Posted on 02/08/2010 5:07:33 PM PST by BunnySlippers
The LAPD this afternoon sent the most unusual non-chalant e-mail to the community today. "On February 11, 2010 the Hollywood sign will be covered up for an international campaign," an e-mail read. "The sign will be covered until further notice. Do not be alarmed, the sign will remain in place and there will be no changes done to the sign. This is just an informational e-mail so we do not receive phone calls from worried citizens."
That got David Markland at Metblogs curious enough to call Councilman Tom LaBonges office [Added: The LAPD is referring all calls to Ramsay]. But the answers he received from them only raised more questions. Youll have to wait til Thursday," LaBonge's public information officer Carolyn Ramsay said.
(Excerpt) Read more at laist.com ...
I woulda thunk it that they would’ve preferred the USSR.
Hollywood elites say, It's time for change
OBAMA. MMM MMM MM.
Costly conversion ready in "a week or two."
How the hell do *I* buy 138 acres in LA for a mere $12 million?
No sweetheart deal here...
Dunno, but it might be through the Nature Conservacy.
They pick up financing and part of the tab if the land will never be developed. I’ve heard of some very weird deals around town where they are involved.
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