Have Historic District, Need Big Ugly Lasik Eye Surgery Sign
So Joel Fortune has decided the best thing to do with the old Zahnd's building property is to build a 45' high sign, dead smack dab in the middle of the Business district of St. Elmo.
You can imagine the community just LOVES this. If anyone was left in St. Elmo who didn't hate Joel Fortune before, there's no longer apathetic.
Anyways, all sorts of things are in the works in protests. Petitions, postcards to the mayor and City Council, etc. Checkout this article on the 'Noogan.
Sadly, I'm not sure there's much we can do. The billboard is going to net Mr. Fortune thousands of bucks a month for simply leasing the property. It's a classic example of quick and easy dollar economics. Depressing.
St. Elmo | By Josiah Roe | 04:38 PM
Comments
I know i'd do it... capitalism, gotta love it.
Posted by: holton at September 21, 2005 05:33 PM
You may have an incentive for Mr. Fortune to do something else with his property, but until you can convince Mr. Fortune that he has such an incentive, you can basically go sulk.
Posted by: ryan at September 21, 2005 07:04 PM
fortunately Ryan, that's *simply* not how the real world works. If you'd like to get together sometime, I can teach you about business, local politics, and zoning.
Posted by: JosiahQ at September 21, 2005 10:22 PM
I see from the Tennessee Secretary of State website Coptix, Inc. has been doing some paperwork shuffling. Maybe with all your business acumen you can shed a little light on the significance of same. If you can't, I can.
As for local politics, you're On Record as backing Ann Coulter, The Single Biggest Loser this quaint little Southern town has ever seen. How does it feel to throw away a perfectly good vote for a hug from an ugly Atheist?
Finally, I'm giving you a pass on the idle Zoning boast. After all, the drug dealers, teen hookers and slum lords of St. Elmo certainly aren't concerned with such matters. And they outnumber all the little sanctimonious wannabe insiders put together.
P.S. - I've got One-Hundred Bucks that says my Vespa is faster than your Stella!
Posted by: Robert T. Nash at September 21, 2005 11:58 PM
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