First, the giant fiber glass cactus figure was vandalized, then it was stolen. Now, we know that the missing cactus was picked up by Albuquerque city workers who picked it up, as trash, and took it to the dump. The workers had been sent to a local park which had been vandalized and they mistook the cactus for useless debris.
Since being taken to the dump, the cactus has been crushed and buried. The sculpture was created by "at-risk" high school kids of the Working Classroom, for the city, with $50,000 in state funds.
$50,000? $50,000?
There's a little bit of irony, here. The sculpture was made by "at risk" kids....at risk of becoming the kind of kids who destroyed it. The $50,000? The money is only the icing on the cake.
Since being taken to the dump, the cactus has been crushed and buried. The sculpture was created by "at-risk" high school kids of the Working Classroom, for the city, with $50,000 in state funds.
$50,000? $50,000?
There's a little bit of irony, here. The sculpture was made by "at risk" kids....at risk of becoming the kind of kids who destroyed it. The $50,000? The money is only the icing on the cake.
