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Man gives middle finger to town via sculpture
A Vermont man who is in an ongoing dispute with his town has let officials know exactly how he feels by erecting a large wooden sculpture of a fist with the middle finger raised on his front lawn.
Ted Pelkey said Thursday that he has been trying for about 10 years to move his truck repair and recycling business to his property but has been unable to get a permit. He paid about $3,000 to have the roughly 7-foot-tall (2-meter-tall) sculpture carved with a chain saw. In November, he put it on a 16-foot (4.8-meter) pole with lights where it can be seen from the road.
"I wasn't trying to get fame out of it at all.... I'm just mad," he said. "I just got pushed in the corner, and it's just I'm done with it."
Since the sculpture went up, people have been stopping by during the day and even night to take photos of it and with it.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/man-gives-middle-finger-to-town-via-sculpture/article_fd47f188-3625-5ba1-bb76-89e12b5103c8.html
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