Lake County board weighs rules for permanent courthouse monuments
County attorney advised the board that permanent monuments are legally treated as government speech and can be accepted or rejected at the board's discretion; commissioners asked for a written resolution to guide future decisions.
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At a June 9 work session, the Lake County Board of County Commissioners discussed how to handle donated permanent monuments on the courthouse lawn. County Attorney Matt Hobbs told the board that permanent monuments fall within "government speech" and that "the permanent ones are are are a little easier legally because that's that's your speech," giving the board broader discretion to accept or reject donations.
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