San Francisco Renames Bush Street

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Saturday, January 20, 2001

San Francisco, CA -- Residents of San Francisco, Calif. awoke this Saturday morning to discover that nearly one hundred street signs had been sabotaged in protest of President Bush's inauguration nearly 3,000 miles away. Overnight, the city's 3 mile-long Bush St. was systematically renamed "Puppet St."

The widespread alteration of public street signs took place on the eve of the presidential inauguration of George W. Bush.

San Francisco Police reported no arrests in conjunction with the incident. Public art expert, Carlos Holmes said "the penalty for defacing public property does carry a $5,000 fine, making the perpetrators of this politically-charged act responsible for over $400,000 in damage, the question is whether or not these temporary signs are do any real permanent damage. "

A group describing itself as "a collective of over 100 everyday folks motivated by civic honesty" is claiming responsibility for the prank which left motorists and residents alike puzzling over the sudden appearance of a Puppet St. along the city's famed Pacific Heights and downtown neighborhoods.

-- Coup 2k (thanks@pubs!.com), January 22, 2001

Answers

No father wants their children not to have fun.

Blessed be.

-- Carlos (riffraff@cybertime.net), January 23, 2001.


Misplaced my robes. Ah, better now.

Who the fuck is this Holmes dude stealing my name?

-- Father Carlos (riffraff@cybertime.net), January 23, 2001.


Puppet St? That is sooo not-funny. C'mon Dems, you can do better than that.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), January 23, 2001.

see an album of photos taken of the street signs that night:

http://www.dnsf.com/bushstreet

-- DNSF (puppetstreet-greenspundotcom@dnsf.com), February 20, 2001.


I think they are being very very kind. I hope the intentions were duplicable for gore.

-- M. Ghandi (goreisinonit@freedom.net), February 27, 2001.


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