Sarasota Herald-Tribune Let tax dollars shape city’s public art Concerning "Who is paying for Sarasota's public art?": The April 5 article presents a new twist in the ongoing relationship of economic forces and aesthetic quality in the public square, a dialogue seen in the West since the Renaissance. However, the writer's priorities skew the argument as not so much one of art history, but financial reward for investors through the "branding of art." The minute you allow marketing jargon to influence public art, the credibility of Sarasota as a "cultural community" becomes questionable. Mu...