Dear Governor-elect Malloy,
You’re just a few weeks away from officially taking office. I’m sure it’s both exciting and scary. The state’s financial house is pretty shaky. From here on out you’re the one held responsible whether you’re responsible or not!
I wish there was something you could do to fix all our problems in one fell swoop. Of course there’s not. Instead you’re going to have to have to make many difficult and probably unpopular choices.
Luckily there is one choice you can make right away which will be very popular and though it won’t save much money it will symbolize what’s to come.
Don’t put your name on every damn sign in the state!
Seriously, does everyone who enters Connecticut really need to know it’s you there in the Governor’s Mansion?
I’m not sure how many signs there are that need to be changed, but it’s surely a lot–more than most of us probably realize. Doing this in a D.O.T. sign shop is not cheap!
So, what do you say? Take my advice. The repainted signs always look like crap anyway.
All the best,
Geoff
The best request ever!
Geoff.. There are probably people who live in CT who don’t even know who the governor is!
Where’s Connecticut?
It’s an interesting proposal that makes me wonder how long Connecticut’s governors have had their names added to these signs and who’s idea was it in the first place.
But, from a practical standpoint, the signs do need to be changed, whether to replace Governor Rell’s name with that of Governor Malloy or to eliminate it altogether. Leaving them as they are now isn’t appropriate. I don’t begrudge the individuals who will work on the signage their jobs (which, unless one can prove otherwise, one should assume involves honest labor at a fair, living wage).