Date: August 1st, 2020 8:08 AM Author: Vibrant disgusting public bath
Like everything else that local governments do, this is about graft. An artist has to be commissioned (they'll make more on that commission than they have in the last 5 years); then someone has to assemble the materials; then a construction crew has to place the statue. Then someone has to make a plaque.
Date: August 1st, 2020 8:13 AM Author: crimson narrow-minded station chad
Most statues in the US are not stood up by local governments. It’s public interest groups that fund these. That Lincoln one is Boston was paid for by ex-slaves. The government just allocates the space.