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ABOVE: Middle-finger statue baffles onlookers in Vermont town
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Vermont man, involved in a long-running spat with local officials,
erected a giant sculpture of the middle finger saluting city council
with the one-finger wave. Ted Pelkey owns a recycle business and a fleet
of trucks to haul the waste. Pelkey bought property in Westford
planning to move his recycle waste yard to the town and also set up a
truck repair station on the site. But, the town had regulations that
resticted what kind of use the property could be put to. The town
officials did not want a recycle dump in the town.Ted Pelkey had the sculpture erected next to a highway in the town of Westford earlier this month. “It’s intended for the people who run the town of Westford,” Pelkey told WCAX-TV. The statue does not have any written message that indicates who the finger is aimed at.
According to the news station, Pelkey has been in a long-running dispute with the town over red tape that’s preventing him from developing on his property. The man wants to move his recycling business and a truck repair shop from another town to his property to cut down on expenses. Pelkey claims city staff have a personal grudge against him and are creating red tape.
“In my eyes, if somebody tells you they hate you right up front, it’s a hate crime,” Pelkey said to WCAX-TV.
Pelkey spent $4,000 to commission the giant wooden middle finger.
“I’m hoping we can get it through to the people in the town of Westford to have a really long look at the people who are running their town,” Pelkey said. As to how his personal problems affect the other people in the town who may not want to live near a recycle scrap yard Pelkey did not say.
Westford residents are a bit perplexed by the monumental “eff you.”
“It’s very odd,” Deanna Wilcox said. “And certainly not the love that I hope everybody is spreading in the world today that we really need."
"It’s somebody’s expression and it didn’t hurt anybody as far as I know except for maybe somebody’s feelings,” another resident said. City staff told the news station, since the sculpture is considered public art, their hands are tied and they’re stuck with the middle finger. Town regulations and the rule of law restict what town officials can do just as they restrict what business owners and property owners can do. Perhaps Pelkey should have checked the regulations on the property use before he bought the property. Does Pelkey even live in the town, or does he just want to put a recycle trash yard there?
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