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Interesting how the final price of the 'art' was just under the total budget for artworks. I wonder how that happened?

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“So 118 families, their entire property tax bills went to building large plastic rocks instead of providing services that people want in the city,” Haubrich said.

I understand it sounds more shocking when only 118 people pay for something. But let’s be realistic here, what was the cost for the average tax payer?

[–] ninjakttty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That caught my eye also, so yeah a quick search said the population of the town is 316,000 people so a little less than dollar per person in the city.

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

I wish they talked about paying for things with "Families' Taxes" when it's a tunnel no one wanted, or the cost to have blue license plates for a hot minute