{"id":13607,"date":"2015-08-08T00:26:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T04:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=13607"},"modified":"2015-08-08T01:48:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T05:48:22","slug":"youcentral-buddy-rawleys-confederate-flag-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/08\/youcentral-buddy-rawleys-confederate-flag-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"YouCentral: Buddy Rawley\u2019s Confederate Flag Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

SouthsideCentral is pleased to publish opinion pieces from all elected officials as well as from our readers. Use the “Contact Us!” link at the top of every SouthsideCentral page to send your submissions in.<\/p>\n

In this YouCentral article, we’re publishing Buddy Rawley’s speech from Danville City Council’s Thursday night meeting.<\/p>\n

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From: Buddy Rawley<\/p>\n

Gentlemen,<\/p>\n

We are heading down a very slippery slope.<\/p>\n

I think we can all agree that the Sutherlin house and property has historical significance only because of the Confederate President and Cabinet stayed and or met there for one week.<\/p>\n

This property should be sold and merchandised for what it is \u201cA historical landmark\u201d. Thousands of people visit every year places such as;<\/p>\n

Fort Sumter in SC<\/p>\n

Manassas Battlefields, Appomattox, and Richmond in VA<\/p>\n

Shiloh Military Park in TN<\/p>\n

Antietam in MD<\/p>\n

Gettysburg in Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Vicksburg in Mississippi<\/p>\n

Andersonville and Chickamauga in GA<\/p>\n

Why not Danville?<\/p>\n

The current Museum is losing money every year. The Citizens of Danville have put in nearly $300,000 in just the last three years alone. In my opinion, over the next nine years of the lease the Citizens of Danville will spend between $1 and $2M. You could take the proceeds from the sale of the property and fix up one of the many buildings we already own downtown. Now you have an arts destination downtown.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for this country? Digging up and moving graves, taking down monuments, changing the name of streets. On Yeah that is what is happening now.<\/p>\n

As I said earlier we are heading down a very slippery slope.<\/p>\n

Recently there were signs at the museum property that said \u201cFlying this flag embarrasses me and my city\u201d. From where I sit white, black, red or yellow men who wear their pants down to their knees embarrasses me, music that you hear every day on the radio that denigrates women embarrasses me, people who step on and burn the American flag embarrasses me. However we live in the United States of America. There is no law forbidding what I have mentioned above.<\/p>\n

The state of Virginia has more than 200 specialty licenses plates. Our Governor has recently said he was not interested in a plate by plate review, but added that he does not support any plate that would cause people pain or hurt feelings. The Governor also said I don\u2019t like any plates that cause controversy. There are approximately 1,700 plates in Virginia that show the Confederate flag and now will be stopped. However there is also a Planned Parenthood license tag that no one is talking about. Since 1973 there have been 58 million abortions in this country alone. Do you think that doesn\u2019t cause pain and hurt feeling to some especially the 58 million who died?<\/p>\n

My point is who determines what is embarrassing, hurtful, or painful and to whom.<\/p>\n

Would it not be great if at every city council meeting we had overflow crowds telling us how they are helping the new school superintendent be mentors in schools, how much they are helping people understand the value of an education, and that they are being positive in all they say and do about our community.<\/p>\n

Gentlemen, what we are talking about doing tonight is just skirting the issue. What unintended consequences will come from this? We have already made an exception for the MIA\/POW flag. Gentlemen we are heading down a very slippery slope.<\/p>\n

Thank you for indulging me for these last few minutes.<\/p>\n

I close with this \u201cHistory is to be learned from Not Erased\u201d.<\/p>\n

I will be voting against the resolution on the floor.<\/p>\n

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SouthsideCentral is pleased to publish opinion pieces from all elected officials as well as from our readers. Use the “Contact Us!” link at the top of every SouthsideCentral page to send your submissions in.<\/p>\n

In this YouCentral article, we’re publishing Buddy Rawley’s speech from Danville City Council’s Thursday night meeting.<\/p>\n

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