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# Letter: Passing the buck
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/letter-passing-the-buck/
- Published: 2012-08-21T00:53:03.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:00:29.000Z
- Author: Daniel Archuleta
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:52

Editor:

For City Hall to expect the family of Paul Conrad to raise all the needed funds to restore his iconic — and now landmarked — "Chain Reaction" sculpture, which he gifted to the city, is like asking the French government to fund the ongoing maintenance of the Statue of Liberty, which they gifted to America.

Jerry Rubin

Santa Monica