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Downtown mural with 'thin blue line' motif spurs heated public comment; commission asks staff to agendize appeal
Summary
Artist Scott Price asked the DeLand City Commission to override a mural committee decision that rejected a city‑sponsored mural containing a thin blue line flag. The mural art committee deemed the blue‑line motif a political statement and conditioned approval on replacing it with an American flag; commissioners directed staff to bring the matter back for further discussion or an agendized conversation.
A dispute over a proposed downtown mural escalated into a broad public exchange on Oct. 20 when artist Scott Price asked the commission to intervene after the mural art committee and advisory board declined to approve a city application for a mural that included a thin blue line flag.
Price said staff and a prior commission direction produced a design he and the historic board had accepted and that the mural committee’s objection to the blue‑line motif came as a surprise. "This artist... we might think, like, 15 or 20 renderings that were…
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