If you haven’t noticed (and I didn’t until I read about it in the newspaper and started looking for them) these things are planted in weird spots up and down Key Avenue. In some cases, not much more than a couple hundred feet apart, for some reason…
I’ll be honest, those dark colors blend right in to the dark green landscape behind it and I never even noticed them until I was looking for them. Also, it’s the year 2025 and every single person has a smartphone and Google maps, so these signs are superfluous to begin with. I could probably say the same about the Chamber of Commerce, too.
They dreamed this nonsense up back in 2021/2022, when ALL the stupid projects were hatched, because Misti Talbert, TJ Monroe and the other profligate chimps were absolutely DROWNING in ‘free’ Covid money:
I figured for the six-figure prices they were throwing around, these things would be carved out of wood and gold, or something. But no, they look pretty flimsy to me. Not much different than a stop sign or other road sign.
In fact, the POLES holding them up look more expensive than the signs themselves.
So now that they’ve blown through millions in Covid money, finished up this ridiculous sign project and the Hostess House debacle is almost done wasting $2.4 million, do you think maybe city council can just NOT blow shit tons of money on a stupid project for maybe a year or two? Is that possible? Maybe take a break for a while? Thanks.
Remember THIS one, which was supposed to “bring in the tourists” to the downtown area? LOL.
Poor Mandy. Looking back, she was BY FAR the best “Economic Developer” the City ever had. The problem is the entire position is a useless wild goose chase for whoever holds the title. It’s a no-win position. At least Mandy actually cared about the city. The last few birds were just looking for a paycheck and their next rung up the government paycheck ladder.