Lawsuit seeks removal of Iredell County Confederate monument
May 5, 2021 GMT
STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) A coalition has filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of a Confederate monument that stands in front of Iredell County’s government center.
News outlets report that the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Iredell County Superior Court calls for an order directing the Iredell Board of County Commissioners to move the statue from the grounds of the government center, the former county courthouse.
The plaintiffs are a coalition of county residents, state and local NAACP chapters and a local clergy group.
A release from the group alleges the Confederate monument “celebrates slavery, secession, and white supremacy while posing a threat to public safety and draining the public purse, all in violation of multiple provisions of the North Carolina Constitution.”
Group files lawsuit to remove Confederate monument from Iredell County Government Center
Lawsuit filed to remove Confederate monument By WBTV Web Staff | May 4, 2021 at 2:44 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 3:25 PM
IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A coalition of people and groups in Iredell County have filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of a Confederate monument that stands in front of the county’s government center.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the County, the County Board of Commissioners, and the commissioners themselves in Iredell County Superior Court. The plaintiffs, made up of a multi-racial coalition of county residents, state and local NAACP chapters, and a local clergy group.
/ The legal dispute concerns payment for paving and other services on the I-77 toll lanes between 2016 and 2020. This section was under construction in 2017.
A Charlotte construction company is suing developers of the I-77 Express Lanes, saying it s owed $47.7 million for paving and other work.
Blythe Development and the related Blythe Brothers Asphalt filed claims in Iredell County Superior Court in January against I-77 Mobility Partners and Sugar Creek Construction. The construction companies also filed two related breach-of-contract suits in Mecklenburg County Superior Court in February.
The Blythe companies say they signed three contracts with the developers for laying down stone and asphalt, bridge work, and grading between 2016 and 2020. The claims filed in Iredell County are technically known as mechanic s liens and seek repayment of: