robert e lee

In a 6-2 party-line vote, the Republican-controlled Community Affairs Committee on Wednesday backed the bill (SB 1096), which would give standing to people to file lawsuits if they believe they have “lost history” or the ability to teach about the past because of monuments being removed or relocated or because the structures were not protected from damage.

The Fort Myers City Council voted to find a new home for the Robert E. Lee bust that has been in the city since the 1960s.

The Fort Myers City Council voted to keep the bust of American Confederate General Robert E. Lee down during a meeting on Monday.

Update: One Lee commissioner has now made a gesture to exchange the portrait for one in which Lee is wearing plain clothes according to the News-Press…