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The “Old Joe” Confederate statue in downtown Gainesville could still be moved to the Matheson History Museum despite previous discussions that nixed the idea, as discussed by Alachua County commissioners at their meeting Tuesday.
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A year-long debate to relocate a downtown Gainesville Confederate soldier statue has come to an end — and Old Joe's staying put.
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“If it was that important of an issue to them, then they should have been at the meeting tonight.”
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"It's done," said Peggy Macdonald, the museum's director.
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Hutchinson will have to face write-in candidate Sarah Payne Bliss on the November ballot, but he is not worried.
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The Confederate soldier statue continues to inspire questions as to where and how it may or may not be relocated. The Matheson History Museum and the Alachua County Board of Commissioners are working on plans.
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The fate of Old Joe remains uncertain. The County Commission and the Matheson History Museum have yet to agree on where the next home of the Confederate soldier statue will be.
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Old Joe will be moving soon the the Matheson History Museum. However, county commissioner Robert Hutchinson will not spend county money in the efforts to move Old Joe.
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The bills are currently in House and Senate committees.
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In September, the County Commission voted to move Old Joe, Gainesville’s 111-year-old Civil War Confederate soldier statue, to Matheson Museum. But the museum has refused to home the statue, leaving Old Joe's statue standing where it is.