City Threatens to Remove Beloved BEAR SPIRIT Sculpture Which Has Stood 27 Years. : Indybay

After a flurry of claims that residents don't like to see the nudity and following several vandal attacks to the penis, the city
says they plan on removing this long beloved sculpture that celebrates a native american bear dance ritual. But after interviewing a city
official, it looks more complicated than that.

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The Santa Cruz Arts Commission is planning on removing this dearly loved local treasure. Help us save it.
27 years standing guard, let's now protect him.

I made a video about the artist and the sculpture, you can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voBxUVk1bB0

There is also a facebook page fo Save Bear Spirit!! Please "like" the page so we can show city officials that there is support for this
long beloved sculpture. http://www.facebook.com/SaveBearSpiritSculpture?fref=ts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voBxUVk1bB0

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TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE
Sentinel Article about Bear Spirit Sculpture!!	Brent Bare	Saturday Feb 23rd, 2013 2:47 AM
Brent brought public attention to the plight of BEAR SPIRIT sculputure	John E. Colby	Friday Feb 22nd, 2013 8:59 PM
Dear bear or bare	Anonymous	Wednesday Feb 20th, 2013 8:14 AM
The Issue	Local	Saturday Feb 16th, 2013 1:34 PM
Money money money money	You Get the Picture	Saturday Feb 16th, 2013 1:00 PM
Santa Cruz/UCSC are losing what made them special	John E. Colby	Saturday Feb 16th, 2013 1:21 AM
#IdleNoMore #OpThunderbird	G	Friday Feb 15th, 2013 6:59 PM