The Chicago vehicle sticker contest continues to be a nightmare for the winning students and city of Chicago.
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City Clerk Susana Mendoza has announced today that the Chicago vehicle sticker for 2012-2013 will be designed by the city, and no student artwork designs will be used on the decal after all.
Last week, the winning entry by Herbert Pulgar, a 15-year-old boy, was thrown out because there were hands in the design which some thought resembled gang signs. CLICK HERE FOR THAT STORY
Mendoza said the runner-up, Caitlin Henehan – a senior at Resurrection High School – would have her artwork displayed instead. Now, Henehan's family says that they don’t want her artwork to be used.
Henehan’s family notified Mendoza and said that unwanted media attention and public scrutiny of the artwork include criticism of it. Therefore, they do not want it used.
Caitlin Henehan’s parents said:
While our daughter truly enjoyed participating in the design contest and was proud to see Chicago select her as the first runner-up, what should have been a happy accomplishment in her life has now turned sour.
According to Mendoza’s office spokesperson, the media attention has become overwhelming for the high school girl. Reportedly, after Henehan’s runner-up artwork was named as the artwork to be used for the city sticker, many reporters contacted Caitlin Henehan, and the media attention was overwhelming for her.
Henehan’s design innocently depicts three cartoon-like characters: a firefighter, a police officer, and a paramedic.
Rather than turning to the second runner-up, the city is going to have their graphics department design a city sticker. The decision to not turn to another student-design for the sticker is because they don’t want to put yet another teen through the torment the first two named-students have gone through.
Mendoza will ultimately approve the city sticker used this year. City Clerk Mendoza also announced that future contests regarding the city sticker are being reviewed, which means this may be the last city sticker contest there will ever be.
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Source: Tribune
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