Stacy George files ethics complaint against Mayor Bell over monument cover (al.com)

Updated on August 16, 2017 at 7:08 PM
Posted on August 16, 2017 at 7:08 PM

By Mike Cason
mcason@al.com

Alabama governor candidate Stacy George filed an ethics complaint against Birmingham Mayor William Bell today, alleging that Bell covered up the Confederate monument at Linn Park in Birmingham for political reasons.

Bell is seeking reelection in the Birmingham mayor's race on Tuesday.

George calculated that materials and labor to cover the Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument cost the city about $1,400.

"This was done with taxpayer money one week before the city election for mayor and council," George wrote in the complaint.

April Odom, Bell's spokesperson, issued a statement in response to the complaint.
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