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Arizona city council halts work on mural honoring John McCain over ‘protocol’ concerns, complaints
The Hill ^ | 01/09/19 | Avery Anapol

Posted on 01/09/2019 4:59:43 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Officials in Scottsdale, Ariz., voted this week to halt work on a mural honoring the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) amid concerns over “protocol” and complaints from neighbors.

The “Maverick Mural” was approved by the Scottsdale Development Review Board last month, but city council members voted 5-2 on Tuesday to review that decision, according to the Arizona Republic.

City Councilwoman Kathy Littlefield raised concerns that local artist Aaron Bass and architect Tommy Suchart did not go through proper public art processes to get the mural approved, insisting to the paper that her opposition was not political.

“I didn't do this because it was a mural of John McCain," Littlefield said. “Everybody else in Scottsdale has to go through public art process, and it weakens the entire public art process throughout the city if one person doesn't have to go through the process."

The mural, which is set to be 30 feet tall and 120 feet wide, would be a portrait of the late senator comprised of thousands of photos of iconic Arizona images, including copper, cattle and cotton.

Littlefield has also clashed with other city officials over whether the mural can be classified as public art, and therefore, whether it needs to be approved by a local arts non-profit in addition to city officials.

A neighbor whose owns the parking lot adjacent to the mural also raised concerns about the project’s scope, calling it “rather enormous in scope.”

"If you stood at the parking lot and looked at the thing, you couldn't see anything to do at all with Senator McCain,” Dewey Schade told the Arizona Republic in September.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona
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To: yesthatjallen
Artist and architect Bass and Suchart have locked horns with Schade over the project, saying that the landlord has impeded their ability to work on the mural. Schade has said the same of Bass and Suchart, accusing them of trespassing and reportedly calling the police.

The landlord should impede them permanently by having them arrested and tossed in jail.

21 posted on 01/09/2019 5:29:10 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Don Corleone
Can you imagine the “tagging” it will generate?

I thought that the North Vietnamese already put up a statue honoring the canary. For some reason no one seems to bother it there. The mural could be a huge generator of tourist visits... Who wouldn't want to deface a mural honoring McLame? They should plan to have a concession stand to sell cans of water based spray paint that can be washed off every night.

22 posted on 01/09/2019 5:31:07 PM PST by fireman15
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23 posted on 01/09/2019 5:31:25 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: yesthatjallen

The owner of the parking lot can put up a large canopy over that row of parking spaces. Contract parkers would be happy to pay a little more to get their car under cover.


24 posted on 01/09/2019 5:32:43 PM PST by ryderann
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To: yesthatjallen
Thought for sure it would be a painting of a songbird.

Reminds me of the ghost face on the wall in Galveston:


25 posted on 01/09/2019 5:34:16 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Rapscallion

“His reputation was created. He was not as good as they made him out to be.”

How about we say, he was not as good as he made himself out to be?


26 posted on 01/09/2019 5:35:48 PM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: yesthatjallen

NO!!

Murals depicting “political leaders” belongs in the THIRD WORLD!!!

These idiots are only supposed to represent their constituents for a couple of terms, then GO HOME and back to NORMAL lives, Not turn into immortal gods.


27 posted on 01/09/2019 5:42:41 PM PST by joethedrummer
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To: joethedrummer

Depends on the mural. Reagan ? Absolutely. One depicting a treasonous, warmongering scumbag who threw an election deliberately for Zero ? Hell, no.


28 posted on 01/09/2019 5:50:03 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: PAR35

And last in his class...


29 posted on 01/09/2019 6:04:43 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: joethedrummer
Agree.

This public worship is found in communist countries.

30 posted on 01/09/2019 6:09:42 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

There are residential parcels in SF that are not that big.


31 posted on 01/09/2019 7:10:41 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: yesthatjallen

Target rich environment.

Of course we’ll throw poo at him.


32 posted on 01/09/2019 7:40:37 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: gibsonguy

If anywhere, out should be in Nogales or even South Phoenix would be a better fit. That is where his real allegiance lies.


33 posted on 01/09/2019 11:28:05 PM PST by Stayingawayfromthedarkside (Look, is it America that I see again?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Like the “Boyhood Home of Bill Clinton” sign on IH30, this will be just another Urination Station for my future coddiwomples...


34 posted on 01/10/2019 3:58:50 AM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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