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Mayoral candidates split on Confederate monuments

Maceo George takes part in a weekly picket line in front of Jacksonville City Hall to demand removal of Confederate monuments from city property.
Bob Self
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Florida Times-Union
Maceo George takes part in a weekly picket line in front of Jacksonville City Hall to demand removal of Confederate monuments from city property.

The Take 'Em Down Jax protestors still rally each Friday in front of City Hall demanding the removal of the Confederate monument from Springfield Park.

They might still be picketing in July when the next mayor and City Council take office because the current council has repeatedly put off making a decision on whether the monument should stay or go.

The positions taken by mayoral candidates mirror the split citywide between Democratic voters and Republicans voters.

Read the rest of this story at the Florida Times-Union, a WJCT News partner.