Councilman
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- Joined
- Apr 25, 2009
- Messages
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- Reaction score
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- Location
- Riverside, County, CA.
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Conservative
This is too much and if we are not careful it will spread. We already have schools that no longer say the pledge because Liberal idiot teachers refuse to lead it in class where a young man had to fight to even get flags returned,
We have allowed the wacko Liberals to push us around and it's time to push back and be serious about it.
Freeway Flag - Display Of Patriotism Or Graffiti? - News Story - KTVU San Francisco
"Posted: 10:05 pm PDT July 1, 2010Updated: 3:03 am PDT July 2, 2010
SUNOL, CAlif. -- Interstate 680, in and out of the Silicon Valley, is one of the bay area's busiest freeways. And everyday for the last eight and half years there was a hillside mural motorists passed on the Sunol grade.
"It just made me feel really patriotic, just seeing it everyday," said motorcyclist Dave Freely.
Until Wednesday, motorists saw a 35 foot mural of the American flag painted on a concrete retaining wall.
On Thursday, it was just gray concrete painted over by Caltrans.
"It was put on the list for graffiti removal and yesterday morning they painted over it with grey concrete paint," said Allyn Amsk of Caltrans.
"It should not be classified as graffiti. I mean it was a well done flag and and I felt like it's part of America," objected the flag muralist Eric Noda.
About a week after 9-11. Eric Noda was photographed roller painting the flag mural. It took him three hours to finish.
He and friends R.J. Waldron and Thomas Hanley picked the spot to express their patriotism after the terrorist attack.
"It's kind of a landmark for me and it reminds me of that day and the time in the wake of 9-11," said Noda.
But why did Caltrans wait so long to remove the flag?
"Maintenance wasn't aware that it was on the state right-of-way or you know it would have been removed sometime in the past," said Amsk.
Regular 680 commuters said they were upset."
We have allowed the wacko Liberals to push us around and it's time to push back and be serious about it.
Freeway Flag - Display Of Patriotism Or Graffiti? - News Story - KTVU San Francisco
"Posted: 10:05 pm PDT July 1, 2010Updated: 3:03 am PDT July 2, 2010
SUNOL, CAlif. -- Interstate 680, in and out of the Silicon Valley, is one of the bay area's busiest freeways. And everyday for the last eight and half years there was a hillside mural motorists passed on the Sunol grade.
"It just made me feel really patriotic, just seeing it everyday," said motorcyclist Dave Freely.
Until Wednesday, motorists saw a 35 foot mural of the American flag painted on a concrete retaining wall.
On Thursday, it was just gray concrete painted over by Caltrans.
"It was put on the list for graffiti removal and yesterday morning they painted over it with grey concrete paint," said Allyn Amsk of Caltrans.
"It should not be classified as graffiti. I mean it was a well done flag and and I felt like it's part of America," objected the flag muralist Eric Noda.
About a week after 9-11. Eric Noda was photographed roller painting the flag mural. It took him three hours to finish.
He and friends R.J. Waldron and Thomas Hanley picked the spot to express their patriotism after the terrorist attack.
"It's kind of a landmark for me and it reminds me of that day and the time in the wake of 9-11," said Noda.
But why did Caltrans wait so long to remove the flag?
"Maintenance wasn't aware that it was on the state right-of-way or you know it would have been removed sometime in the past," said Amsk.
Regular 680 commuters said they were upset."