“We’re going to meet with the builder who installed it and figure out the best way to remove it”, Estus said.
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Commission members and attorneys met behind closed doors inside the Capitol Building.
The state Supreme Court’s ruling in June prompted a few conservative legislators to look at impeaching the justices or amending the Oklahoma Constitution.
John Estus, a spokesman for the state Office of Management and Enterprise Services, said procedures for releasing surplus state property include public auction, but he’s not sure yet what process will be used in this case.
A removal date for the now controversial monument on Capitol grounds is set. A Hindu chief in Nevada, pets permission group of as well as having the spoof Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster can also have made wish. The monument has strong support of Oklahoma’s Republican leadership.
“This is an illegal meeting”, Reynolds argued. A district court judge earlier this month ordered the monument to be removed within the next 30 days. Brad Henry (D), and was paid for with private funds through Rep. Mike Ritze, (R) of Broken Arrow, Okla. A Norman minister sued to have it removed, arguing that it violates the Oklahoma Constitution.
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The state has run out of legal options for keeping the monument on Capitol grounds.
