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Cost for New Orleans to bring down Confederate monuments? So far: 1 bidder, triple the budget
Only one bidder has submitted a proposal to take down three Confederate monuments in New Orleans, and that firm is asking more than three times the amount the city has budgeted for the project.
The scarce interest and the big price tag — perhaps not surprising in view of threats received by previous bidders — could ultimately delay taking the monuments down. The city may have to set aside more money for the job, which would require another vote of the City Council.
Cuzan Services Limited submitted a $600,000 bid to remove the statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard and Confederate President Jefferson Davis from public view in New Orleans. The bid was opened Tuesday afternoon.
More: http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orle...cle_1c847438-1960-11e7-ac3f-8719a0c6d2bb.html
- BY JEFF ADELSON | [email protected]
- Published Apr 4, 2017 at 2:01 pm | Updated Apr 4, 2017 at 2:14 pm
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Only one bidder has submitted a proposal to take down three Confederate monuments in New Orleans, and that firm is asking more than three times the amount the city has budgeted for the project.
The scarce interest and the big price tag — perhaps not surprising in view of threats received by previous bidders — could ultimately delay taking the monuments down. The city may have to set aside more money for the job, which would require another vote of the City Council.
Cuzan Services Limited submitted a $600,000 bid to remove the statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard and Confederate President Jefferson Davis from public view in New Orleans. The bid was opened Tuesday afternoon.
More: http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orle...cle_1c847438-1960-11e7-ac3f-8719a0c6d2bb.html