NEW ORLEANS - It's been more than a year since Confederate era monuments started coming down in New Orleans.
While Mayor Mitch Landrieu originally laid out a plan by which the statues of Generals Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard and Confederate President Jefferson Davis would quickly be relocated - that never happened.
That responsibility slid to incoming Mayor Latoya Cantrell. A working group was set up to advise Cantrell on the fate of the monuments.
Two members of the group, who didn't want to be identified since they were not authorized to speak on the matter, told WWL-TV they are ready to make their recommendations.
Under one plan, Lee and Beauregard would go to Greenwood Cemetery on City Park Avenue where some confederate dead are buried.
Jeff Davis could possibly be moved to his former home, Beauvoir, in Biloxi, Mississippi.
"Obviously, I'd love to see them all stay in Louisiana," Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser said.
Nungesser met with members of the working group Wednesday in Baton Rouge.
He recently sent the mayor-elect a letter floating the idea of moving all of the monuments to the Houmas House Plantation in Ascension Parish about 60 miles west of New Orleans.
According to the Nungesser letter, Houmas House owner Kevin Kelly has indicated he would be able to transport the monuments immediately and have them erected within months. He even offered to pay for all expenses.
"The task force is vetting all of those ideas," Nungesser said. "Whatever they decide and ultimate meet with the mayor and agree on, I will support. I'm not the deciding factor, nor should I be."
As for the possibility of Jeff Davis going to Mississippi, the Lt. Governor said if the statue has to go out of state, Mississippi is a great partner.