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Board agrees to add 'Confederate' to referendum advertising; adopts preservation and qualified-immunity resolutions
Summary
During public comment, residents raised concerns about the wording of a Nov. 3 referendum on a courthouse monument; the board agreed to add the word 'Confederate' to county advertising. The board also approved a resolution supporting preservation of Whittles Mill Dam and adopted a resolution backing qualified immunity for public officials.
A Lunenburg County resident told the board Sept. 10 that the referendum question scheduled for the Nov. 3 general election — "Shall the monument honoring the memory of the Lunenburg soldiers and women during the Civil War remain on Lunenburg Courthouse property?" — is misleading because it does not use the word "Confederate." Patricia Harper-Tunley urged clearer wording; County Attorney Frank Rennie said the statutory deadline to change the ballot wording had passed but suggested adding the word "Confederate" to the county’s required advertising about the referendum. The board voted to add the word to county advertising.
Separately, the board unanimously adopted a resolution supporting preservation of the historic Whittles Mill Dam, citing its historical and recreational value to residents and visitors.
County Attorney Frank Rennie also presented a resolution in support of qualified immunity for public officials and law-enforcement officers, asking the General Assembly not to eliminate the doctrine; the board unanimously adopted that resolution as well.
Those motions passed by roll call vote as recorded in the meeting minutes.
