The city of Scottsdale, Arizona, is looking to memorialize slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Scottsdale’s city council voted 5-2 on Monday to direct City Manager Greg Caton to “investigate and report back to the Council on the process for erecting a Charlie Kirk memorial,” according to minutes from the Nov. 3 meeting.
“Charlie Kirk is a national treasure, and we have an opportunity to honor him,” Vice Mayor Adam Kwasman, a staunch conservative, told AZ Central. “He inspired a nation, he lived a truly American life, accomplishing a lion-sized amount in his short time on this Earth.”
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Kirk moved the headquarters of his right-wing advocacy organization Turning Point USA to Phoenix in 2019. He lived in Scottsdale with his wife, Erika Kirk. Scottsdale is the third city in the

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