CONTROVERSY OVER MURALS
Officials entered a contract with artist John Berry last year and agreed to pay him $42,500 to create two murals and repair some that were chipping and fading. Leaders felt it was important for the “City of Murals” to retain and eventually market its brand.
Aldermen are displeased with Berry’s touch-up work on the Pepsi mural, which depicts three Walldogs painting a downtown scene. They demand that he pay the city $9,150 to allow the Boone County Arts Council to restore the artwork to its initial design.
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