peter frampton fans in uproar after city council spends $50k on a “public art installation” that’s just a giant glittery guitar nobody asked for
Oh, for crying out loud. Another week, another reason to wonder if common sense has completely left the building. So our lovely city council, in their infinite wisdom, just dropped $50,000 of our tax dollars on a “public art installation” at the Riverside Park entrance. And what did we get? A ten-foot-tall, neon-pink, glittery guitar that’s supposed to “celebrate the spirit of rock ’n’ roll.” They even had the audacity to name it “The Frampton Salute” – you know, after peter frampton.
Let’s be real. Nobody asked for this. Not one single resident was standing at that town hall meeting saying, “You know what our pothole-ridden roads and understaffed library need? A giant tribute to a ’70s rock star from England.” Meanwhile, the local kids’ soccer league can’t even get new goalie nets because the budget was “allocated elsewhere.”
Common sense says you fix the sidewalks first. Common sense says you don’t spend my grocery money on a glittery monstrosity that’s gonna be tagged with graffiti by next Tuesday. But hey, at least peter frampton might get a kick out of it if he ever drives through. Bet he’d rather we just played his album on repeat at the park pavilion instead. Get it together, people.