While all that was going on and you were distracted, a badger burgled your house.
If they're expecting "the community" to obtain competitive quotes, hire a ceramics expert to safely remove the tiles, and to fully fundraise all costs, they know full well that that's nigh on impossible in only two weeks. However, I suspect they'll still blame the community anyway for not saving it.
OK -- I've only got 4 minutes before a meeting! Full snark?
Efforts to find out if the council is really offering to save the mural for £40k remain unanswered. My understanding is that £40k is extortionate and appears to be around 8 times the cost of recent similar projects.
Hopefully I'm not the only person who finds themselves writing an email and then having to spend ages deciding if the snark level is appropriate or needs to be lowered by at least 90%
I did! *checks* Oh crap, I signed it "Disgusting of..." 😖
OK, rant over. RIP to "Little Abe, the Bishop of Berry Brow" from those who desperately wanted to save him, and also to the forgotten mural likely hidden away behind plasterboard which will soon feel the sledgehammer of doom wielded by Kirklees council.
Email sent. I'm going to hide under the bed and never ever check my email account ever again :-D