To be fair to our thinkers at the provincial government – and I heard the idea broached with the media in attendance – it was no more than an off-the-top-of-the-head marketing strategy. But it was exactly as the governor explained: it was a mere idea; there are no concrete plans to implement it; and most importantly, there is not even a single centavo of taxpayers’ money allotted to it.
Of course, the governor had to go public with an explanation because the idea was already the object of ridicule – and some of the remarks are simply unprintable – in social networking sites. Personally, I would love the view to be left alone. But to be fair again, whoever thought up the HOLLYWOOD sign probably never had an idea that, a century later, it would be a globally recognized landmark.
For crying out loud, let us just spoof the whole to-do with some proposed alternative signs:
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