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Bill Would Permit Spending $500,000 On Memorial For Fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots
Published: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 10:21am
Updated: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 2:40pm
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“The actual location where they perished, we felt it should be a site that should be preserved in the future,” Fann said. “As I’ve said before the thought of building a water tank or a house on that site somehow just seems wrong in so many ways.”
Fann’s bill would also create a committee to help develop concepts for the memorial, which needs to be kept low-key to keep it from impacting neighboring homes. The measure now moves to the floor of the House.