BENTONVILLE -- The City Council decided to delay taking action on a public mural after new complaints that the work allegedly advances "transgender ideology."

The City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday to table making a final determination on All Bike(r)s Welcome until its next regular meeting Aug. 26. The decision came after more than two hours of discussion.

Beckie Seba, Chris Sooter, Gayatri Agnew and Octavio Sanchez voted for the motion to table the issue while Bill Burckart, Holly Hook and Cindy Acree voted against it.

Aubrey Patterson, Ward 3 City Council member was absent.

Bella Vista-based artist Paige Dirksen completed All Bike(r)s Welcome in a tunnel underneath Northwest Third Street near the Coler Mountain Bike Preserve Oct. 11 in collaboration with Northwest Arkansas-based nonprofi

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