http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060510_prescott_firedexcerpt
Dylan Smith & Michael Truelsen
TucsonSentinel.com
A Prescott radio host embroiled in a controversy over a school mural is off the air, while the mural won't be subject to a whitewash order.
Steve Blair, who also holds a seat on the Prescott City Council, was let go from his talk radio show after drawing fire for his opposition to an environmental mural painted on an elementary school.
The "Go to Green" mural, based on the faces of children who attend the school, drew local criticism for featuring minority children.
The school district has reversed its request to lighten the faces of the students in the mural, after attracting national attention with the move.
"Shame on us if we can't say, 'We made a mistake and we're sorry,'" said Prescott Unified School District Superintendent Kevin Kapp on Saturday.
"From the very get-go, every time I drove by this beautiful mural, I got a wonderful feeling of pride and pleasure at the work these Mural Mice have done," said Kapp at a rally in front of the mural.
"Miller Valley made a mistake. When we asked them to lighten the mural, we made a mistake," said Miller Valley Elementary School Principal Jeff Lane.
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