Leggett Says Work Underway to Remove Confederate Statue in Rockville [MD]

Bethesda Magazine ^ | July 21, 2015 | ANDREW METCALF

[Timber Rattler]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett said Tuesday the process is underway to remove the Confederate statue from the Red Brick Courthouse grounds in Rockville.

Leggett said in a phone interview with Bethesda Beat that the county is getting estimates from contractors to remove the statue, which he expects to receive by the end of the week.

“We’re in the process of getting it done,” Leggett said.

The county executive said the county hasn’t decided where to relocate the statue once it’s removed from the courthouse grounds.

“The removal question is resolved,” Leggett said. “The only question now is where it should go.”

Leggett said he didn’t have an answer to the second question yet. He said the statue will be placed in storage if an appropriate location isn’t found by the time it’s removed. He said there are a “number of appropriate locations.”

[Timber Rattler]

Ike Leggett is the tin horn dictator of Montgomery County, Maryland, and is trampling over all kinds of historic preservation laws to move this statue, which has sat at the original 19th century courthouse in the Rockville historic district since 1913. The site was captured by JEB Stuart early during the Gettysburg, Campaign, and has been the centerpiece of of the area's preservation efforts.

The dictator in question:

[1010RD]

Stalin would photoshop Leggett right out of that picture.

[knarf]

he looks like that simpson’s guy

[Cowboy Bob]

Communists on the march.

[knarf]

[knarf]

I got into a conversation many years ago, with a Marylander teacher (I was delivering pizza supplies) and we were home schoolers in Pa

His dripping distaste for anything Americanly free was impossible to break through

He believed the NEA, gumint public schools were the only way America could or would be saved from all the (1990's) evil

[browniexyz]

ISIS would approve!!

[samtheman]

Get rid of those a Buddhist statues while your at it.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

I live in SC, too bad they couldn’t move it here. 3 weeks ago it could have happened, now, not so sure. Talk about being ashamed of my country...and my state...

[Einherjar]

American Taliban .

[The_Media_never_lie]

It is really good to see our country has its priorities in order.

[ReaganGeneration2]

First comment posted with article:
‘Good riddance. I don’t consider anyone a “hero” who fought to succeed from the US’

[Flick Lives]

LOL! The comment is proof ignorance is strength.

[momtothree]

MoCo MD ping....

[YourAdHere]

He’s fat.

[AbnSarge]

There’s space available in my backyard in MoCo

[vetvetdoug]

When will it have been enough for the rest of us to turn back and begin to fight these leeches? In Memphis the race of professional victims are trying to dig up Forrest, in Mississippi they are refusing to fly the state flag in cities ruled by that race, and this. When will it be enough? When they put the descendents of Confederates into concentration camps?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Ike Leggett is a jive turkey.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[AppyPappy]

Anti-history fools strike again.