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Commissioner Gordon orders Obama signal extinguished

I chuckled when I saw the Obama signal being shown on a downtown Raleigh office building. Unfortunately that building, One Exchange Plaza, is owned by the City of Raleigh, which probably does not appreciate political advertising being shown on its walls.

Just now a Raleigh police sergeant wandered into my $WORK offices to ask if we were responsible for the Obama signal. He wasn’t surprised when I told him no, and said “everybody’s been denying it.” I got the impression he was dutifully going through the motions but given the million other things RPD has to do it wasn’t exactly his highest priority.

Why the City would take a cop off his regular duties to chase down this whimsical prank is beyond me. It seems to me if the City really wanted to find out who was responsible it might be helpful if city employees didn’t clear out of their offices at 5PM or earlier each day. But I digress.

Also, what could the person responsible be charged with? Criminal mischief? Photon littering? How would one prove anything? Once Obama becomes President would this be legal? Isn’t there a presidential portrait hanging in all federal offices?

I personally think the Exchange Plaza building has a butt-ugly blank wall so anything that might spice it up is welcome in my book.

  1. I told my daughter about it and she is there right now (7:04 PM Thursday 10/23) and it’s still up.

    Ron

  2. Yup Yup. It was there. And it was friggin awesome. What a great thing! According to the previous picture, it looks like it had been moved. I was on corner of Wilmington and some cross street, near where that fancy pants beer place is (Raleigh Times).

    I don’t know how to paste the picture. Boo.. Go Obama!

  3. The Raleigh Times is responsible I understand, and I know Hugo Chavez’s portrait already adorns Obama’s Texas Headquarters office. No word yet on whether reprints are being commissioned.

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