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No Resolution to Monument Removal, Destruction

"CRIME SCENE" tape covers mounments.

June 18, 2021 – The Line panelists look at what progress – if any – has been made by city leaders in Santa Fe and Albuquerque after protests of colonialist statues and monuments last summer. The eyesore left behind by the toppled obelisk in the Santa Fe Plaza is a reminder that a path forward has not yet opened. And in Albuquerque, the fate of the Oñate…

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Monument Destroyed, but Controversy Not Gone

Santa Fe Plaza, with a focus on a white obelisk at the center.

October 23, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists look at more fallout over last week’s destruction of a monument on the Santa Fe Plaza. The toppling of the controversial obelisk left the city divided; many had been calling for its removal, while others wanted it left alone. Mayor Alan Webber now says…

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