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  • Some Charlottesville councilors are considering removing the General Lee statue and / or renaming Lee Park. What do you think should be done?

  • Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far:

    Remove the statue of General Robert E. Lee, keep park name
    1%
    56 votes
    Rename Lee Park, keep the statue
    4%
    223 votes
    Remove the statue and rename the park
    6%
    359 votes
    Don't change anything
    87%
    5387 votes
    None of the above
    2%
    148 votes
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