DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A new poll has been released, while the removal of the Confederate monument at Pioneer Park in downtown dallas is tied up in litigation following a lawsuit against the city.
The monument was voted by the Dallas City Council to be removed but a lawsuit prompted a Temporary Restraining Order against the removal.
Warren Johnson, President of the group ‘Return Lee to Lee Park’ is behind the suit and said Monday that his group recently polled Dallas voters about their feelings on the monument’s removal. His group was formed after a Robert E. Lee Statue was removed from a Dallas park in 2017. That statue has since been auctioned off to a private buyer.
“This was done without all the agitation and without all the heat of the moment kind of stuff,” Johnson said.
According to the poll, which surveyed voters by automated phone call, 66% are against the statue coming down, and 50% believe the removal should be delayed for more public feedback.
Meanwhile, the monument remains covered in tarp at Pioneer Park.
The fate of the statue is in the hands of a Judge, not Dallas voters, but Johnson said it was important to poll the desire of the public.
“We just wanted to find out from voters how that felt about this statue and now we know,” said Johnson. “The Judge isn’t going to look at it but it has been sent to all the City Council members, should it come down to a vote at some point later on.”
According to ‘Return Lee to Lee Park,’ the party breakdown of the study was 297 Republicans (37%) 174 Independent (22%) and 326 Democrats (41%).
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