Suprise, it's a girl! And: What happened to the Welcome to Fresno mural?

So, it's McCain/Palin in 2008, huh?

I don't want to say the Alaska governor was picked because she is young and a woman, but... I mean... It's sort of obvious, right?

Then again, McCain is known as a maverick, and as states go, Alaska is pretty mavericky, right? All up there by its lonesome, with its abundance of trees and man-eating bears and oil. Just ask Anne Heche.

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In Fresno news: Does anyone know what happened to the Welcome to Fresno mural on the back of Broadway Ale Works?

The building, which used to house Gardenside Productions is undergoing some heavy renovations, and it looks like there might be plans for a new mural in its place. Let's hope so. It would be awful to lose a cool piece of public art.

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It was on the news tonite that the mural was accidentally painted over. They are in the process of redoing the mural this weekend.

brattybrat's picture

This is a blunder. The

This is a blunder. The biggest one of the McCain campaign so far.

fresnoise's picture

His campaign is a joke. He

His campaign is a joke. He has no interest in progress. All he favors is the status quo. Everything he stands for as a republican he has flip-flopped on over the past 20-30 years, especially lately. He sides with Bush on over 90% of his votes. He has repeatedly voted against womens right measures yet he picks a female VP running mate.

Hell, even his own family (in-law) isn't going to vote for him! The guy is NOT a meverick, he only says what people want to hear to get where he needs to be.

Hell, the guy doesn't even abide by typical republican fundamentals, like family values. He cheated on and dumped his first wife who stuck with him all those years he was a POW and hooked up with Cindy, who herself was a drug addict and was popping Vicodins for years.

God, the list goes on and on...

bashfulczar's picture

Francisco Vargas told me....

I asked artist Francisco Vargas about this recently, he said:

"I got back from Minneapolis last week and Sunday morning the owner Randy called me to ask if could I correct a major mistake. At first I thought it was tagged. When I got there the wall had be plastered over, there was no way to correct it. He told me there was a communication error on what area was to get covered.

"I was desvestated, shocked and stunned, I'm still in a mental reservation when I see the wall. But...there is a silver lining going to come out of it. It will be redone!"

mike oz's picture

WTF (interrobang)

Doug ... Huh? I mean, OK, if you want to make a point about the druggies down at the soccer park, that's cool. But why reply to this post?

Famous Whitewater's picture

mural

It was stated in stories about the mural and the owners of the building that they had big plans for that location. But it was all going to get demolished in the near future for those south of the stadium plans.

AntiMusick's picture

Welcome to the Philibos Meth Camp/Soccer Park

The homeless druggies and drunks are camped out in the soccer park at Lane and Winery.
The witch over Parks and Rec said they have the right to be there. Broken beer bottles, pipes, needles and condoms. Only in a park where children play in Fresno. With all the soccer playing field wokers going there the prostitues hang out too. The children deserve better. I guess Bubba don't care because it's straight sex and dugs in the soccer park bathrooms and children in a ghetto area.

Doug's picture

Plus, she's up there in

Plus, she's up there in Alaska, right in the middle of one of the biggest corruption investigations in the history of Congress:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR200807...

Her platform was "I'm not like those other Republicans".

I think the reason why Romney, Pawlenty or
Huckabee were not chosen was because they are not interested in being a part of a campaign that looks like it will fail.

Palin has much to gain even if McCain loses:
She becomes nationally known instead of regionally known. Sets her up for other races in the future.

fresnoise's picture

maverick

the maverick around the republican ticket is tom cruise. mc cain's been towing the bush line since bush punked him 8 years ago.

edluv's picture

Um wait

So he blasts Obama for lack of experience then picks someone who's only been governor for 2 years who before that was mayor of a very small town? Does he think he's going to get the Hildog supporters that way?

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