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Metro Council has approved a resolution, asking Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer to “repair, restore and reinstall” a statue of King Louis XVI, the city’s namesake, to the corner of 6th and Jefferson streets outside of Metro Hall.
During the meeting, Council member Brent Ackerson (D-26), a co-sponsor on the resolution, acknowledged the “mixed vote on it” in committee, and said his “sponsorship is limited to the idea that I want to see the statue return regardless of cost, unless the cost is astronomical.”
“We throw a lot of money at a lot of things,” Ackerson continued. “And so, at the end of the day, I think the King Louis XVI statue is important for the history of Louisville. Myself, my generation has grown up as it being a part of the city, an icon, a symbol of the city. And so I’m very supportive of this.”