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Sarasota News Leader July 4, 2013 two commissioners deriding a scheduled Mr. Savage has raised hundreds of special meeting of the Public Art Committee thousands of dollars for this community. to fast track the deci- I have never seen such treatment of an individual who has brought so much to sion. Page 30 Commissioner Susan Chapman raised the issue, asking why there was a special meeting of the committee set on the day before a this community. long national holiday. "There are a lot of "This is a very conShannon Snyder red flags here," said Mayor troversial issue, and I City Commissioner City of Sarasota don't think this gives Suzanne Atwell. "The enough opportunity process has been hijacked by a small number for public testimony," she said. of people." There also was concern expressed in public Tom Savage was instrumental in raising funds comment that the statue was made of confor two bayfront sculptures, Unconditional crete with rebar reinforcement, similar to one Surrender and Complexus. But his third at- erected in Cape Coral as a marketing gimmick. tempt bombed. "The twin of this monument is in Cape Coral," City Commissioners Susan Chapman (left) and Suzanne Atwell. Photo by Norman Schimmel