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Evidently one man's art is another man's "inner city crap."

 reports work has been stalled on a mural in Cascade Park titled "Unity in Community" because, well, the community doesn't think it's very pretty.

"It's going to affect my property value," Williams goes on to say later in the article. "It's going to look like inner-city crap."

According to Lawler's story, the mural - painted mostly by children - is based on a similar technique employed by St. Paul artist Ta-Coumba Aiken, who painted a mural in the student union at the College of St. Scholastica this winter.

The mayor has called a meeting with folks on both sides of the debate to determine whether the project should move forward, or be painted over.

is taking votes on whether or not the unfinished mural is art. What do you think?

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