Will the Alabama Attorney General move to block this action as a violation of the state "Monument Protection" law? And will the city be fined $25k as a result?
UPDATE: I've had some folks online say since it is a street, and not a "monument", it is not protected. Not so. Here's what the Kay Ivy Approved law does:
In the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, it states that "No architecturally significant building, memorial building, memorial street, or monument which is located on public property and has been so situated for 40 or more years may be relocated, removed, altered, renamed, or otherwise disturbed." Those between ...Jun 10, 2020.
Jefferson Davis Avenue certainly is a "memorial street". The legislators who approved the bill, and Governor Ivy who signed it into law in 2017, do not want people who live in the city to have the right to change the name. They approved the legislation to keep Montgomery a Confederate City.
Remember that next election cycle.
UPDATE #2 Glad to see The Montgomery Advertiser catch up with this website. They posted a story on 12-8-2020 with this headline:
Confederate statues law may stop Montgomery from naming street for Fred Gray
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