On page B6 of Saturday's StarTribune Mary Abbe reports that the City Council "approved without debate, a controversial gift to the city--a giant mural for the Convention Center by artist Anthony Whelihan."
All the debate went on beforehand in committees and in the Arts commission. The Mayor was quoted as saying "it wasn't a perfect process, but the end result is a gift to the city that will allow us to turn a blank walll into a celebration." Why am I so leery? Is this a Trojan Horse that will prove to be the muralistic equivalent of the Mary Tyler Moore statue? Furthermore, if the process was so imperfect, why continue? Do we want to be the Capitol of Kitsch? Tim Connolly Downtown West __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
