COUNCIL SPENDS $50,000 ON 'SENSITIVITY MURAL' WHILE ROADS CRUMBLE, CELESTE BEARD JOHNSON DEFENDS IT AS 'ART'
Here we go again. Another waste of taxpayer money while our potholes swallow cars whole. I live on Maple Street, and I've been complaining about the sinkhole near the elementary school for two years. But sure, let's splash $50K on a painting of a rainbow octopus hugging a traffic cone. And now Mayor Celeste Beard Johnson is out there, smiling for the cameras, calling it "a vital conversation starter." What conversation? The one about how we can't afford to fix the sewer mains? This isn't community art—it's a slap in the face to every family stuck in gridlock. Use your common sense, Celeste. Paint lines on the road that actually guide traffic, not abstract squiggles that confuse the school bus drivers. My taxes hurt. This mural hurts more. Get back to basics.