Naheed Nenshi: "There a lot of people really hurting out in the community. There a lot of challenges and there a lot of nervousness out in the community about what going to happen with the economy," he said. "And I'm not comfortable with using that nervousness as an excuse to go after a program that really it has nothing to do with." , according to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The current policy commits the city to spending one per cent of the value of its capital projects on public art. Mayor Naheed Nenshi is blasting a councillor idea that Calgary public art policy should be suspended this year because of the economic downturn. Ward 14 Coun. Peter Demong plans to present a motion on Monday, saying it behooves us as the city to show our citizens some restraint in how we allocate scarce resources in times of economic stress. Travelling Light, a work by the Berlin-based group Inges Idee installed at Deerfoot Trail and 96th Avenue N.E., became a flashpoint for the city sometimes controversial policy of committing one per cent of the value of capital projects on public art. CBC
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