Comments on: Artist sought for work at West Seattle’s Fire Station 32

By: Jody Rodgers

Jody Rodgers — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:23:41 +0000

I think $90,000 for public art is fine. I only wish the requirements were that the artist be someone from Western Washington or Seattle. Artists are part of our community and we need to support them.

I’d personally love to see native/first nation art at this location.

By: Chris W

Chris W — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:09:14 +0000

Alki Resident, and then the residents of Nickelsville could donate their time to paint the firehouse and everybody wins!

By: datamuse

datamuse — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:53:21 +0000

Just how much bus service do you think $90k buys, Tuesday?

By: Alki Resident

Alki Resident — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:54:34 +0000

How about you take that $90,000 and make permanent housing for the Nickelsville folks so they can get back on their feet. It blows my mind how so much money gets wasted on such unnecessary things.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:51:19 +0000

Yep, thanks to the “1% for the arts.” Way too much money to be spent on a piece of art at a fire station.

I guarantee the firefighters are rolling their eyes and shaking their collective heads, as this type of money could be better spent.

And since we’re talking about the Seattle Fire Department and the Station Replacement Levy, does anyone realize that it’s been almost 10–Yes, TEN YEARS–since the “Fire Facilities and Emergency Response Levy” was passed?!? The city didn’t even break ground for the first neighborhood fire station until 2009! And, the first neighborhood station wasn’t even completed until late 2009.

And to top it all off, the entire program was underfunded from the get-go.

I guess the gears of Seattle government turn even slower than the federal government. Lame….

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:25:49 +0000

Yep. 1% of the project budget “for the arts”!
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The city council it was a cool idea back in the 70′s – probably never realized how significant 1% would be in today’s budgets…
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http://www.seattle.gov/arts/publicart/default.asp

By: patt

patt — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:09:24 +0000

Is this part of the one percent for the arts?
That, I think, is automatically part of city building projects costs.

By: Philosurfy

Philosurfy — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:16:34 +0000

This is absolutely outrageous. Don’t you think $90,000 would have been better spent replacing the recently stolen elementary school computers or doing something ESSENTIAL for the community?

By: Tuesday

Tuesday — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:00:41 +0000

Holy $h&* that’s a lot of money to spend on a non-essential. But ya know, I’m kind of getting desensitized to people wasting my money on stuff I wouldn’t buy for myself. Proper bus service to West Seattle, what?