Carbondale has an extraordinary display of public art. Professional, aesthetically pleasing, tourist attracting and a pleasure to stroll down Main Street enjoying.
It is also enough for at least this one year. There is no need for more when we have valley-wide homeless, hungry and jobless citizens.
The originally pledged $6,000 for maintenance was more than enough for the Carbondale Trustees to pitch in this year. Cajoling them to go the full $12,000 is unconscionable in this economy.
ART (Art aRound Town) should be ashamed of themselves knowing that they have done this at potentially the expense of a human service need that would be better suited.
At the very least, the Carbondale Trustees should make this organization finally get to work and produce within one year's time the detailed performance reports that shows the Town of Carbondale is actually drawing in revenue from the pieces of art bought in the 2012 cycle with this money.
Again, our thanks to the ART group for such a beautiful display of public art. You definitely have beat Glenwood Springs in that department and have truly set a wonderful example.
Now, all you need to do is figure out how to earn $6K in some kind of event that can be given to Carbondale's hungry and homeless.
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
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