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Elon Musk to be billed for unauthorised flashing X sign
BBC ^ | Aug 1, 2023 | Tom Singleton

Posted on 08/01/2023 6:01:40 AM PDT by McGruff

The sign was put up on Friday as part of the company's rebrand, but it attracted 24 complaints at the weekend.

It was taken down on Monday and X will be charged the cost of building permits for its installation and removal.

San Francisco authorities said the firm did not have permission for the sign.

In a statement, officials said the company would also have to cover the cost of the Department of Building Inspection and the Planning Department's investigation.

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1 posted on 08/01/2023 6:01:40 AM PDT by McGruff
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2 posted on 08/01/2023 6:03:08 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

He should have made the new logo a giant middle finger.


3 posted on 08/01/2023 6:05:50 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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Move the office out of San Francisco

Immediately

and

Permanently


4 posted on 08/01/2023 6:05:52 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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imho it has every appearance of being a big “F U” to the powers that be from Elon.

flashing is 1950s-retro. iirc it has been outlawed in cities for decades (distracting to street traffic? something... who knows what...)


5 posted on 08/01/2023 6:08:40 AM PDT by SteveH
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it is weird they put up sign w/out checking permit issue - but i do think SF, with its decimated business tax base and declining population and now horrendous reputation,should have tried a friendly approach. Elon may not want to leave SF, but he is a businessman first...


6 posted on 08/01/2023 6:11:04 AM PDT by avital2
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Threaten to move the headquarters Out of San Francisco..... that should do it!


7 posted on 08/01/2023 6:12:17 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: McGruff
...did not have permission for the sign.

That is the problem............

8 posted on 08/01/2023 6:13:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: McGruff

“X will be charged the cost of building permits for its installation”

Huh?


9 posted on 08/01/2023 6:13:38 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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San Francisco authorities said the firm did not have permission for the sign.

Asking government for permission is undesirable in the first place, particularly when it deals with private property, err, property leased via property tax payments to government. It’s a completely different problem asking permission of faggots, lesbos, gender deniers and ignorant minorities who work in government. Government employees are the lowest scum on earth with zero credibility or ability. They only good at turning everything they touch to chit.

10 posted on 08/01/2023 6:14:25 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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To: SteveH

Flashing is so cool there is an HTML tag for it.


11 posted on 08/01/2023 6:14:30 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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They don’t like the X? Get the X out of San Francisco, Elon.


12 posted on 08/01/2023 6:14:39 AM PDT by mware
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> Move the office out of San Francisco… <

Right. This sign dust-up is just a hint of all the aggravation to come.
Musk is not a dumb guy. He has to know that.


13 posted on 08/01/2023 6:16:56 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: McGruff

Musk has become an unperson to the Inner Party.


14 posted on 08/01/2023 6:18:01 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ...)
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I'm thinking Elon decided the benefit of the attention exceeds the cost of the fine.

And he will have his lawyers drag San Francisco through the court system to collect on their fines, just for the fun of it.

15 posted on 08/01/2023 6:20:42 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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“Move the office out of San Francisco”

Or establish an office outside SF, and assign all the “working from home” people to it for tax purposes.


16 posted on 08/01/2023 6:22:35 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: McGruff

Now, just erect the new Twitter branding logo over the White House, DC Capitol building, and Manhattan so that the Chinese balloons can update their targeting systems.


17 posted on 08/01/2023 6:26:36 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Lisbon1940

> Flashing is so cool there is an HTML tag for it.

the blink html does not seem to work in chrome. I tried embedding javascript in a FR reply but i could not get that to work either. otherwise we could do some cool stuff such as “YOU WILL OBEY [X].” too bad. :(


18 posted on 08/01/2023 6:32:00 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: McGruff

Yeah but he didn’t have to go through months or years of the process which almost certainly means bribes to speed up the process. He’s a genius.


19 posted on 08/01/2023 6:34:27 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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hundreds of millions of free publicity for the cost of a couple of fines and permits ... ya gotta love it! ... way to go Elon!


20 posted on 08/01/2023 6:34:46 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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