"We of the Take em Down coalition condemn this entirely phony bid-rigging by the Landrieu administration and the Monumental Task Force Committee. White supremacists have forced potential vendors to boycott this round of efforts to remove these monuments to white supremacy. That the city received only one bid for an outrageous price speaks to that collusion. We continue to demand that these monuments come down and we think that the city has the wherewithal within its own workforce to execute this task. We call upon the Landrieu administration to move forward by hiring structural engineering firms to advise the city workers on the proper procedures for removal. Further delay only strengthens the resolve of the white supremacists dedicated to the maintenance of these abhorrent statues."