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WAYNE — A West Virginia state senator who owns a car displaying a controversial symbol said he has no plans to alter, sell or stop driving the vehicle.Mark Maynard, R-Wayne, purchased a 1969 Dodge Charger in 2006 and transformed it into the General Lee car from a popular television show, “The Dukes of Hazzard.†The car’s name is a reference to American Civil War general Robert E. Lee and bears a Confederate flag on its roof.In an interview with The Herald-Dispatch, Maynard said he would not consider removing the controversial symbol from the car and would not have a problem driving it because of what the completely restored ’69 Charger means to him.“My car isn’t a shrine to the confederacy, but a shrine to my childhood of a simpler time, when political correctness wasn’t as important and individuals could be individuals without fear of hurting someone’s feelings,†Maynard said in an emailed statement. ...
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