Building dispute leads to mural of crowned mayor on a toilet
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July 5, 2018
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island mayor says he's not bothered by an unflattering public mural of him wearing a crown and sitting on a toilet that stems from a long-simmering dispute over a building he has called unsafe.
North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi has been involved in a dispute with building owner Anthony Farina over the building, described by the mayor as a "health hazard."
Lombardi tells WPRI-TV the painting doesn't bother him but Farina should question how he's representing himself to the community.
Mural artist Paul Morse says he has nothing against the mayor but wa...
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