'X' Logo Construction Atop Twitter San Francisco HQ Forced to Halt Over Petty Permit Issues

Townhall ^ | 08/03/2023 | Jacob Matthews

[CIB-173RDABN]

A billionaire not following the rules. Shocker!
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Elon may have ordered the X to be installed but I doubt very much if he was responsible for getting any permits for said sign.

[G Larry]

Ya, but the intensity of the flashing light was pretty severe.

[Carriage Hill]

A permit?

Musk’s construction team should have known that.
No excuse for a business to ignore that nuisance, bureaucratic crap, and get the project done.

UNLESS, they wanted maximum publicity at no real cost.

[Carriage Hill]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4172556/posts?page=23#23

[sergeantdave]

“Just another part of the due diligence he didn’t do. This is going to turn into one of the worst rebrandings ever.”

BS. Musk is getting millions of dollars of publicity for free.

[discostu]

Mostly mocking. Because now he’s in a crowded name space, with a logo he can’t trademark because it’s a public domain font. Once making fun of him for this bad rebrand ends his company is just gonna be another X in a world full of Xs.

[coalminersson]

Here’s a plan, drive all the businesses out of SF and turn it into a ghost town.

[Myrddin]

Elon can do with out the sign on the building.

He can do better than that. He can do without a building in San Francisco. Relocate.

[arthurus]

Indeed he can.

[SauronOfMordor]

My guess is that they understood that getting permits would involve much time and expense, and decided that the value of the publicity exceeded the probable cost of the fines.

[null and void]

Shut ‘er down and move to Florida!

[null and void]

While we’re at it the Huntsville, AL workforce would be a good fit for SpaceX.

(s) nully, who used to work half a block from where SpaceX is now headquartered. I’m willing to bet the neighborhood hasn’t improved. Way back then on Mondays during my morning fab check, I’d overhear the worker bees talking about who got shot that weekend...

[sergeantdave]

Mocking or not, it doesn’t change the fact that Musk saved millions in PR, and the mockers will head back to mommy’s basement to hide because the little narcissists can’t handle being mocked.

[discostu]

Everybody already knew Twitter existed. A year from now, X is just gonna be another faceless company in a crowded namespace without a trademark on their logo.

[HKMk23]

“They hate you.”

He knows.

He’s going to push them to prove it beyond any reasonable doubt. Then he’ll slam their faces in the door on his way out.

[Carriage Hill]

I suspect you’re right.

[HKMk23]

Every bit as petty as SF City Hall and the Board of Stupidvisers; you’d fit right in.

[HKMk23]

The Babylon Bee really nails it, here:

https://babylonbee.com/news/san-francisco-demands-elon-musk-remove-bright-sign-disturbing-people-trying-to-poop-on-street

[tomkat]

While we’re at it the Huntsville, AL workforce would be a good fit for SpaceX.

Sounds like an excellent suggestion.

[napscoordinator]

I’m in Florida. Our billionaires aren’t entitled.