Chicago's Public Art Director let go

First of all, I didn't even know that some cities had a formal position for this. Secondly, it doesn't pay too badly either, at 71K US$ per year. Michael Lash was let go after he "accidentally struck a co-worker in the arm with a cell phone in a January incident caused by a diabetes-related mood swing". This is his version of events. He is filing a wrongful dismissal suit

Lash was the person who invented the "Cows on Parade" project which set a global trend. (see our report on a "camels on Parade" spinoff project in Dubai). According to city officials, that project pumped 250 million US$ into the city economy and raised 3.5 million US$ for charity.

posted: May 16, 2004