James Barr, the Chicago-based adjutant general for Military Order of the Stars & Bars, a Confederate organization, said a public forum is not warranted.
“I can see no reason to have a public debate on that issue,” he said. “I’m aware of no other monument erection that was done with a public debate.”
You are right, there is no reason for a public debate over a monument that has absolutely no business in the State of Illinois. I’m sure Mississippi has some nice real estate for you.
I am a native Mississippian now living in Saint Louis. Please let Illinois keep its own problems.