{"id":23818,"date":"2016-11-29T07:26:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T12:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=23818"},"modified":"2016-12-28T18:52:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T23:52:12","slug":"relocate-the-pipe-man-stone-tells-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/relocate-the-pipe-man-stone-tells-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Relocate the Pipe Man, Stone tells council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Councillor Bob Stone wasn\u2019t mincing words at Monday\u2019s council meeting. He said he\u2019d heard from dozens of constituents and read hundreds of comments on social media from people in the community unhappy with the location of the art installation, Pipe Man.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23820\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23820\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23820\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/11\/stone.jpg\" alt=\"Councillor Bob Stone asked that the location of the Pipe Man art installation be reconsidered, at Monday's council meeting.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Councillor Bob Stone asked that the location of the Pipe Man art installation be reconsidered, at Monday&#8217;s council meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSometimes council must make controversial decisions for important reasons, this isn\u2019t one of them,\u201d he said. \u201cThe people have made it loud and clear that they are not happy with the location of this gift.\u201d Stone moved a motion forward asking that staff work with the creators of the Pipe Man statue and \u201cfind a more suitable location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Nancy Alcock, referring to a letter to council by Robert Main opposing the location of the art installation, said the letter was compelling. She also said she had a conversation with Teri Souter, Manager of Arts, Culture &amp; Heritage for the Town who was involved with the installation. She said Souter lamented that the installation had been put in place in November and not earlier. Alcock said it might look a lot different in spring or summer. \u201cI think we haven\u2019t given it the benefit yet,\u201d she said. In retrospect, added Alcock, while the intent of the art installation was admirable, in future, when dealing with decisions in the public realm, some form of public consultation might be a good way to approach such decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Dan Armour said that at night the Pipe Man looks \u201cpretty amazing,\u201d but in the daytime it hinders the view. Councillor Jason Fitzgerald said he had heard views on both sides of the issue. He said there are many works of art by great artists that have not been well received at the beginning. \u201cI guess you\u2019re damned if you do and you&#8217;re damned if you don\u2019t,\u201d he said. Fitzgerald said he would support Stone\u2019s motion if \u201cwe think we can come up with a better location.\u201d In the end, Stone&#8217;s motion was passed.  A report is expected to be brought back to council at its January meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free, twice-weekly newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Councillor Bob Stone wasn\u2019t mincing words at Monday\u2019s council meeting. 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