Protesters who toppled the two statues in June said they did so because the message the statues represent does not actually exist for residents of color in Wisconsin, which has some of the worst outcomes for black residents in the country. “The president is a true believer that peaceful protesting is something we want to encourage, but the destruction of property through criminal self-help is not appropriate,” Bernhardt said. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an August interview that a federal task force was created by President Donald Trump following the destruction of historical statues amid protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. with reinstallation on the Capitol grounds anticipated by next July, according to a Department of Administration spokeswoman. The statues have been taken to Detroit where restoration will be done by Venus Bronze Works Inc. The state is also in contact with the NEH for possibly getting an additional $30,000 grant to help with restoring the statues. “We feel strongly as an agency and I feel strongly as chairman that we can’t expect our youth to know our history if we don’t provide them with educational materials, whether it’s books or statues, to tell them about our history,” said NEH Chairman Jon Parrish Peede. The grants are typically given following natural disasters that affect American cultural artifacts that need to be salvaged before the normal year-long process of awarding peer-reviewed grants. The NEH awarded the money as part of its chairman’s emergency grants, which have a limit of $30,000. Wisconsin is receiving a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to help repair the large bronze statues damaged during protests. Hans Christian Heg statues vandalized last summer at the Capitol are now being repaired thanks to a federal grant. We’ve got enough issues here.’ So, as a result, the Brewers reportedly are making some noise and some threats about relocating.” Rose later said the franchise has a “great fanbase in Milwaukee” Rose: “I don’t think they’re going anywhere” ( “Braves-Mets,” WCBS-AM, 8/12).The Forward and Col. Tony Evers proposed spending $290M in taxpayer dollars to “help ensure the Brewers stay in Wisconsin,” and after MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred “urged lawmakers to act quickly, a deal has not yet materialized.” Those events have “pushed Brewers officials to a point of contemplating whether communities with fast-growing populations,” and no MLB teams, “might be options if state and local officials don't produce enough funding for stadium renovations.” The franchise's lease with the state-created Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District does not expire until the end of 2030, but “renovations are required to maintain the terms of the team’s lease.” But the idea of Milwaukee "losing the Brewers remains unlikely” as lawmakers and Evers are “still supportive of putting together a package to keep the team in town.” Brewers President of Business Operations Rick Schlesinger said the team wants MLB to "remain in Wisconsin for the next generation and beyond” ( MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 8/11).īIGGER PROBLEMS IN THE CITY: Mets announcer Howie Rose said the Brewers “want public money used” for the renovation, but “a lot of people in Milwaukee are saying, ‘Hey dig into your pockets and do it yourself. The news come months after Wisconsin Gov. That process “might lead them to the boomtowns” of Charlotte or Nashville. The Brewers “could start looking for a new home this fall” if the state of Wisconsin and local officials “fail to reach agreement by then” on a taxpayer-funded package to fund improvements to American Family Field required in the team’s lease with the state, according to Molly Beck of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. The Brewers' lease with Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District does not expire until the end of 2030 Mike De Sisti/USA TODAY NETWORK
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