WHY on earth does Mrs H Hamer (Letters, June 9) assume that councillors "throw money about as if it is going out of fashion" in regard to the sculpture near the M65 at Lower Eccleshill?
If Mrs Hamer had done one ounce of research, she would find out that the council has not spent one penny of council taxpayers' money on the sculpture.
As with other public art projects, the vast majority of funding comes from national organisations funded by the government (both Tory and Labour) to promote art.
If Mrs Hamer had been alive in the last century, no doubt she would have been moaning about the public art projects of Darwen Tower and, in Blackburn, Queen Victoria's statue on the Boulevard, and Gladstone's statue opposite King George's Hall.
COUN DAVE SMITH (Sunnyhurst Ward), Avondale Road, Darwen.
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