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Artist asks council where city’s acquired windmill went after staff says it was destroyed
Summary
Artist and former councilor Mike Vaughn asked Coos Bay officials where a windmill sculpture the city acquired from Morgan Vet Clinic ended up; city staff said the piece was removed from city shops and appears to have been sent for scrap and destroyed. Councilors said they will adopt a clearer process for decommissioning public art.
Mike Vaughn, an artist and former city council member, told the Coos Bay City Council that a windmill sculpture he created and that had been acquired by the city after sale from Morgan Vet Clinic is missing and that he believes the sculpture has been disposed of.
Vaughn said he discovered the windmill “laying in the weeds” after asking about plans to install it near Front Street and was told by public works it was not part of the construction contract. “My question is, where is it?” Vaughn asked the…
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