San Jose Residents Demand Removal of Thomas Fallon Statue
Only one person openly disagreed. "Since when do losers of laws make the rules?" said a phone caller who didn't want the Fallon statue removed. "You're erasing history." The forum -- hosted by the City Manager's Office, the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs, San Jose Arts Commission and Mayor Sam Liccardo -- was held to discuss and understand divergent views on the city's public art. Activists have long demanded the city remove the Fallon statue. The statue of one of San Jose's first mayors was commissioned in 1988 to memorialize the raising of the U.S. flag in the city in 1846, but Fall...
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