

It’s private property. None of the Mayor’s business.

[alexander_busek]

The monument, erected in 1926 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Lenin statue are both on private property. Still, Murray said, he believes they should be removed.

Liberals really don't understand the various different meanings of the word "should."

"Should" as in: "In a perfect world, everyone would agree to remove them."

Or "should" as in: "Those portions of the U.S. Constitution which protect private property, and thus allow these monuments to remain, must be abrogated."

Or "should" as in: "I don't like them! Make them go away!"

Presumably, the latter.

Regards,

[aquila48]

Who made that idiot king?

I say, leave both of them up.

[Billthedrill]

The owner of the Lenin statue is willing to sell it - last I heard he wanted $250,000. It’s had a couple of, er, “modifications” over the years including the red paint on his hands and a marital aid attached to his head. Not sure the latter is still there. The Fremont locals aren’t exactly thrilled at the presence of the thing but enjoyed a sense of irony for a while. The Seattle city council could solve the entire affair by purchasing the statue and moving it downtown to a place where they could worship it properly, which its current members would very likely do.