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[ijmorlan]

For bonus point, the art is done in the style of a local activist artist, but who did not actually get to do the work (and if she was asked, she would have explained why it was a bad idea), in fact, nobody knows who did the work, or how much they were paid.

I didn’t even think about the art contract. This actually raises a pretty significant point on its own, entirely separate from all the other issues you’ve raised: shouldn’t they be proud of whom they chose to do the artwork? And I don’t really care if the amount paid is part of the press release, but it absolutely should be available to the public by looking in a financial transparency report somewhere.

Of course if the art was done by a white guy whose family roots extend to when the Angles met the Saxons …