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TDOT DENIES REQUEST TO BLOCK NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST STATUE
WKRN ^

Posted on 07/20/2015 3:14:50 PM PDT by wardaddy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Tennessee Department of Transportation has “respectfully denied” the Metro Council’s request to block the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue on Interstate 65. The council approved a resolution to ask TDOT to plant trees blocking its view to the public on July 8. The statue, which is surrounded by Confederate flags, sits on private property near the Harding Place exit. Monday, the department sent the following statement to News 2: TDOT does not plant foliage on its right-of-way with the sole intention of blocking items on private property based on what might be offensive to some and not to others. Therefore, the request of Metro Nashville’s Council to have TDOT plant vegetation on I-65 near the Harding Place Exit is respectfully denied.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: civilwar; fortpillowmassacre; henning; kkk; mississippiriver; nathanbedfordforrest; statues; tennessee
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1 posted on 07/20/2015 3:14:50 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: wardaddy

BRAVO

(translation: POUND SAND MAGGOTS!)


2 posted on 07/20/2015 3:18:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: wardaddy

They probably knew that those poor trees would have all sorts of problems.


3 posted on 07/20/2015 3:18:40 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: wardaddy

And right now opposition groups are doing deep brackround on everyone who could possibly be responsible for the TDOT reply and will go after them personally.


4 posted on 07/20/2015 3:25:09 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: wardaddy

One would think the Confederate hero statues were pornographic, but THAT sort of view parades through streets and is painted on sides of buildings.


5 posted on 07/20/2015 3:25:46 PM PDT by madison10 (If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter)
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To: wardaddy

The Nashville Metro Council is one of the most corrupt in the nation.


6 posted on 07/20/2015 3:26:50 PM PDT by JT Hatter (Who is Barack Obama? And What is He Really Up To?)
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To: wardaddy

It’s private property. Besides, it looks like a merry-go-round ride horse. He could at least put up a better statue and he NEVER changes the flags. They get all frayed.


7 posted on 07/20/2015 3:28:37 PM PDT by Fledermaus (To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
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Oh yeah

State of TN requires commission approval of altering historical stuff which has stymied other stuff so far


8 posted on 07/20/2015 3:30:05 PM PDT by wardaddy (Mark Levin.....I love him...but he is ignorant of Dixie)
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To: JT Hatter

Charlie Tygard is a good man

The rest

Well

You have to catch them on a good day

The favors I did after the 2010 flood to get reopened etc

Quid pro quo

It’s urban libtards

The black bloc is the determiner
Meet them on board you get results

It’s a new day


9 posted on 07/20/2015 3:32:52 PM PDT by wardaddy (Mark Levin.....I love him...but he is ignorant of Dixie)
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To: Fledermaus

I would pay myself to replace that monstrosity with something more flattering to Bedford

The site owner is a diff sort


10 posted on 07/20/2015 3:34:40 PM PDT by wardaddy (Mark Levin.....I love him...but he is ignorant of Dixie)
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To: wardaddy

SCV needs to guard this place 24\7 from punks who will undoubtedly target it


11 posted on 07/20/2015 3:35:18 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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Don’t you love all the Nashville mayor commercials? They are mostly all trying to out-lib the other. Isn’t one stupid bi*ch running as the “progressive choice”?

Another metrosexual neutered guy runs on “equality for women”. God, I’m glad I don’t live in Davidson County.


12 posted on 07/20/2015 3:38:16 PM PDT by Fledermaus (To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
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To: wardaddy
Funny, they set a world speed record taking down confederate flags and otherwise burying history...but they want to "Wait and see" if a muslim, born in Kuwait, and who wanted to be a martyr really is a muslim terrorist.

I'm still waiting for the White hut flag to be flown at half mast too...

13 posted on 07/20/2015 3:38:32 PM PDT by pfflier
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I would pay myself to replace that monstrosity with something more flattering to Bedford

It's not exactly aesthetically pleasing high art, but I'm still pleased that TDOT took the position they did.


14 posted on 07/20/2015 3:46:55 PM PDT by Semper Mark (><)
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To: wardaddy

Good news, but that is one butt-ugly Statue...;-)


15 posted on 07/20/2015 3:47:07 PM PDT by TomServo
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-——I would pay myself to replace that monstrosity with something more flattering to Bedford-—

I’ve never seen the statue, until I clicked on the link....

Monstrosity is being kind....

The horse and rider looks like something you put on your front lawn driveway if you want the world to know how tacky you are...


16 posted on 07/20/2015 3:47:24 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: wardaddy

One little victory, yes.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Time for step number two.


17 posted on 07/20/2015 3:50:53 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Popman

I mean u can get a cast hard plastic regular bust on decent aggregate cement block

Like those faux bronzes at TJ MAXX mounted

He had that made by a guy in Lebanon TN who did cartoonish stuff

I support his right and the flags

But the site owner is not my cup of tea as a defender of Southern culture

But you can’t be too choosey I guess

He put his money where his mouth is

The libtard city of Nashville tried to stop him when he first started nearly 20 years ago


18 posted on 07/20/2015 3:54:16 PM PDT by wardaddy (Mark Levin.....I love him...but he is ignorant of Dixie)
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To: Fledermaus

Didn’t one of the liberal women candidates do a marriage ceremony for a “gay” couple the minute the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead?


19 posted on 07/20/2015 3:55:21 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: wardaddy

Agree wholeheartedly, Charlie Tygard is a good man, one of the few good ones on the Council.

It isn’t just the City Council, the Planning Commission, Stormwater Board, and so many of the commissions that are supposed to protect the public interest are bought and sold by a few connected attorneys and politicians.


20 posted on 07/20/2015 3:55:56 PM PDT by JT Hatter (Who is Barack Obama? And What is He Really Up To?)
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