Hillsborough judge denies request for injunction preventing move of Confederate monument
Hillsborough County Circuit Court Judge Rex Barbas denied a request for an injunction against Hillsborough County from removing the Confederate monument currently standing outside of the county courthouse annex. However, he has not outright dismissed their case. Barbas wrote in his ruling that the plaintiffs – which includes Save Southern Heritage, Veterans’ Monuments of America and five other individuals — needed “a likelihood of irreparable harm; unavailability of an adequate legal remedy; a substantial likelihood of succeeding on the merits; and…