Posted on 07/05/2010 10:02:04 AM PDT by Nachum
Calling the stimulus signs “the height of narcissism,” Rep. Aaron Schock, Republican congressman from Obama’s old stomping grounds of Illinois, is preparing to bring the battle over the stimulus signs to the floor of the House this week. “The constituents in my district look at those signs and see tens of millions of their hard-earned taxpayer dollars being spent, no jobs created, and hardly any infrastructure,” Schock said. “I’ve already had several emails and phone calls on my personal phone from friends back home that are upset about it and say, ‘You gotta be kidding me.’”
Last week, PJM reported that Rep. Darrell Issa sent a letter to to Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, demanding an investigation into the cost of the signs and what he termed the violation of anti-propaganda laws.
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The Obama Admin deals more with schlock and “Awwww!”.
“Next it’ll be Barack Obama funded your teacher and Barack Obama funded your bridge.”
They have stuff like that in europe
I hte the signs that are here. Apparently I’m not the only one because one looked like something had been thrown on it.
These signs are backfiring on Zero. They show the public how our money is being wasted on frivolous projects.
It’d be a darn shame if somebody with a paint ball gun messed up those signs.
I see loads of these up here in Massachusetts, and every single one of them makes my blood boil due to the absolute waste and uselessness of them.
Never mind, that I have negative reinforcement from them. Every single time I see one, bad things happen. The road is freshly dug up and I get a rock in my windscreen (a few weeks ago), a decent road is going to be torn all to hell and traffic congested and re-routed in already congested and re-routed areas.
On this one road I travel, it has been dug up nearly continuously (It seems) for the last fifteen years. I start to feel like Michael Douglass’ character in “Falling Down” every time I see one of those reprehensible signs.
And you know...it is only UNION work that is generated.
Europe isn't the first place I'd point a finger at for eponymous signage, LOL.
What it indicated to me is that our local government is so mismanaged that it cannot afford to do the basic infrastructure maintenance that used to be the raison d'etre of local government.
But with 80% of my property taxes going to fund the local public schools that my children do not even use, I'm not really surprised they have trouble finding money for such frivolities as sheriff's deputies, fire trucks and road repair.
I am aware of a road project that has been ongoing for a while. One day, there was a big shiny new sign announcing that stimulus money was paying for the project. That sign must have cost plenty.
Great, I though. That stretch of road is in bad shape, and needs work. The pavement is terrible, and it floods with every heavy rain. Maybe something good will come of this.
Wrong. Ever since that sign went up a couple of months ago, I have seen absolutely no work being done. The road is in worse shape now than when they started on it.
SOP in Chi - Da Mare built dis.
Could’ve been whaty I saw? Not sure if it was mud or a paint splat? I would not be surprised if they all make it through the summer here without any holes. :)
Could’ve been what I saw? Not sure if it was mud or a paint splat? I would not be surprised if they all make it through the summer here without any holes. :)
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