Art Complaint Cost $103,400

A single complaint from a passerby prompted the Department of Public Works to budget more than $103,000 to restore a sculpture outside the post office in Stouffville, Ont., according to Access To Information records. The fading artwork nicknamed “the lemon” by local ratepayers was in a cabinet minister’s riding: “This is embarrassing.”

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