Rusting Car Bumper
August 29, 2003, 09:50 AM
FORT WORTH - As protesters continued to roar in Alabama over the court-ordered removal of a religious monument, a lone woman stood before Tarrant County commissioners on Tuesday, saying that the bronze statue of a panther represents "paganism" and should be removed from government grounds.
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Having just finished the regular business of setting taxes, patching roads and paying salaries, County Judge Tom Vandergriff and three commissioners stared at Castillo, seemingly bewildered that someone would object to the bronze statue of a sleeping panther -- a symbol, to many, of Fort Worth's history.
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The image of a sleeping panther has long been a part of Fort Worth history, beginning in the late 1800s, when a Dallas attorney reportedly claimed after visiting Cowtown that "things were so quiet, he had seen a panther asleep on Main Street."
Resident calls panther statue 'pagan'
(http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/6628817.htm)
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Having just finished the regular business of setting taxes, patching roads and paying salaries, County Judge Tom Vandergriff and three commissioners stared at Castillo, seemingly bewildered that someone would object to the bronze statue of a sleeping panther -- a symbol, to many, of Fort Worth's history.
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The image of a sleeping panther has long been a part of Fort Worth history, beginning in the late 1800s, when a Dallas attorney reportedly claimed after visiting Cowtown that "things were so quiet, he had seen a panther asleep on Main Street."
Resident calls panther statue 'pagan'
(http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/6628817.htm)
DC