David CookOn Wednesday, the Hamilton County Commission will vote on a resolution to allocate $100,000 for a memorial honoring Ed Johnson, the African-American man lynched from the second span of the Walnut Street Bridge in 1906.
Some commissioners are supportive; they agree both in the memorial and its funding.
Others, no. The memorial’s important, but shouldn’t be funded by county money.
“Despite my love and reverence, I’m really struggling with this thought of using tax dollars to pay for historical monuments,” said one commissioner.
“There’s no question in my mind that this project is worthy [but] I am not going to support using general fund money for the Ed Johnson Project,” added another.