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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The landlord should impede them permanently by having them arrested and tossed in jail.
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.
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.
Reminds me of the ghost face on the wall in Galveston:
“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?
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.
Depends on the mural. Reagan ? Absolutely. One depicting a treasonous, warmongering scumbag who threw an election deliberately for Zero ? Hell, no.
And last in his class...
This public worship is found in communist countries.
There are residential parcels in SF that are not that big.
Target rich environment.
Of course we’ll throw poo at him.
If anywhere, out should be in Nogales or even South Phoenix would be a better fit. That is where his real allegiance lies.
Like the “Boyhood Home of Bill Clinton” sign on IH30, this will be just another Urination Station for my future coddiwomples...
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