The Mathews Board of Supervisors held its last meeting of the year on Tuesday without taking a vote on the Confederate monument on the court green.

There had been recent speculation that, with the board membership set to change in January, sitting board members would transfer the monument and the land under it to the Sons of Confederate Veterans or the Daughters of the Confederacy, but no action on the matter was on the agenda, and no one on the board made a motion or even raised the issue.

Instead, the issue was raised by Dee Russell of Hudgins, who pointed out to the board that many of the residents in the crowded courtroom were wearing green to represent opposition to such a transfer taking place.

Incoming supervisor Tom Bowen also addressed the matter, revealing that he recently had a three-hour meeting with supervisors’ chair Dave Jones and supervisor Mike Walls, during which the monument issue was discussed. Bowen said he had pledged to the two men that he would work wi...