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Leave the General Alone!

As a native of our fair city, I appreciate both its extraordinarily beautiful setting and its enduring quirkiness. General Palmer, poised gracefully in the saddle of his noble bronze steed at the intersection of Nevada and Platte, is part of that quirkiness.
The statue, which was funded by citizen contributions, was placed in its present location […]

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Move the General Palmer Statue

I am calling to move the statue of General Palmer out of the middle of the intersection of Platte and Nevada.
There is a perfectly good park (Acacia Park) only a few yards away. Sure, there is probably some historic significance about having him in the line of sight of Pikes Peak, but come on, this […]

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