Connie Chastain Outs Karen Cooper and Valerie Protopapas

Largely overlooked in the recent fracas concerning the Charlottesville City Council’s decision to cease celebrating Lee-Jackson Day as a city holiday was a squabble about the birthplaces and backgrounds of members of the city council. Some people expressed outrage that several council members were not true southerners. The loudest cries came from Pensacola.