Who defines a city’s image? A proposed mural celebrating Galax’s old-time music roots divides local leaders.

Who defines a city’s image? A proposed mural celebrating Galax’s old-time music roots divides local leaders.

Galax is widely known as the “Old-Time Music Capital of the World.”  But who — and more importantly, whose race — is responsible for this distinction has become a dueling banjos of sorts that erupted recently into cries of racism and an online petition calling for a city councilman’s resignation.  The debate began harmoniously enough at the city council’s June 8 meeting. Galax Tourism Director Patti Price-Love and Erica Crookshanks, the head of …