City of Ann Arbor Lays Off Firemen, Buys $850,000 Piece of 'Art' (how much, dollar)

[uggabugga]

...from a german artist.

The debate in Ann Arbor, where firefighters are being laid off due to a multimillion dollar budget deficit, is over an $850,000 piece of art.

That's how much the city has agreed to pay German artist Herbert Dreiseitl for a three-piece water sculpture that would go in front of the new police and courts building right by the City Hall.
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Kunselman said the city is also eliminating the solid waste coordinator from the budget, which oversees trash pickup, and hiring an art coordinator.

[SourD]

This country has gone mad.

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by SourD

This country has gone mad.

certainly seems like it sometimes...

[Rggr]

That's insane, but someone wants it in front of their office....

[01Snake]

Michigan: How NOT to run a State

[doc1]

Here's a gem from that article:

.....The art projects also must have a "thematic connection" to the source of funding, Fraser wrote. The $850,000 art project is water-themed, because the money came from storm water funds.....

What type of electorate has these types of people running their town?

[SourD]

Originally Posted by doc1

Here's a gem from that article:

.....The art projects also must have a "thematic connection" to the source of funding, Fraser wrote. The $850,000 art project is water-themed, because the money came from storm water funds.....

What type of electorate has these types of people running their town?

progressives most likely.

[Jadex]

Originally Posted by SourD

This country has gone mad.

I have to agree

[Visvaldis]

Having fire-fighters for everyone is communistic. So what's the problem?

[summers73]

Originally Posted by Visvaldis

Having fire-fighters for everyone is communistic. So what's the problem?

Nice strawman, but your logic suggests that if the money is spent on a statue rather than firefighters, the concept no longer resonates as a communism. Pretty dern dumb.