I never noticed the last shutdown.
I never noticed the last shutdown.
LOL, Obama had signs everywhere
Obama had to come up with ways to force the public to notice the shutdown. Closing open air veterans’ memorials, public parks and the like so his friends in the lapdog media could get photo ops of dejected tourists.
If you don’t mind going around gates, it means all admittance is free. Up here, they just ran a little twine and a sign across the nature reserve trail, and there is never a fee anyways.
I did notice then that getting in and out of DC on the roads was a lot easier. Less traffic, kind of nice, actually.
Wife and I happened to be on vacation (pre-planned) to Williamsburg at that time. They shut down the Williamsburg-to-Jamestown parkway, and had put up hundreds (if not thousands) of bright-and-shiny orange and white plastic saw-horse barricades, even blocking off “point of interest” parking pull-offs along roads that were open. Wonder how much all of those cost.
The kicker was when they blocked off access to Mt. Vernon, until the private organization that runs the place pointed out that they weren’t subject to the shutdown!
Quite the memorable journey through Obama waste and abuse.