Letter of the day: Commissioner Johnson's strong suit isn't architecture

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Letter of the day: Commissioner Johnson's strong suit isn't architecture

Updated: November 20, 2009 - 6:53 PM

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The Walker Art Center’s Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture: Would Commissioner Jeff Johnson find it too extravagant?

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Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson awarded a "Golden Fire Hydrant" to the Hennepin County Board's other six members for choosing a design for the new Lowry Avenue Bridge that is more attractive and expensive than the concrete box design used for most other Minnesota bridges. He says the decision was all about aesthetics. Apparently, if he had the chance, he would have voted against the Golden Gate Bridge, the St. Louis Arch, and that spoon and cherry thing in Minneapolis.

JOE KIMMEL, DAYTON

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