UK council over spends on Mario Bros. plant pots

[Demon_Skeith]

The offending plant pots were introduced using money from the UK government’s Our Towns Fund, an £80 million scheme designed to boost regeneration and help local areas “level-up” in response to the impact of the coronavirus, according to communities secretary Robert Jenrick.

The Birmingham Mail reports that Walsall Council was granted £750,000 as part of scheme.

Critics say it has chosen to invest part of the money unwisely, labelling the plant pots unsightly and a waste of money at a time when the local authority is reportedly attempting to cut £29 million from its budget.

Angry residents compared the planters to Warp Pipes found in Super Mario games, which transport players to different areas of the Mushroom World.

“We’ve had so many shop closures in the last few years and the best thing the council can come up with is these garish monstrosities,” local florist Andrea Loveridge told Birmingham Live.

“It beggars belief. It makes the place like more like something from Super Mario Brothers. They look like those warp pipes Mario jumps down.”

 

[cm2]

So will the Nintendo lawyers sue them lol

 

[froggyboy604]

The plant pots look pretty good.

I agree with the UK residents that the money spent on the pots can be better spent on helping local shops.

 

[Ash]

Some actual Mario themed plant pots might look better than this. The plain neon green colour for the plant pots just looks out of place and weird

 

[Demon_Skeith]

So will the Nintendo lawyers sue them lol

I'm sure they somehow goet permission.