Man Erects $4000 Giant Statue To Give Town Council the Bird"Town council told him he couldn’t build a garage, but it can’t tell him to take down his giant statue of a middle finger… it’s public art, protected by the First Amendment
Ted Pelkey of Westford, Vermont, says his town council has been giving him the run around on a building permit for a commercial garage for 10 years.
When it flat-out denied his request citing “no good reasons” last November, Pelkey couldn’t bite his tongue anymore.
He commissioned a local woodworker to carve a statue of a middle finger out of a 700-pound block of pine and then erected it on a 16-foot pole in his yard, complete with night-time lighting..."
When it flat-out denied his request citing “no good reasons” last November, Pelkey couldn’t bite his tongue anymore.
He commissioned a local woodworker to carve a statue of a middle finger out of a 700-pound block of pine and then erected it on a 16-foot pole in his yard, complete with night-time lighting..."
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