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It’s a bad time to devote resources to protecting statues when the city is criticized for not doing enough to protect people.

The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans paid a security firm to prepare plans to protect statues of Christopher Columbus removed from Grant and Arrigo parks two years ago amid protests. Recommendations include cameras, motion detectors and 24-hour guards.

Mayor’s concern over threats to police is not the best reason to keep them off city streets.

Ald. Nick Sposato (38th), who served on the 30-member committee, said the outcome was pre-determined by the makeup of the committee.

English professor sues UF, saying it stripped him of classes after criticizing COVID policy

CHICAGO — Late last month, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she “fully expects” to return a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus to its former pedestal in Grant Park.

Chicago has sponsored hundreds of events to ensure equitable access to vaccines and testing. The announcement that all funding of these resources for the uninsured will end undermines this work.

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s long-delayed review of Chicago monuments still isn’t completed, but the mayor has restated her controversial pledge to return a Christopher Columbus statue to its prominent pedestal in Grant Park — the site of a bloody battle between police and demonstrators nearly two years ago.

A report from the mayor’s public monuments advisory committee, kept under wraps, must now be made public