Thursday, June 25, 2009

Morton Grove, Illinois' Obama stimulus "campaign sign"

It's with some honor, or perhaps shame, that I have to announce that Morton Grove, Illinois, where I live, has its first Barack Obama economic stimulus 2012 campaign sign.

You can find this one on Oakton Avenue at the southern end of St. Paul Woods, a little more than a mile from my home.

Commenters on this blog and others have remarked that they see the signs, but there is no evidence of work being done.

Okay, that may not be a fair criticism, but the "work" so far completed on Oakton in Morton Grove consists of the placement of the ARRA sign and the one on the lower left, announcing that the project begins today.

Shortly after Sen. Tom Coburn released his list of 100 wasteful stimulus projects, the White House issued its response. In regards to the "campaign signs," the report stated:

Road signs costing $300 each are being placed at construction sites to alert motorists that the project is being paid for by stimulus money.

Response: Road project signage is both customary, and an allowable use of funds.

Uh, no. Egomaniacal local politicians, especially in Illinois, love to slap their names on signs like these. But it's rare on the national level, although for a while FDR's NRA signs were ubiquitous.

What's troubling to me is the similarity between the Obama campaign logo and the Recovery.gov symbol.



The "Putting Americans to Work" part of the signs--yes, that's a good thing--ties into our community organizer-in-chief's "Yes we can" campaign slogan.

Conservative Outpost has a campaign sign posted, as does Foreign and Domestic, Eransworld, and the McHenry County Blog, which first pointed out the similarity between the two logos.

Related posts:

Des Plaines, Illinois' two Obama stimulus "campaign signs"
Obama stimulus "campaign sign" in downtown Chicago
Park Ridge, Illinois' Obama stimulus "campaign sign"
Illinois "Obama campaign signs" make Sen. Coburn's waste list
Illinois' Obama campaign sign ranks #3 on Hannity's Waste 101 list
Obama's 2012 reelection campaign and stimulus sign in Libertyville
Obama stimulus campaign sign in LaSalle, Illinois
Obama signs, Obama signs, everywhere Obama signs
Lincolnwood's Obama stimulus "campaign sign"
This stimulus project has been brought to you by the perpetual Obama campaign

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