The Hillsborough County Commission voted 4-2 to remove the 106-year-old monument. "The failure to remove this monument basically signals that we haven't escaped the past." Commissioner Sandy Murman, who changed her vote, said for her, the central issue was always about the cost of moving the monument. "I did not want county tax dollars to go to the relocation of this monument," she said during Wednesday's hearing. Advocates of Southern heritage say removing these symbols is a disservice to the men who fought in the Civil War.

Source: ABC News July 19, 2017 16:07 UTC