The Santa Fe New Mexican has an article today about the city council commissioning a $100,000 piece of sculpture, depicting 27 leaping cutthorats that will be constructed outside the new convention center.

My big question is, why is it we can commission art to celebrate our state fish, yet we can’t seem to get a living, breathing river right here in downtown Santa Fe?  Wouldn’t it be nice to have some real, live cutthroats in the Santa Fe River in addition to the granite ones outside the convention center?

While we honor our state fish in stone, we have a gaping eyesore through the middle of town only a couple blocks away.