I hope that the dedication plaque to the notoriously racist, genocidal Confederate Rebel supporter and scofflaw slavemaster Joseph Lane won't be included in the new Courthouse. 

Imagine how insulting it is for First Nations descendants to see a government plaque where his sordid past is glossed over and glorified. Why, even the Lane County website gushes over Joseph Lane, describing him as an "intrepid pioneer." What a load of hooey.

 Such blatant revisionism is inexcuseable and wrong. If a plaque to Joseph Lane must remain, at the very least it should be historically accurate. Why can't the Lane County government  admit the atrocities of it's namesake, and be honest about the facts of history?