This picture is from the LA Times, click the pic to see the article.
In talking about this article, without knowing what it was about, my first response would've been I hope not!
However, reading this article is about the one place where Rod Blagojevich's name remains near a grain elevator along the Bishop Ford (or Calumet) Expressway. Remember not too long after his ouster from the Governorship by the Senate, workers were on the area tollways removing his name from the signs that were dotted along that route. But what about this sign:
I post this here because often I may find myself going out towards River Oaks and I may take the Bishop Ford out there and pass by this sign. Sometimes I don't even think about it that it's such a landmark."The good news is it's flaking off," said Tony Ianello, executive director of the port, which moves about 35 million tons of cargo a year, mostly steel. "The bad news is it's still up there."
Why so?
Because it's too expensive to remove, Ianello said.
Setting up scaffolding on the roof of the grain elevator to repaint the entire sign would cost about $5,000, and who knows who will be governor next year when Quinn's term is up, Ianello said.
"It would be fine if you could tell me who's going to win," Ianello said with a laugh.
He plans to repaint the sign next year anyway.
But I have a question for you. Do you drive on the Bishop Ford? If so, do you notice this structure near 130th Street?
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